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From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
Simon Callow describes Orson Welles' journey to Hollywood in the late 1930s.
  1. From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
    01:45
    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. 'Do you believe in fairies?'
    02:51
    'Do you believe in fairies?'
  10. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  11. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  12. Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
    02:59
    Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
  13. Sage Francis
    03:52
    Sage Francis
  14. Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
    02:56
    Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
  15. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  16. Pushing onto trains
    00:38
    Pushing onto trains
  17. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  18. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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