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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. Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
    00:44
    Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
  10. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  11. Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
    02:34
    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
  12. The Haka at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
    00:15
    The Haka at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  13. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  14. How it feels to get flyered for your own show
    01:07
    How it feels to get flyered for your own show
  15. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  16. "Music can change your hair"
    01:07
    "Music can change your hair"
  17. EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
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    EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
  18. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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