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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. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
  9. 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
  10. The school bus rap
    01:42
    The school bus rap
  11. What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
    00:32
    What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
  12. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  13. Will Gompertz's Edinburgh 2016 Tips
    02:49
    Will Gompertz's Edinburgh 2016 Tips
  14. "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
    01:24
    "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
  15. The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
    00:28
    The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
  16. Keeping it together onstage
    00:46
    Keeping it together onstage
  17. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  18. Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
    02:29
    Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
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