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Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
The actress and author acknowledges the role boredom can play in inducing creativity.
  1. Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
    01:47
    Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
  2. Anne Enright: It's nice to come home to a country I recognise
    03:22
    Anne Enright: It's nice to come home to a country I recognise
  3. Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
    03:45
    Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
  4. Frank Cottrell Boyce's first day at school
    02:39
    Frank Cottrell Boyce's first day at school
  5. Pippa Harris: Some of our younger crew hadn't realised it was illegal to be gay
    02:21
    Pippa Harris: Some of our younger crew hadn't realised it was illegal to be gay
  6. Alan Bennett to the reluctant rescue
    02:28
    Alan Bennett to the reluctant rescue
  7. Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
    00:54
    Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
  8. James Rhodes on the first time he met Stephen Fry
    02:34
    James Rhodes on the first time he met Stephen Fry
  9. Tenor Ian Bostridge on inspirational pictures and hurdy-gurdy music
    04:17
    Tenor Ian Bostridge on inspirational pictures and hurdy-gurdy music
  10. Mary Portas on growing up on the high street
    03:45
    Mary Portas on growing up on the high street
  11. William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
    00:53
    William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
  12. David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
    07:40
    David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
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