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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. Watching Taken with your mum
    00:31
    Watching Taken with your mum
  10. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  11. "Socks that agreed with him"
    00:15
    "Socks that agreed with him"
  12. Pushing onto trains
    00:38
    Pushing onto trains
  13. Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
    04:12
    Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
  14. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  15. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
    08:57
    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
  16. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  17. Poets: Leyla Josephine
    03:01
    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  18. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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