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Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
The author on Austen in film and theatre, from Laurence Olivier to AA Milne to Clueless.
  1. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  2. Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
    02:21
    Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
  3. Lucy Worsley: Did Jane Austen ever have sex?
    01:41
    Lucy Worsley: Did Jane Austen ever have sex?
  4. Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
    05:19
    Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
  5. Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
    01:31
    Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
  6. Will Self: The death of the novel?
    01:50
    Will Self: The death of the novel?
  7. Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
    03:28
    Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
  8. Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
    02:34
    Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
  9. Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
    04:10
    Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
  10. Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
    01:38
    Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
  11. Bill Bailey: Why I love the collective nouns for birds
    02:07
    Bill Bailey: Why I love the collective nouns for birds
  12. Ed Balls: Why I did Strictly Come Dancing
    03:24
    Ed Balls: Why I did Strictly Come Dancing
  13. Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
    03:18
    Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
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