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The Archive Hour: Orson Welles - the Storyteller

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the first of two programmes, Simon Callow traces the life of Orson Welles.
Born in 1915. Welles was intellectually brilliant, flamboyant and physically imposing. Callow narrates his biography up to the most famous programme in radio history - Welles's production for Halloween of War of the Worlds, which momentarily brought the United States to a halt.

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Presenter:
Simon Callow
Producer:
Jules Wilkinson
Source: Radio Times

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