Movies: Simon Callow

A diverse collection of horror shorts by several different film makers. A few are presented as trailers....

Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist – that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun....

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution....

When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director....

Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens....

BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT....

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")...

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Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles....

A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens....