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Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
The actor tells how the US chat show host gave him the title for his new book.
  1. Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
    01:19
    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. Pushing onto trains
    00:38
    Pushing onto trains
  10. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  11. Poets: Leyla Josephine
    03:01
    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  12. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  13. 'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
    02:13
    'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
  14. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  15. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  16. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  17. From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
    01:45
    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
  18. Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
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