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6. Watching Rome Burn
Episode 6 of 8
An Oscar nomination for Nero and a West End play 鈥渢he wind was in my sails鈥�. Peter Ustinov reads his autobiography.
By the early 1950s, the versatile Peter Ustinov turns 28 and is cast as Nero in the film Quo Vadis.
He swelters in Rome, before returning to London to pen a play for the Wyndhams Theatre where a romantic encounter awaits...
The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography
Abridged by Jack Singleton.
Producer Rosemary Hart
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in April 1978.
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Tue 4 May 2021
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