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Is Disney losing the magic?

Recent flops have left people asking whether the shine is beginning to wear off.

As Disney celebrates its 100th birthday this month, a series of recent flops and gargantuan acquisitions has left people asking whether the shine is beginning to wear off. Plus, we look back at the studio鈥檚 past - including the time when Donald Duck dressed up as a Nazi.

Guest: Ed Potton, Arts Commissioning Editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk

Clips: Walt Disney Studios, Bloomberg, Rotten Tomatoes, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Talk TV, Walt Disney Productions, NBC, CBS.

Music: Be Our Guest/Disney/Walt Disney Records, You鈥檝e Got a Friend in Me/Randy Newman/ Walt Disney Records, Let It Go from 鈥淔rozen鈥/Multi Language Medley/Walt Disney Records, When You Wish Upon a Star/Cliff Edwards/Pinocchio (original motion picture soundtrack), Arabian Nights from 鈥淎laddin鈥/Alan Menken/Walt Disney Records, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-From 鈥淪ong of the South鈥/James Baskett/Walt Disney Records.

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