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Quintessentially British

Cricket is essentially, a quintessentiallyEnglish pastime

Cricket is essentially, a quintessentially
English pastime

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Cricket is essentially,
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a quintessentially English pastime.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:53
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A feature documentary celebrating everything great and British
There are very few games where you can play for five days, - Quintessentially British 00:13
There are very few games where you can play for five days,
I was brought up on cricket because at the end - Quintessentially British 00:11
I was brought up on cricket because at the end
In the winter when it was fallow and snowing, - Quintessentially British 00:10
In the winter when it was fallow and snowing,
And then at the weekends when they actually played games, - Quintessentially British 00:06
And then at the weekends when they actually played games,
And I became not a player of cricket, - Quintessentially British 00:11
And I became not a player of cricket,
You go to a cricket match and you don't have - Quintessentially British 00:06
You go to a cricket match and you don't have
There's plenty of time to have a chat with the person - Quintessentially British 00:07
There's plenty of time to have a chat with the person
"Oh, they're starting again." - Quintessentially British 00:12
"Oh, they're starting again."
Okay, in my house, there was no cricket, - Quintessentially British 00:10
Okay, in my house, there was no cricket,
Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh - Quintessentially British 00:10
Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
Only on one occasion has the Queen actually stayed - Quintessentially British 00:11
Only on one occasion has the Queen actually stayed
So a member of the kitchen staff had to be dispatched - Quintessentially British 00:11
So a member of the kitchen staff had to be dispatched
And then had to dash back to the ground in time - Quintessentially British 00:07
And then had to dash back to the ground in time
Just one of the little, extra measures that we take - Quintessentially British 00:07
Just one of the little, extra measures that we take
I lived in Bloomsbury for several years - Quintessentially British 00:08
I lived in Bloomsbury for several years
And I think what I love about it, - Quintessentially British 00:12
And I think what I love about it,
And is quite famously said that the British - Quintessentially British 00:06
And is quite famously said that the British
And there's no better example of a random, delightful, - Quintessentially British 00:13
And there's no better example of a random, delightful,
People look at these buildings, - Quintessentially British 00:09
People look at these buildings,
We're in the library dining room - Quintessentially British 00:06
We're in the library dining room