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Quintessentially British

I think if you ask my wife what the quintessentialcharacteristics of an Englishmen are,she...

I think if you ask my wife what the quintessential
characteristics of an Englishmen are,
she would say good manners, respectful behaviour,
decent standards of dress

Full Transcript

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I think if you ask my wife
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what the quintessential characteristics
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of an Englishmen are, she would say good manners,
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respectful behaviour, decent standards of dress.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
192
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:42
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A feature documentary celebrating everything great and British
If the cliché of the Englishman is his politeness, - Quintessentially British 00:21
If the cliché of the Englishman is his politeness,
We love the theatre, because so many of us are - Quintessentially British 00:09
We love the theatre, because so many of us are
And the most famous Englishman who ever lived wrote plays, - Quintessentially British 00:07
And the most famous Englishman who ever lived wrote plays,
And everyone loves storytelling it's a very, very basic need. - Quintessentially British 00:06
And everyone loves storytelling it's a very, very basic...
But the Brits have caught on to it, perhaps more than most. - Quintessentially British 00:05
But the Brits have caught on to it, perhaps more than most.
I began to like Shakespeare by going to see his plays. - Quintessentially British 00:05
I began to like Shakespeare by going to see his plays.
He knew, it seems better - Quintessentially British 00:11
He knew, it seems better
That's the basis of it all - Quintessentially British 00:08
That's the basis of it all
Shakespeare, in one speech tells you - Quintessentially British 00:18
Shakespeare, in one speech tells you
We love tales of horror and violence and murder - Quintessentially British 00:07
We love tales of horror and violence and murder
He only invented one plot for himself - Quintessentially British 00:07
He only invented one plot for himself
What? From history books, - Quintessentially British 00:06
What? From history books,
We filmed Hamlet before we put it onto the stage - Quintessentially British 00:09
We filmed Hamlet before we put it onto the stage
The Duke of Edinburgh dying as we were filming a play - Quintessentially British 00:10
The Duke of Edinburgh dying as we were filming a play
And here we were in the shadow of Windsor Castle, - Quintessentially British 00:06
And here we were in the shadow of Windsor Castle,
Here we are doing a story about a queen who - Quintessentially British 00:06
Here we are doing a story about a queen who
Ian McKellen was wary of playing Hamlet - Quintessentially British 00:09
Ian McKellen was wary of playing Hamlet
But I thought he can respect the language and the poetry, - Quintessentially British 00:09
But I thought he can respect the language and the poetry,
Because whilst he's known now as Gandalf, he's still - Quintessentially British 00:10
Because whilst he's known now as Gandalf, he's sti...
Oh, we're living in an age when an 82 year old man - Quintessentially British 00:10
Oh, we're living in an age when an 82 year old man