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Quintessentially British

If you read the novelsof Dickens and Thackeray, there always seemed to besomebody going...

If you read the novels
of Dickens and Thackeray, there always seemed to be
somebody going off to the club and somebody coming
back from Parliament to report over a nice glass of Port

Full Transcript

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If you read the novels of Dickens and Thackeray,
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there always seemed to be somebody going off to the club
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and somebody coming back from Parliament to report
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over a nice glass of Port.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:04
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A feature documentary celebrating everything great and British
I've been a member of a private members club - Quintessentially British 00:09
I've been a member of a private members club
But average person, private member's club, is irrelevant. - Quintessentially British 00:05
But average person, private member's club, is irrelevan...
We only go to the main door, - Quintessentially British 00:05
We only go to the main door,
It's a very useful way of making sure - Quintessentially British 00:17
It's a very useful way of making sure
The only real advantage of a club - Quintessentially British 00:09
The only real advantage of a club
But who might come up to you - Quintessentially British 00:07
But who might come up to you
Actors have a number of clubs - Quintessentially British 00:06
Actors have a number of clubs
The Garrick, but women aren't allowed to be members - Quintessentially British 00:06
The Garrick, but women aren't allowed to be members
Why would I want to go to a club - Quintessentially British 00:06
Why would I want to go to a club
The men's clubs, they can go there, - Quintessentially British 00:10
The men's clubs, they can go there,
You shouldn't regard them as exclusive, - Quintessentially British 00:12
You shouldn't regard them as exclusive,
John Wilson Croker, - Quintessentially British 00:12
John Wilson Croker,
But what was needed perhaps was a club for writers - Quintessentially British 00:14
But what was needed perhaps was a club for writers
The club built this Grecian temple - Quintessentially British 00:20
The club built this Grecian temple
A place at the Athenaeum was like gold. - Quintessentially British 00:06
A place at the Athenaeum was like gold.
This is a very British institution, - Quintessentially British 00:07
This is a very British institution,
It reflects aspects of Britain - Quintessentially British 00:07
It reflects aspects of Britain
You know, inclusiveness, liberalism and conservatism. - Quintessentially British 00:06
You know, inclusiveness, liberalism and conservatism.
And one of the things you have to be very careful about here, - Quintessentially British 00:15
And one of the things you have to be very careful about here...
So you tend to find people around here are quite cautious - Quintessentially British 00:10
So you tend to find people around here are quite cautious