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What? From history books
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Quintessentially British

What? From history books, from poetry books,from other people's plays

What? From history books, from poetry books,
from other people's plays

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What? From history books,
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from poetry books, from other people's plays.
Duration
6 seconds
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379
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:21
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
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documentary
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A feature documentary celebrating everything great and British
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
And never forget, you can never forget - Quintessentially British 00:07
And never forget, you can never forget
We were filming with Sir Ian McKellen - Quintessentially British 00:09
We were filming with Sir Ian McKellen
What is it about Shakespeare that is - Quintessentially British 00:06
What is it about Shakespeare that is
And I was brought up on Shakespeare as a little girl, - Quintessentially British 00:07
And I was brought up on Shakespeare as a little girl,
Reams of it, I could do a whole play for you now. - Quintessentially British 00:06
Reams of it, I could do a whole play for you now.
If you like the Dream or Twelfth Night, I could do all that. - Quintessentially British 00:05
If you like the Dream or Twelfth Night, I could do all that.
It's a good note to give to tired old actors - Quintessentially British 00:09
It's a good note to give to tired old actors
Italians, the cliche for us who are not Italians, - Quintessentially British 00:08
Italians, the cliche for us who are not Italians,
But done with great flair and imagination and metaphor - Quintessentially British 00:19
But done with great flair and imagination and metaphor
I mean, we've had the Victorian era to live - Quintessentially British 00:17
I mean, we've had the Victorian era to live
My world at the moment, we talk so much - Quintessentially British 00:08
My world at the moment, we talk so much
And I think what's so interesting about the Queen, - Quintessentially British 00:09
And I think what's so interesting about the Queen,