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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.

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Richard narrates:
Common sense says - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: Common sense says

Richard narrates:
Common sense says - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: Common sense says

Richard: Common sense says that
when you're going on holiday, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard: Common sense says that when you're going on ho...

But...I love the feel
of page-turning. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But...I love the feel of page-turning.

But I love the feel
of page-turning. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But I love the feel of page-turning.

So, I've got a case
for clothes... - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So, I've got a case for clothes...

So, I've got
a case for clothes... - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So, I've got a case for clothes...

So I've got a case for clothes
and a bag for books. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So I've got a case for clothes and a bag for books.

These books aren't
the usual travel guide. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

These books aren't the usual travel guide.

Instead, I'm going
to be travelling - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Instead, I'm going to be travelling

Richard narrates: Instead, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: Instead,

Richard narrates:
All the books I'm taking - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: All the books I'm taking

This trip, I'm heading
to glorious Andalucía - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This trip, I'm heading to glorious Andalucía

From the passionate poetry
of flamenco - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

From the passionate poetry of flamenco

Stories set
in spectacular cities - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Stories set in spectacular cities

The traditions of local food - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

The traditions of local food

This is one of Spain's
most stunning regions, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This is one of Spain's most stunning regions,

This is one of Europe's
most enthralling locations, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This is one of Europe's most enthralling locations,

This is southern Italy
as you've never seen it before. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This is southern Italy as you've never seen it before.

My journey will take me - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

My journey will take me

Southern Italy has inspired
a wealth of amazing authors - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Southern Italy has inspired a wealth of amazing authors

With its rich culture, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

With its rich culture,

All of this enriched by some - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

All of this enriched by some

From the region's largest city
to the great volcano Vesuvius, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

From the region's largest city to the great volcano Ves...

My reading material will be
taking me from the city - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

My reading material will be taking me from the city

The dramatic town of Ronda
to the eastern Alpujarras. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

The dramatic town of Ronda to the eastern Alpujarras.

The Costa Tropical
to the Costa del Sol. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

The Costa Tropical to the Costa del Sol.

150 years ago,
Robert Louis Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

150 years ago, Robert Louis Stevenson,

And what better place to start - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And what better place to start

With its crumbling palazzo
and market street life... - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

With its crumbling palazzo and market street life...

I'm in the magnificent
ancient city of Granada - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

I'm in the magnificent ancient city of Granada

.. beautiful coastline,
turbulent history, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

.. beautiful coastline, turbulent history,

Richard narrates:
The Cevennes mountains lie - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: The Cevennes mountains lie

Stevenson was just 28 years old
when he came here. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Stevenson was just 28 years old when he came here.

But the threat of Vesuvius - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But the threat of Vesuvius

Handsome and charismatic, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Handsome and charismatic,

Born in Edinburgh in 1850, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Born in Edinburgh in 1850,

He was born into
a wealthy family in 1898 - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

He was born into a wealthy family in 1898

At the time he was recovering
from tuberculosis, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

At the time he was recovering from tuberculosis,

Over recent years it's changed, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Over recent years it's changed,

Published in 1879, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Published in 1879,

But, like his friends,
artist Salvador Dali - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But, like his friends, artist Salvador Dali

And what's so particularly
fascinating - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And what's so particularly fascinating

Gay at a time
when homophobia was rife - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Gay at a time when homophobia was rife

[Scottish accent]
"I have been after an adventure - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

[Scottish accent] "I have been after an adventure

"A pure, dispassionate
adventure, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"A pure, dispassionate adventure,

Richard narrates:
Journalist Sophia Seymour - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: Journalist Sophia Seymour

Lorca's love affair
with Granada - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Lorca's love affair with Granada

..and taking Ferrante fans
to places related to the books. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

..and taking Ferrante fans to places related to the books.

"An inland castaway
was to find a fraction - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"An inland castaway was to find a fraction

"If, by the grace of God,
I become famous...", - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"If, by the grace of God, I become famous...",

[own accent] Stevenson chose
this area to travel - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

[own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel

I thought, well,
I want to do something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

I thought, well, I want to do something

Lorca's Sketches of Spain
and Selected Poems - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Lorca's Sketches of Spain and Selected Poems

[dog barking] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Sketches of Spain
was Lorca's first book - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Sketches of Spain was Lorca's first book

- Can you give me a bird's eye
history of Naples? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

- Can you give me a bird's eye history of Naples?

Although prose, it's clear
that he was destined - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Although prose, it's clear that he was destined

Yeah, well, Naples is
an extraordinary place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place

Richard narrates: The Cevennes
is still one of France's wildest - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's...

Here's how he describes
the Moorish quarter, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter,

In the 19th century, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

In the 19th century,

"The streets are narrow, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"The streets are narrow,

"Undulating tentacles that
twist and turn capriciously - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously

It was an area that offered
exactly the kind of experience - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience

Each of these cultures
and people have left their mark - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Each of these cultures and people have left their mark

"There are houses placed - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"There are houses placed

And when we are walking around,
we can almost see the relics - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics

Although, technically,
mule is half donkey. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Although, technically, mule is half donkey.

It's as though we are almost
looking into - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

It's as though we are almost looking into

And Stevenson's donkey
was called Modestine, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine,

But you can see
that there was something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But you can see that there was something

- Coming from
a very small village, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

- Coming from a very small village,

- That's my friend, Pasquale.
- Yes, ciao bella! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

- That's my friend, Pasquale. - Yes, ciao bella!

[speaking in Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

[speaking in Italian]

He was astonished when
he came up to the Alhambra - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra

"It was something
as much slower than a walk, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"It was something as much slower than a walk,

Sophia has a surprise in store - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Sophia has a surprise in store

"It kept me hanging
on each foot - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"It kept me hanging on each foot

Richard narrates:
Today, the great palace - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Richard narrates: Today, the great palace

Pasquale's family have been
managing this water stall, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall,

"In five minutes,
it exhausted the spirit - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit

For eight centuries,
from 711 AD, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

For eight centuries, from 711 AD,

Traditionally,
you'd find these in the markets - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets

And now they sell anything from
wine to Coca-Cola - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola

But speed wasn't the point
for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson,

- The Moors, when the
Christians came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

- The Moors, when the Christians came here,

They were even obliged
to be baptised, too. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

They were even obliged to be baptised, too.

He says, "I travel not
to go anywhere, but to go. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.

Then he's going to add
this water to the lemons, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Then he's going to add this water to the lemons,

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Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.

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Production: Storyvault Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 8.3

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Released: 03 Aug 2021

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Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09nlf5g