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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"A pure, dispassionateadventure, "such as befell earlyand heroic voyagers, "and thus to be...

"A pure, dispassionate
adventure, "such as befell early
and heroic voyagers, "and thus to be found
by morning, "not knowing north from south, "as strange to my surroundings "as the first man
upon the Earth

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"A pure, dispassionate adventure,
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"such as befell early and heroic voyagers,
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"and thus to be found by morning,
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"not knowing north from south,
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"as strange to my surroundings
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"as the first man upon the Earth.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
66
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:09
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

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.
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Journalist Sophia Seymour - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Journalist Sophia Seymour
S01 • E03 Lorca's love affair with Granada - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Lorca's love affair with Granada
S01 • E01 ..and taking Ferrante fans to places related to the books. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..and taking Ferrante fans to places related to the books.
S01 • E02 "An inland castaway was to find a fraction - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"An inland castaway was to find a fraction
S01 • E03 "If, by the grace of God, I become famous...", - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
"If, by the grace of God, I become famous...",
S01 • E02 [own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
[own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel
S01 • E01 I thought, well, I want to do something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
I thought, well, I want to do something
S01 • E03 Lorca's Sketches of Spain and Selected Poems - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Lorca's Sketches of Spain and Selected Poems
S01 • E01 [dog barking] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
[dog barking]
S01 • E03 Sketches of Spain was Lorca's first book - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Sketches of Spain was Lorca's first book
S01 • E01 - Can you give me a bird's eye history of Naples? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- Can you give me a bird's eye history of Naples?
S01 • E03 Although prose, it's clear that he was destined - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Although prose, it's clear that he was destined
S01 • E01 Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's wildest - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's...
S01 • E03 Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter,
S01 • E02 In the 19th century, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
In the 19th century,
S01 • E03 "The streets are narrow, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The streets are narrow,
S01 • E03 "Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously
S01 • E02 It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience
S01 • E01 Each of these cultures and people have left their mark - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Each of these cultures and people have left their mark