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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

As cheap package holidaysbrought the dream of an affordableforeign holiday to more...

As cheap package holidays
brought the dream of an affordable
foreign holiday to more people
during the 1960s, sun-starved Brits flocked
to the coast in droves

Full Transcript

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As cheap package holidays brought the dream
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of an affordable foreign holiday
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to more people during the 1960s,
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sun-starved Brits flocked to the coast in droves.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:54
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E02 What drew Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
What drew Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: In 1993, the city received a boost - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
Richard narrates: In 1993, the city received a boost
S01 • E03 Of the 300,000 or so British ex-pats - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Of the 300,000 or so British ex-pats
S01 • E02 - He was looking for familiar places, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
- He was looking for familiar places,
S01 • E03 Manicured, pedicured and landscaped - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Manicured, pedicured and landscaped
S01 • E01 Michele Centonze works at the Hotel Sextantio, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Michele Centonze works at the Hotel Sextantio,
S01 • E02 The smell of the trade, of the shops, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
The smell of the trade, of the shops,
S01 • E03 And when the English author JG Ballard came here - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
And when the English author JG Ballard came here
S01 • E01 - The owner, he's a philosopher, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
- The owner, he's a philosopher,
S01 • E02 And starting from the place of the tanning process. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And starting from the place of the tanning process.
S01 • E03 Born in 1930, Ballard had won acclaim - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Born in 1930, Ballard had won acclaim
S01 • E02 Coming from all around the world, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Coming from all around the world,
S01 • E01 Original benches, original furniture, original linens. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Original benches, original furniture, original linens.
S01 • E01 Because we would like that our guests could jump into the past - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Because we would like that our guests could jump into the pa...
S01 • E03 He'd also gained notoriety with books like Crash!, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
He'd also gained notoriety with books like Crash!,
S01 • E01 I see that in every room, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I see that in every room,
S01 • E02 What significance does the cathedral play - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
What significance does the cathedral play
S01 • E03 JG Ballard's Cocaine Nights was published in 1996 - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
JG Ballard's Cocaine Nights was published in 1996
S01 • E02 On 24th December, 1765, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:24
On 24th December, 1765,
S01 • E01 - It's important for us to let our guests be aware - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
- It's important for us to let our guests be aware