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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Famously buried under metresof ash when the volcano eruptedin 79 AD, it was once a...

Famously buried under metres
of ash when the volcano erupted
in 79 AD, it was once a thriving
Roman town

Full Transcript

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Famously buried under metres of ash
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when the volcano erupted in 79 AD,
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it was once a thriving Roman town.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:37
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 The service in the hotel - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
The service in the hotel
S01 • E01 In 2003, bestselling novelist Robert Harris - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
In 2003, bestselling novelist Robert Harris
S01 • E03 This is the equivalent in bullrings - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
This is the equivalent in bullrings
S01 • E02 [he makes whooshing noises] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
[he makes whooshing noises]
S01 • E01 Set in the days leading up to the eruption, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
Set in the days leading up to the eruption,
S01 • E03 I want to do my best to understand - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
I want to do my best to understand
S01 • E01 Harris depicts a decadent world on the brink of destruction. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Harris depicts a decadent world on the brink of destruction.
S01 • E01 It's a brilliant example of how fiction can transport you - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
It's a brilliant example of how fiction can transport y...
S01 • E03 So, keeping well away from any bulls or horses, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
So, keeping well away from any bulls or horses,
S01 • E01 Francesca Del Vecchio is an art historian and Pompeii guide. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Francesca Del Vecchio is an art historian and Pompeii guide.
S01 • E01 - Francesca, you're a leading expert and guide about Pompeii. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- Francesca, you're a leading expert and guide about Po...
S01 • E01 The forum in any Roman city is the heart, it's the main square. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
The forum in any Roman city is the heart, it's the main...
S01 • E02 Fitzgerald remained dazzled by the glamour of the rich, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Fitzgerald remained dazzled by the glamour of the rich,
S01 • E03 The feeling of doing this is a combination of being - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
The feeling of doing this is a combination of being
S01 • E02 "The rich," he said, "are different to you and me." - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"The rich," he said, "are different to you an...
S01 • E01 That's the bustling life of Pompeii here in the city centre. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
That's the bustling life of Pompeii here in the city ce...
S01 • E03 And I can see in the young bullfighter - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And I can see in the young bullfighter
S01 • E01 And how do you feel that Robert Harris - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And how do you feel that Robert Harris
S01 • E01 I have to admit, when I received as a present - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
I have to admit, when I received as a present
S01 • E03 ..gentleness in the way that he moves, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..gentleness in the way that he moves,