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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Francesca, you're a leadingexpert and guide about Pompeii

Francesca, you're a leading
expert and guide about Pompeii

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- Francesca, you're a leading expert and guide about Pompeii.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:31:33
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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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.
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,
S01 • E02 The advantage of reading a book in the place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
The advantage of reading a book in the place
S01 • E02 You get the 360-degree, three-dimensional impact - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
You get the 360-degree, three-dimensional impact
S01 • E03 And my father took me to see a bullfight in 1969 - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:24
And my father took me to see a bullfight in 1969
S01 • E01 This is an amazing book because - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
This is an amazing book because
S01 • E02 So it's really hypnotic. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So it's really hypnotic.
S01 • E02 Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set,
S01 • E01 How much of Pliny's information - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
How much of Pliny's information
S01 • E01 Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end,
S01 • E03 Erm, if you're not brought up - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Erm, if you're not brought up
S01 • E03 ..that's the tradition and culture - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
..that's the tradition and culture
S01 • E01 They had no idea it was a volcano. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
They had no idea it was a volcano.