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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"'I can't buy a village.' "In a matter of minutes,I was transformed "from an...

"'I can't buy a village.' "In a matter of minutes,
I was transformed "from an itinerant
sheep shearer "and tenant
of a tithe cottage "beneath an airport
landing path in Sussex

Full Transcript

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"'I can't buy a village.'
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"In a matter of minutes, I was transformed
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"from an itinerant sheep shearer
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"and tenant of a tithe cottage
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"beneath an airport landing path in Sussex...
Duration
13 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:14
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 • E01 Is this the protection from Vesuvius erupting? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Is this the protection from Vesuvius erupting?
S01 • E03 "..into the owner of a mountain farm in Andalucía. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"..into the owner of a mountain farm in Andalucía.
S01 • E01 San Gennaro is the main responsible - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
San Gennaro is the main responsible
S01 • E03 "This would take some getting used to." - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"This would take some getting used to."
S01 • E02 "'My God', he cried, 'The Chateau d'If. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"'My God', he cried, 'The Chateau d'...
S01 • E02 "'Why are we going there?' The gendarme smiled. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
"'Why are we going there?' The gendarme smile...
S01 • E01 The blood is closed in a safe - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
The blood is closed in a safe
S01 • E02 "'You can't be taking me to incarcerate me there,' - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
"'You can't be taking me to incarcerate me th...
S01 • E03 The stables, goat pens, and outhouses - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
The stables, goat pens, and outhouses
S01 • E02 "'The Chateau d'If is a state prison - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"'The Chateau d'If is a state prison
S01 • E02 "'Are there examining magistrates - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
"'Are there examining magistrates
S01 • E01 When they open the safe, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
When they open the safe,
S01 • E01 The Archbishop makes the first test, turning on the bottles. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
The Archbishop makes the first test, turning on the bottles.
S01 • E03 Perched at the top, away from the main house, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Perched at the top, away from the main house,
S01 • E01 If the blood is liquefied, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
If the blood is liquefied,
S01 • E03 The view down your valley, I mean, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
The view down your valley, I mean,
S01 • E02 - Chateau d'If used to be a military fortress, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
- Chateau d'If used to be a military fortress,
S01 • E03 It's wild country. Savage country. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
It's wild country. Savage country.
S01 • E03 And that's part of the pleasure of it for us, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
And that's part of the pleasure of it for us,
S01 • E01 For example, 9:52, we play 9, 52, 66. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
For example, 9:52, we play 9, 52, 66.