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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"In five minutes,it exhausted the spirit "and set up a feverin all the muscles of the...

"In five minutes,
it exhausted the spirit "and set up a fever
in all the muscles of the leg." I'm frankly amazed that he got
further than a few yards

Full Transcript

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"In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit
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"and set up a fever in all the muscles of the leg."
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I'm frankly amazed that he got further than a few yards.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
66
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:27
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 • E03 For eight centuries, from 711 AD, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
For eight centuries, from 711 AD,
S01 • E01 Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets
S01 • E01 And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola
S01 • E02 But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson,
S01 • E03 - The Moors, when the Christians came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
- The Moors, when the Christians came here,
S01 • E03 They were even obliged to be baptised, too. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They were even obliged to be baptised, too.
S01 • E02 He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.
S01 • E01 Then he's going to add this water to the lemons, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Then he's going to add this water to the lemons,
S01 • E03 The city became quite a different city, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
The city became quite a different city,
S01 • E02 "The great affair is to move, to feel the needs - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The great affair is to move, to feel the needs
S01 • E01 And this is a sulphuric water - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And this is a sulphuric water
S01 • E02 "To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation
S01 • E03 He was in the side of the persecuted - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
He was in the side of the persecuted
S01 • E01 Yep. And then he's going to put - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Yep. And then he's going to put
S01 • E02 "Alas, as we get up in life - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
"Alas, as we get up in life
S01 • E01 And also, it's an aphrodisiac, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And also, it's an aphrodisiac,
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn
S01 • E02 "And when the present is so exacting, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"And when the present is so exacting,
S01 • E03 In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people
S01 • E02 Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go!