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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"It was 4 o'clock by the timehe got his suitcase "up from the post office

"It was 4 o'clock by the time
he got his suitcase "up from the post office

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"It was 4 o'clock by the time he got his suitcase
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"up from the post office.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:56
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 • E01 "He'd hardly the energy to hang up his best suit - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"He'd hardly the energy to hang up his best suit
S01 • E02 Because I like the fruits to be still green - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Because I like the fruits to be still green
S01 • E02 - Yeah. - And it also has - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- Yeah. - And it also has
S01 • E03 What I love is that you, as foreigners living here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
What I love is that you, as foreigners living here,
S01 • E01 "When he awoke, groggy and weak, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"When he awoke, groggy and weak,
S01 • E02 - So, Carol, you're preparing ratatouille - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- So, Carol, you're preparing ratatouille
S01 • E01 "For an instant, he saw Dickie and Marge - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"For an instant, he saw Dickie and Marge
S01 • E03 - Yeah, 'cause we wanted to preserve - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
- Yeah, 'cause we wanted to preserve
S01 • E01 "Tom realised he was seeing them on a typical day, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Tom realised he was seeing them on a typical day,
S01 • E02 It's extraordinary to think that - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
It's extraordinary to think that
S01 • E02 So when Elizabeth David first came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
So when Elizabeth David first came here,
S01 • E01 "Then aperitifs at one of the cafés at the beach. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
"Then aperitifs at one of the cafés at the beach.
S01 • E01 "They were enjoying a perfectly ordinary day - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
"They were enjoying a perfectly ordinary day
S01 • E03 Most of the traditions here are to do with - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Most of the traditions here are to do with
S01 • E02 When I grew up, the only olive oil we had - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
When I grew up, the only olive oil we had
S01 • E03 You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers
S01 • E01 And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired
S01 • E03 But what they do with a dried fig, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
But what they do with a dried fig,
S01 • E02 I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now,
S01 • E02 But then we didn't have wine on the table - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But then we didn't have wine on the table