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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Dickens may have been sceptical, but for hundreds of yearsthe miracle of San Gennaro has...

[laughs] Richard narrates:
Dickens may have been sceptical, but for hundreds of years
the miracle of San Gennaro has provided the faithful
with a beacon of hope in a city which has experienced more than
its fair share of suffering

Full Transcript

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Richard narrates: Dickens may have been sceptical,
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but for hundreds of years the miracle of San Gennaro
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has provided the faithful with a beacon of hope in a city
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which has experienced more than its fair share of suffering.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:26
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 • E03 - So, how far is it, Chris, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- So, how far is it, Chris,
S01 • E02 - Probably they tried to, but it was very difficult, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- Probably they tried to, but it was very difficult,
S01 • E03 Our nearest neighbour is over that way - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Our nearest neighbour is over that way
S01 • E02 What we know is that the condition of lives - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
What we know is that the condition of lives
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: In The Count of Monte Cristo, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: In The Count of Monte Cristo,
S01 • E01 [applause] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
[applause]
S01 • E03 What sheep like more than anything in the world is figs - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
What sheep like more than anything in the world is figs
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Chris' book is subtitled - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Richard narrates: Chris' book is subtitled
S01 • E02 - Dantès was accused to be Bonapartist, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
- Dantès was accused to be Bonapartist,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Richard narrates: It's perhaps not surprising
S01 • E03 And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And it's quickly obvious why he had to be an optimist
S01 • E03 Despite apparently merging into the landscape - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Despite apparently merging into the landscape
S01 • E02 So he was imprisoned in the cells right there, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So he was imprisoned in the cells right there,
S01 • E01 "There is one extraordinary feature - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
"There is one extraordinary feature
S01 • E02 So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So there was a hierarchy of how much money you had
S01 • E03 "The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The man who sells the bus tickets in Orgiva
S01 • E01 They bring an immense revenue to the government - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They bring an immense revenue to the government
S01 • E03 "I went once with some friends - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"I went once with some friends
S01 • E02 So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So, prisoners who had money could pay the pistole,
S01 • E01 - When he arrives in Naples, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- When he arrives in Naples,