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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Like Robben Island in Cape Town, Alcatraz in San Francisco, and Chateau d'If in...

Richard narrates:
Like Robben Island in Cape Town, Alcatraz in San Francisco, and Chateau d'If in Marseilles, these prison islands
within sight of the city, and earshot, are especially
torturous for prisoners, because they're so close to where everybody's living
a life of freedom, and of course, as a reader,
hugely intriguing

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Richard narrates: Like Robben Island in Cape Town,
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Alcatraz in San Francisco,
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and Chateau d'If in Marseilles,
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these prison islands within sight of the city,
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and earshot, are especially torturous for prisoners,
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because they're so close
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to where everybody's living a life of freedom,
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and of course, as a reader, hugely intriguing.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:04
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 The guy who was selling it to us was desperate to sell. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
The guy who was selling it to us was desperate to sell.
S01 • E01 She prays in India, finds love in Indonesia - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
She prays in India, finds love in Indonesia
S01 • E01 - In Gilbert's book, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
- In Gilbert's book,
S01 • E03 And, you know, it was grubby and the goats and the cows - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And, you know, it was grubby and the goats and the cows
S01 • E02 And I perfectly understand why Dumas chose - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
And I perfectly understand why Dumas chose
S01 • E03 I remember a white sheet fell off the line - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
I remember a white sheet fell off the line
S01 • E01 "In fact, I've come to believe, in my delirium, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"In fact, I've come to believe, in my delirium,
S01 • E02 And for anybody who's innocent, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And for anybody who's innocent,
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: In spite of the lack - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: In spite of the lack
S01 • E01 "Meanwhile, Sophie is practically in tears over hers. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"Meanwhile, Sophie is practically in tears over hers.
S01 • E03 He also conjures up a garden of earthly delights. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
He also conjures up a garden of earthly delights.
S01 • E01 "She's begging me, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"She's begging me,
S01 • E03 "A couple of terraces below the house was to be found - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"A couple of terraces below the house was to be found
S01 • E02 While we're on the subject of escape, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
While we're on the subject of escape,
S01 • E03 "A torrent of water that rushed out from a rock - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"A torrent of water that rushed out from a rock
S01 • E01 "'Why did we even bother eating food at all in Stockholm?'" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"'Why did we even bother eating food at all in Sto...
S01 • E03 "I sat in the pool and poured bucketful after bucketful - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"I sat in the pool and poured bucketful after bucketful
S01 • E03 "Without needing to put shoes or clothes on, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Without needing to put shoes or clothes on,
S01 • E02 Once a winter destination, in the 1920s, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Once a winter destination, in the 1920s,
S01 • E03 "I cooled them in the waterfall - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
"I cooled them in the waterfall