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This desire to explore the unknown
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

This desire to explorethe unknown is still utterly compelling

This desire to explore
the unknown is still utterly compelling

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This desire to explore the unknown
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is still utterly compelling.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:26
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 • E01 I can only imagine what it must have been like - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I can only imagine what it must have been like
S01 • E03 A grim reminder of tragic times. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
A grim reminder of tragic times.
S01 • E02 They married in 1880 and remained together. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
They married in 1880 and remained together.
S01 • E01 Almost 170 years before Elena Ferrante - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Almost 170 years before Elena Ferrante
S01 • E03 Lorca's death and the terrible consequences - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Lorca's death and the terrible consequences
S01 • E02 Whether they ever camped together under the stars, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Whether they ever camped together under the stars,
S01 • E01 Dickens had already shown himself to be a brilliant - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Dickens had already shown himself to be a brilliant
S01 • E02 I feel very invigorated after my visit to the Cevennes, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
I feel very invigorated after my visit to the Cevennes,
S01 • E03 The Return was inspired by a visit to Granada, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
The Return was inspired by a visit to Granada,
S01 • E01 Reaching Naples in 1845, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
Reaching Naples in 1845,
S01 • E02 I really do feel I've had the most amazing conversation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
I really do feel I've had the most amazing conversation
S01 • E03 The narrative leaps between the 21st century - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
The narrative leaps between the 21st century
S01 • E03 And when it was written in 2007, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
And when it was written in 2007,
S01 • E02 Sword fights, swashbuckling romance, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Sword fights, swashbuckling romance,
S01 • E02 Well, it's got to be 'The Count of Monte Cristo', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Well, it's got to be 'The Count of Monte Cristo�...
S01 • E01 - I'm standing here beside Porta Capuana, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- I'm standing here beside Porta Capuana,
S01 • E03 The main character, Sonia, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
The main character, Sonia,
S01 • E01 He was 32 years old and at a turning point in his career - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
He was 32 years old and at a turning point in his career
S01 • E02 This was a book that Stevenson loved, by the way, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
This was a book that Stevenson loved, by the way,
S01 • E02 About 200km south of the Cevennes - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
About 200km south of the Cevennes