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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Victoria's fascinationwith this city leaps from the pagesand, having spent time here, I...

Victoria's fascination
with this city leaps from the pages
and, having spent time here, I can totally see why

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Victoria's fascination with this city
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leaps from the pages and, having spent time here,
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I can totally see why.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:19
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E02 Corinne Semerciyan is a local guide - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Corinne Semerciyan is a local guide
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: He felt that the conventional tours - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Richard narrates: He felt that the conventional tours
S01 • E03 During the 1960s, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
During the 1960s,
S01 • E02 - His literary career started in 1822, about, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
- His literary career started in 1822, about,
S01 • E03 Unsurprisingly, some also chose to stay - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Unsurprisingly, some also chose to stay
S01 • E01 Dickens particular dislike of Catholicism - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Dickens particular dislike of Catholicism
S01 • E01 He was critical of what he saw as the greed of the church - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
He was critical of what he saw as the greed of the church
S01 • E02 So, he was a great personage and he was successful. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
So, he was a great personage and he was successful.
S01 • E03 About one hour's drive south of Granada, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
About one hour's drive south of Granada,
S01 • E02 So he was almost like Dan Brown writing 'The Da Vinci Code' now. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
So he was almost like Dan Brown writing 'The Da Vinci C...
S01 • E01 For Dickens, this was particularly manifest in Naples, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
For Dickens, this was particularly manifest in Naples,
S01 • E03 Among the British immigrants to this area - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Among the British immigrants to this area
S01 • E02 - His true family story, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- His true family story,
S01 • E01 Three times a year, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Three times a year,
S01 • E02 His grandmother was a Black slave, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
His grandmother was a Black slave,
S01 • E03 Chris fell in love with the place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Chris fell in love with the place
S01 • E01 Dickens was suspicious, and I'm completely fascinated. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Dickens was suspicious, and I'm completely fascinated.
S01 • E03 It's an entertaining and eye-opening introduction - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
It's an entertaining and eye-opening introduction
S01 • E02 And because of the disagreement, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
And because of the disagreement,
S01 • E01 I'm meeting a local historian, Amedeo Colella. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I'm meeting a local historian, Amedeo Colella.