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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Without needing to put shoesor clothes on, "I could take just five pacesand pick oranges,...

"Without needing to put shoes
or clothes on, "I could take just five paces
and pick oranges, mandarins, "figs or grapes
fresh from the trees

Full Transcript

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"Without needing to put shoes or clothes on,
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"I could take just five paces and pick oranges, mandarins,
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"figs or grapes fresh from the trees.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:14
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 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
S01 • E02 Among them was the great novelist - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Among them was the great novelist
S01 • E03 I think that people do really have a fundamental longing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I think that people do really have a fundamental longing
S01 • E02 The Fitzgeralds stayed at what is now - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
The Fitzgeralds stayed at what is now
S01 • E02 Although considerably smaller, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Although considerably smaller,
S01 • E03 I mean, the place where we're sitting here now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I mean, the place where we're sitting here now,
S01 • E01 [telephone rings] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
[telephone rings]
S01 • E03 It kept the... A house is a place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
It kept the... A house is a place
S01 • E02 "Just the right place to rough it," wrote Fitzgerald. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
"Just the right place to rough it," wrote Fitzgera...
S01 • E03 We are beset by wild beasts to a certain extent, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We are beset by wild beasts to a certain extent,
S01 • E02 I can't imagine F Scott Fitzgerald - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I can't imagine F Scott Fitzgerald
S01 • E01 And it's borne out by everything that Gilbert has to say. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And it's borne out by everything that Gilbert has to sa...
S01 • E03 I feel that I've been able to grow more as a human being. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I feel that I've been able to grow more as a human bein...
S01 • E02 'Cause believe it or not, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
'Cause believe it or not,
S01 • E01 [Richard groans happily] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
[Richard groans happily]
S01 • E03 To experience life much more richly - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
To experience life much more richly
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: After World War I, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: After World War I,
S01 • E01 "A tripped-out, dangerous and cheerful nuthouse," - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"A tripped-out, dangerous and cheerful nuthouse,"
S01 • E03 And I think you do get closer to the elements - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And I think you do get closer to the elements