Set sail on a fabulous literary voyage with BBC Select, as actor and Oscar nominee Richard E Grant guides you through this sumptuous arts documentary.…
Get ready for great reads and gorgeous views as BBC Select drops you into the heart of Southern Italy alongside Oscar nominated actor Richard E Grant. In this arts and travel documentary, Richard is visiting sites that inspired notable works of literature, treading in the footsteps of writers such as Elena Ferrante and Charles Dickens. But what role did the Mafia play in one bestselling novel?
Travel to the sun-dappled sights of Southern France with BBC Select and Oscar nominee Richard E Grant as your guide in this glorious arts and travel documentary. He’s visiting the beautiful sites that inspired great literary works by F Scott Fitzgerald, Alexander Dumas and Patrick Süskind, as he learns about their lives and loves. But will a troublesome donkey get the better of Richard?
Slap on the sunblock and grab your favorite read as BBC Select whisks you off to Southern Spain with actor and Oscar nominee Richard E Grant as this wonderful arts and travel documentary concludes. Richard is visiting the gorgeous locations that inspired such literary heavyweights as Ernest Hemingway, Laurie Lee and Federico García Lorca. But will Richard really be able to make it as a matador?
Richard E Grant continues his journey across the South of France in the company of some of the books that have been inspired by its rich and varied landscapes. This episode sees him visit actor turned writer Carol Drinkwater's olive farm, sample local cuisine and visit the world's perfume capital Grasse, the setting for Patrick Susskind's bestselling novel 'Perfume'.
Richard E Grant travels across Andalucia in southern Spain in the company of some of the writers who were inspired by its cities, landscapes and turbulent history. He visits the Granada of Federico García Lorca, the spectacular town of Ronda beloved by Ernest Hem-ingway and the remote Alpujarras where former drummer Chris Stewart now writes his bestselling books.
Richard E Grant continues his travel across Andalucia in Southern Spain visiting the Al-pujarras where the rich culinary tradition has led to some great food writing, the city of Almuñécar where Laurie Lee ended the journey across Spain he described in: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' and the Costa del Sol where J G Ballard set Cocaine Nights.
