What comes over in spade-loads is Bill Bryson's honesty not only in his opinions about our country but about himself. His gentle voice is somehow safe and I find when reading his many books I can hear him talking as I read the words. That is surely unique. He throws a spotlight on what is lost now since he first came here and somehow reassures us that if we just value Britain we won't lose it all for ever or we should be careful not to lose it. Thank you for posting this I watched all episodes even though I have the book.
Wonderful! I watched all seven episodes in a row. Just learned about them reading "The Road to Little Dribbling" and was so happy to find them here! Thank you so much for posting these - so many places in the book - really help bring it to life!
Thanks for these videos Rob. A rare glimpse into a piece of even rarer TV tranquility. I have read most of Bill Bryson’s books so this was really lovely to see him and hear his him voice his own words.
Many thanks are due to you for posting this set of videos that allow just anyone, anytime, access to Bill Bryson's Love Letter to Britain. Well done, loverly, and much endearing.
I have just finished watching the 7 episodes, and while Bill shows great affection for our country, its people and its ways, I couldn't help seeing it as an affectionate documentary about a country in decline, lamenting what it once was. that has now passed. I listened to his audio account of "Notes from a Small Island" on BBC (on the radio, I think) a long time ago - possibly around the turn of the century, though I think it was before that. In any case, that programme was very funny. While this video series has been a delight, the two programmes were, if memory serves (which it still does a little!) the two were of very different humour. One thing in remember from the previous one as when a bunch of yobbos in a car drove through a puddle and splashed water on him in Weston Super-mare (?), then turned around to repeat the gesture, with a "cheery rejoinder" of "Weuuuuhh heuuuhh". Bill Bryson is a delighjt, and always seems to research and present the off-beat aspects of his chosen subject - the things that nobody thinks about till they are presented in his inimitable, fresh way.
I read the book 20 years ago. This is a documentary with some same points, right? I heard he wrote a notes from a small island part 2. Which years were one and two written. And this is 1999?
What comes over in spade-loads is Bill Bryson's honesty not only in his opinions about our country but about himself. His gentle voice is somehow safe and I find when reading his many books I can hear him talking as I read the words. That is surely unique. He throws a spotlight on what is lost now since he first came here and somehow reassures us that if we just value Britain we won't lose it all for ever or we should be careful not to lose it. Thank you for posting this I watched all episodes even though I have the book.
Agreed 👍
A master piece so calming 🙏
Thank you so much. I'm a Bill Bryson fan and it was wonderful to see these places in the flesh so to speak.
Wonderful! I watched all seven episodes in a row. Just learned about them reading "The Road to Little Dribbling" and was so happy to find them here! Thank you so much for posting these - so many places in the book - really help bring it to life!
Our amazing land. Let's preserve it at a time when it is on the edge of extinction...
Thank you so much. I just found this series and have watched all 7 happily on the Summer Solstace! xxx
Thanks for these videos Rob. A rare glimpse into a piece of even rarer TV tranquility. I have read most of Bill Bryson’s books so this was really lovely to see him and hear his him voice his own words.
What a wonderful man… the best of English and American combined
Many thanks are due to you for posting this set of videos that allow just anyone, anytime, access to Bill Bryson's Love Letter to Britain. Well done, loverly, and much endearing.
Bill you are way taller than i thought. I love and reread all your books every year.
Gorgeous. And so is our green and pleasant land.
Wonderful and gentle celebration of Britishness, thank you Rob for uploading these seven videos
Yes, thank you Rob 👍
His writing has more than a touch of Twain. Lovely.
I really enjoyed the whole series, thanks for uploading it!
Thank you. It’s great to watch it.
I have just finished watching the 7 episodes, and while Bill shows great affection for our country, its people and its ways, I couldn't help seeing it as an affectionate documentary about a country in decline, lamenting what it once was. that has now passed.
I listened to his audio account of "Notes from a Small Island" on BBC (on the radio, I think) a long time ago - possibly around the turn of the century, though I think it was before that. In any case, that programme was very funny. While this video series has been a delight, the two programmes were, if memory serves (which it still does a little!) the two were of very different humour. One thing in remember from the previous one as when a bunch of yobbos in a car drove through a puddle and splashed water on him in Weston Super-mare (?), then turned around to repeat the gesture, with a "cheery rejoinder" of "Weuuuuhh heuuuhh".
Bill Bryson is a delighjt, and always seems to research and present the off-beat aspects of his chosen subject - the things that nobody thinks about till they are presented in his inimitable, fresh way.
Thanks for this Rob
thank you! binge watched the lot 👍😊
Delightful! Thank you for posting these.
Fantastic many thanks for sharing.
I love all bryson's books.
I really wonder what Bill Bryson would say about the state the UK is in right now. I doubt he would be so praiseworthy... it's a mess.
oh, he was wearing some rose-coloured glasses even in the 90s, but it's nice to indulge in sentimentality every once in a while
He actually wrote a sequel "The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island" in 2015.
Hahaha The Yorkshire Wave is the funniest part of the book for me.
I loved reading that bit, and even more finally seeing it.
Thank you for this :)
I'm wondering why Bill doesn't live back in Iowa
Nice ad at the end. "Watch television"
Big up Billy boy
Thanks Rob 😁
I read the book 20 years ago. This is a documentary with some same points, right?
I heard he wrote a notes from a small island part 2. Which years were one and two written. And this is 1999?
Yes, Mr Toxxin. I got the 10th comment.
thats cool
who's Mr Toxxin?
@@dovic86 LOL. I was just trolling with a friend from school cause we had to watch this during online school in COVID
@@mustafaali5393 I see :)