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In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Nicholas Shakespeare

Paul Yule

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Chatwin's biographer Nicholas Shakespeare visits Africa, South America and Australia.

Documentary marking travel writer Bruce Chatwin's legacy. Nicholas Shakespeare visits Africa, South America and Australia, meeting Werner Herzog and Patrick Leigh Fermor.

In the conclusion of a two-part documentary marking the 10th anniversary of travel writer Bruce Chatwin's death, his biographer Nicholas Shakespeare continues his journey. Travelling to Africa, South America and Australia, he meets the likes of Werner Herzog, Thomas Keneally and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Since his death from AIDS in 1989, Chatwin's books have been published in 30 languages and inspired three feature films, and his thougths about 'The Nomad' have become the model for global travellers everywhere.

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A major re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin

An appraisal of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin. Nicholas Shakespeare journeys the five continents in Chatwin's footsteps, revealing where his fiction meets the truth of his life

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