Griff describes Paris as small, intense but full of flavour and sets out to find the ingredients that make up this great city.
Paris is exquisite in scale and content. New York may boast bigger, taller, London more extensive, but Paris knows it has the finest. It’s the attention to detail that makes this city tick.
Paris has probably had more admirers than any place on earth. From the Roman Emperor Julian who called it his ‘beloved city’ to Adolf Hitler, who in 1940 wrote that he had ‘always longed to visit Paris’, having just done so with his army and 40,000 tanks. It was considered ‘too beautiful to bomb’ and survived the Second World War unscathed.
It’s 4am and Griff alights from one of London’s iconic vehicles, a route master bus. While most of London sleeps, Griff makes his way to a statue in Trafalgar Square. Not the famous Nelson’s Column but a statue of Charles the First, which officially marks the centre of London where all distances are measured from.
We all know the legend that if the ravens leave the Tower of London the Kingdom will fall. Not as well known is a similar legend surrounding the Stone of London, which is located in the wall of a disused shop in Cannon Street. The stone is reputed to have stood in the middle of the Forum, when the Romans were in London. It survived the Great Fire and the Blitz and the myth is that it as long as the stone is safe, London will flourish.
Griff Rhys Jones gets under the skin of three of the greatest cities on earth for a new three-part documentary series.
Exploring a day-in-the-life of New York, London and Paris, Griff paints a landmark portrait of each metropolis revealing what gives each city its unique identity.
From serving breakfast in New York, to late night dinner in Paris, and beer in London, Griff gets stuck into the daily life of these cities. He works with garbage men in New York, gives a cut and blow dry to a poodle in Paris and tries his hand at bell ringing in London. Read more & comment »
Griff Rhys Jones has undertaken quite a daunting challenge as part of his new BBC show. As part of his new series, Griff is taking a startlingly honest look at anger in himself and others.
Here is a great clip in which Griff quizzes Big Brother’s Chanelle on any anger issues which she might have. It may have been better for him to pick a person who could string a sensible sentence together though…..
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