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Bill Bryson is the Charles Osgood of England, pointing out the offbeat pleasures of a land that makes him feel like he's "walking through yesterday." Except, Bryson affectionately points out, he happens to like yesterday. Bryson builds on his 1995 book Notes from a Small Island as he narrates a quirky, fact-filled tour that quietly hops from one odd observation to the next, from taxi drivers to cricket ("the only sport that incorporates meal breaks"). Two segments of the six-part show are contained in this first volume. There's poetic analysis of Liverpool's shrinking population, an examination of a man obsessed with building tunnels, and a look at the British at play. "British people don't like pleasure, they like to pass the time," says Bryson, a Midwestern American who spent 20 years in the land he's chronicling. He's created a video love letter with a quirky smile at its heart. --Valerie J. Nelson
Bill Bryson is the Charles Osgood of England, pointing out the offbeat pleasures of a land that makes him feel like he's "walking through yesterday." Except, Bryson affectionately points out, he happens to like yesterday. Bryson builds on his 1995 book Notes from a Small Island as he narrates a quirky, fact-filled tour that quietly hops from one odd observation to the next, from taxi drivers to cricket ("the only sport that incorporates meal breaks"). Two segments of the six-part show are contained in this first volume. There's poetic analysis of Liverpool's shrinking population, an examination of a man obsessed with building tunnels, and a look at the British at play. "British people don't like pleasure, they like to pass the time," says Bryson, a Midwestern American who spent 20 years in the land he's chronicling. He's created a video love letter with a quirky smile at its heart. --Valerie J. Nelson
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