Full of bitter resentment, Brian Sewell visits a Grand Ball in Venice.

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11 жыл бұрын

In part ten of his Grand Tour, Brian Sewell is forced to go to a Grand Ball during the Venice Carnival. Filled with rage and loathing he embarks on obtaining a costume for the ball and then suffers the indignity of sharing space with "fat old lesbians" and a very un-lovely Casanova. Unfortunately Brian then puts his foot in it the next day by insulting his hosts during lunch.
The full series is available to buy on DVD as 'Brian Sewell's Grand Tour' in the UK or 'Brian Sewell's Grand Tour of Italy' in the United States.

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@billsticker 8 жыл бұрын

"It's a freak show." Excellently said. I've always liked Brian Sewell's eloquent honesty. Requiescat in pace.

@Karloffrules 5 жыл бұрын

I have an uncle just like Sewell, and I adore him. My life has been infinitely more interesting and fun for having had his influence. RIP Mr. Sewell, you remain a jewel.

@bobbieboe 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Brian. A natural wit. One of the funniest men I've seen in the English-speaking world. A great loss and greatly undervalued by the media. Irreplaceable.

@chrish12345 11 жыл бұрын

there's more to him than that - he was the son of a London prostitute, his father committed suicide when she didn't agree to his abortion. He always worked on a very average wage for art dealers, often spotting hidden masterpieces a mile off but somehow other more greedy people got the credit. He has worked in Brixton prison teaching art history. He dares to speak the truth about art and education and has today been sidelined by the Evening Standard for not cow-towing to the establishment mob.

@herodotus6235 5 жыл бұрын

So direct and forthright it makes you weep. And only Brian could get away with this kind of directness with his dignity intact. One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. Salutant te.

@samumoth 8 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace, Mr Sewell. You were very entertaining.

@brober 4 жыл бұрын

Does no one admit to being Transylvanian?. God I love this guy!

@BackToTheBlues 11 жыл бұрын

Brain spoke about this series at a talk he gave recently. He said the show he wanted to make and the one that was actually produced were two entirely different things. I'd love to have seen the version he intended. He's a wonderful speaker, intelligent, incisive and humorous, and anyone who believes he is a snob just because of the way he speaks is wrong.

@mattbod 7 жыл бұрын

I adored this series and Brian. I was disappointed to read what a lash up this series was in Brian's Autobiography though. A funny and inspiring man who inspired me to broaden my knowledge of art and architecture and first ignited my love of Italy. One of the last of the old school.

@sunking45 Жыл бұрын

This level of disdain is artform in itself. I wish there were more.

@lordmontmorency7303 10 жыл бұрын

Perfect accent! A charming decoration of commentary upon the Venice Carnival. Perfect enunciation! Perfect personification of absolute perfection. Mr. Sewell speaks English with a wealth of pulchritudinous vowels, dipthongs and lexis. It is a great pity that his type is a dying breed in Britain. He expounds various theories in the most charming accents! Nothing can exceed his fine aristocratic bearing with which he carries himself on every occasion.

@PosthumousAddress 9 жыл бұрын

Lord Montmorency He doesn't have aristocratic bearing because he's not an aristocrat. He has the ordinary kind of upper-middle class bearing that is normal for someone of his background and age

@chrish12345 11 жыл бұрын

bless you - I agree its a shame we don't see more of him!

@teamcrumb 7 жыл бұрын

first time vaping cannabis whilst watching this = laughed so much i nearly drowned in my own dribble

@andynixon2820 3 жыл бұрын

Go on Brian , tell us what you really think . Don't be shy .

@pauldonaldson6067 3 жыл бұрын

I just Googled the Baroness Romana Von Schilgen, and sadly it seems that she passed away in 2006, the same year this episode was broadcast :-(

@otaviomagnani6622 8 жыл бұрын

One of the most charming Britons of all. Rest in peace.

@Scruffed 10 жыл бұрын

I read in a forum that this was the poshest man in Britain, and they were certainly right. I love him so much! What I wouldn't give to be able to speak with that accent.

@duxnihilo 6 жыл бұрын

Montgomery Badleford Would you give money? This accent is tought.

@eleveneleven572 5 жыл бұрын

I followed his Evening Standard column for years...sadly missed.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 11 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this video. To listen to Mr.Sewell is a JOY, he never fails to entertain & educate in some way or other. Thank you.

@albertlabos8400 Жыл бұрын

There you are. You have been treated to Brian Sewell at his most acidic This was not his usual mode, as he was invariably charming and eloquent. I knew him reasonably well from long discussions going round and round the round pond in Kensington Gardens or the Serpentine. I lived in London and he was not exactly my neighbour in Kensington but lived in proximity so our paths crossed frequently. Always very interesting to engage in conversation and discussion. May he rest in peace.

@thehararean 9 жыл бұрын

killed it, " i hope he is not on the phone to the local mafia."

@sonofalbasteelman3842 9 жыл бұрын

"I've taken as much of this obsenity as I can bear."

@suzannesadiiqa 10 жыл бұрын

It's such a surprise to find that Mr Sewell doesn't speak Italian, given that his life has been spent in the study of Art.

@teamcrumb 6 жыл бұрын

yes, you see he studied Art, not Italian. etc

@Extra_050 3 жыл бұрын

He spoke French, German and I think Spanish, but was less confident in Italian.

@Shcreamingreen 2 жыл бұрын

@@teamcrumb Were you an art historian you would have known how ridiculous is your comment

@TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels 5 жыл бұрын

God, I miss Brian. I'd love to have met him.

@davidjames9626 4 жыл бұрын

Great intelligent entertainer with a sharpness of wit and of grey matter well endowed, it's a pity there are so few around, dare I say none currently in the media..

@terrybrown2534 5 жыл бұрын

I just love the guy, sorry you are no longer with us dear boy, rest in peace.

@NosyFella 3 жыл бұрын

He is hysterical. One of the funniest videos I've seen lately. So rude.

@pobrejesus1 10 жыл бұрын

My hero !

@teamcrumb 7 жыл бұрын

glory be to Brian Sewell

@SimonLeicester 4 жыл бұрын

A joy to watch. So erudite and a biting wit.

@georgekellett2255 29 күн бұрын

Mr Sewell - Fantastico! How could you not be impressed and learn something at the same time? 👍

@Dan4x2282 6 жыл бұрын

Fat old lesbian's ! Love this man ! What an absolute shame that he passed away ! I only found out today. I live in Mexico, have lost touch ! The man was a true gentleman but brutally honest !

@chrish12345 6 жыл бұрын

horrible in retrospect to see how this great man was forced to do all these things he felt to be so against his principles

@krislomax1367 8 жыл бұрын

BRAVO.....a more True grasp of the facts..

@NuGanjaTron 7 жыл бұрын

"I want to be invisible" :^) Actually, if he'd have looked harder, there were some comely chicks in their 20s at the ball...

@diskochimp 11 жыл бұрын

"Needs must when the Devil drives..." :)

@chrisbarton5851 6 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting man rip😢

@y4nsp4cem4n 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff.

@revol148 3 жыл бұрын

I looks ghastly and being held in the worlds biggest tourist trap of Venice probably doesn't help matters !

@geoffaldwinckle1096 6 жыл бұрын

one will miss him.....

@suzannesadiiqa 10 жыл бұрын

Dear Lord he's right about the ball................a travesty!!!

@derekbradbury749 6 жыл бұрын

As ever, fucking hilarious. Sewell on top form. Nothing gets near to wanking in front of Dali, top form top critic.

@PilgrimofMatter 10 жыл бұрын

"Odi profanum vulgus (et arceo)" -- Horace, Odes (III.i) "I hate the unholy rabble and keep them away"

@JVSwailesBoudicca 11 жыл бұрын

I agree with every word you say !!!

@catherineoconnell3213 3 жыл бұрын

Made a balls up...... Two balls......Wrong ball.........

@lomographylover 4 жыл бұрын

this was great !!! hahaha....

@firdausHITMAN 11 жыл бұрын

It's Brian Badonde

@catherineoconnell3213 3 жыл бұрын

Eyes wide shut

@Richard61200 3 жыл бұрын

Why the sub titles ? Why do we even read them 😂😂😂 . Wonderful accent and Venice looks wonderful. I would love to go to a ball lol

@SuzaneVonRichthofen 10 жыл бұрын

What did he say about the "fat, old lesbians" (lol)? I replayed that part over and over again but his accent got the better of me.

@Argondish 5 жыл бұрын

"Quite frankly, I think it's a disaster. All it's attracted is a lot of fat, old lesbians-and that's about the sum of it."

@juanlauda2300 3 жыл бұрын

Sewell. Top edutainment.

@frenchartantiquesparis424 3 жыл бұрын

This is not during Carnival time..... If it were Carnival, you wouldnt be able to walk in the streets, so many people.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, and a great pity we don't see/hear more of him. Also see post by chrish12345 below....I knew his past history and I agree with the comments made. People say that he is pompouse but at least we know where we stand with hime as he doesn't beat about the bush !!!

@anthonygladman6558 2 жыл бұрын

So on the one hand there's not enough bosom kissing and debauchery, but on the other these vulgar people are all dreadful because they lack fine aristo manners... Which is it you really want, Brian dear? Well, you can't answer now so I guess we'll never know.