Possible Clues:

• Provided commentary, as for a documentary
• It's what 22 across did as told in the voice of one who knows the story
• Told elevated cleric about time with a bishop
• Went quickly back, made an assessment and told a story
• Raced up, considered, told a tale
• Given account of island uprising by Hughes
• Island pushed upward — man told tale
• Did some documentary work
• Hurried up, harshly told off, or simply told
• Shared an account