Famous for the ruins of Pompeii, the coastline around Mount Vesuvius has been a holiday destination since Roman times.\n\nHeading off the tourist track, Clive unearths why volcanic soil makes for the tastiest fruit and veg, learns to make Italian marmalade, uncovers the surprising royal tale behind Italy’s first train line and tries his hand at carving jewellery from coral found deep beneath the sea.
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Series 1: 15. Conegliano
The UK drinks a third of Italy’s Prosecco, but British visitors rarely make it to this corner of the Veneto region. After spending a night in a giant wine barrel, Clive le ...
19-07-2024
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Series 1: 14. Venice
Clive loves Venice, but on this trip, he wants to learn what it’s like to be a local, outnumbered by tourists by over 200 to one. He hitches a lift with a rare female gond ...
19-07-2024
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Series 1: 13. Verona
Clive tries to make Tiramisu in the nearby town of Treviso, heads to the lakeside village of Limone to discover the secret to a long and healthy life, and finds out the story be ...
18-07-2024
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Series 1: 12. Bologna
Italians are some of the happiest people in Europe, and Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is known as one of the happiest places in Italy. While the Pasta Sisters t ...
17-07-2024
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Series 1: 11. Barga
Clive swerves Tuscany’s famous posh villas to head to the medieval town of Barga, where over half the locals have Scottish connections. Staying in a mansion that’s n ...
16-07-2024
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Series 1: 10. Florence
Clive takes on the star goalscorer for ACF Fiorentina's women’s team in a penalty shoot-out. Back in the city, he indulges his passion for fashion - his mum Lynne was a se ...
15-07-2024
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Series 1: 9. Maremma
As long as the water’s warm, Clive loves to swim, so he’s enthusiastic about taking a dip in the vast volcanic spring of Saturnia and discovering why Italians believ ...
12-04-2024
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Series 1: 8. Rome
Clive has visited Rome before, but this time, he heads out of the centre and up one of the city’s seven hills to the rarely visited neighbourhood of Monteverde, where he t ...
11-04-2024
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Series 1: 7. Lazio
Clive heads north from Lazio’s capital, Rome, to the dramatic valleys of Italy’s badlands, out of which rises the fairy-tale citadel of Civita di Bagnoregio - Lazio& ...
10-04-2024
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Series 1: 6. Naples
Staying in what was one of Naples’ poorest neighbourhoods, in a hotel that’s also an art gallery, Clive discovers how this always colourful city is changing for the ...
09-04-2024
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Series 1: 4. Torre Del Greco
Famous for the ruins of Pompeii, the coastline around Mount Vesuvius has been a holiday destination since Roman times.\n\nHeading off the tourist track, Clive unearths why volca ...
05-04-2024
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Series 1: 5. Capri
Starting at his favourite holiday spot on the Amalfi coast, Clive goes inland to a mozzarella factory, where he discovers how to make everyone’s favourite stringy cheese.\ ...
08-04-2024
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Series 1: 6. Naples
Staying in what was one of Naples’ poorest neighbourhoods, in a hotel that’s also an art gallery, Clive discovers how this always colourful city is changing for the ...
09-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: 12. Bologna
Italians are some of the happiest people in Europe, and Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is known as one of the happiest places in Italy. While the Pasta Sisters t ...
17-07-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: 7. Lazio
Clive heads north from Lazio’s capital, Rome, to the dramatic valleys of Italy’s badlands, out of which rises the fairy-tale citadel of Civita di Bagnoregio - Lazio& ...
10-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: 13. Verona
Clive tries to make Tiramisu in the nearby town of Treviso, heads to the lakeside village of Limone to discover the secret to a long and healthy life, and finds out the story be ...
18-07-2024
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Series 1: 1. Puglia And Basilicata
Clive heads to the heart of southern Italy, where the sun shines brightest but foreign tourists are relatively few. Driving his red Fiat down the same roads as Daniel Craig&rsqu ...
02-04-2024
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Series 1: 2. Catania
The village of Savoca has some of the best views in Sicily, which is why Martin Scorsese chose it to film The Godfather's wedding scene. Clive hangs out at the Bar Vitelli, made ...
03-04-2024
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Series 1: 8. Rome
Clive has visited Rome before, but this time, he heads out of the centre and up one of the city’s seven hills to the rarely visited neighbourhood of Monteverde, where he t ...
11-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 1: 14. Venice
Clive loves Venice, but on this trip, he wants to learn what it’s like to be a local, outnumbered by tourists by over 200 to one. He hitches a lift with a rare female gond ...
19-07-2024
BBC 2