Season 1
8 episodes · 2008
1LAKES, MOUNTAINS & LA SCALA
Suggs visits one of the powerhouses of modern Italian design, celebrates the Italian love affair with the sports car, and meets Puccini’s grand-daughter at the most famous opera house in the world.
3CANALS & CARNIVALS
Suggs explores the worlds most Romantic city, reveals Canalettos cunning secret and investigates the masked world of the annual carnival.
4MICHAELANGELO & THE MAESTRO
Suggs has a singing lesson from Pavarotti’s vocal coach, explores the marble quarry where Michelangelo’s David was born, and performs a classic Madness number with a real ‘rock’ band – all their instruments are made of stone.
5FRESCOES & FOOTBALL
Suggs arrives to the birthplace of Reneissance and football, discovers the Vasari Corridor and some exceptional ice-cream, and investigates those pesky claims about Italians having invented football by playing a game dressed in 17th century football kit.
6PRINCESSES & PIAGGIOS
Suggs abandones his trusty Mini and explores the capital city from the back of a Vespa, heads for Mussolini's film studios, and tours the stunning Palazzo Borghese with Principessa Nike Borghese.
7PIZZA & PUPPETS
Suggs takes a musical tour through the city where Caruso first sang, tries his hand at Neapolitan puppetry and discovers the secret of the scenegiatta.
8JOURNEY'S ENDfinale
Suggs follows in the footsteps of the Godfather and D.H. Lawrence and follows the trail of a stolen masterpiece.