WEBVTT 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:09.280 Grrr. No presents for you, you little . 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:12.960 This time on Il Nostro Uomo in Italia, 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:14.360 flying low... 00:00:14.440 --> 00:00:16.560 We're now only about 80 feet 00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:18.520 from that mountain, rather alarmingly. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:20.400 …playing with dough... 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:21.800 Cute/creepy. 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:23.800 …and look out below. 00:00:23.880 --> 00:00:25.360 If you're thinking of taking up woodcarving, 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.960 remember always to cut towards your own *. 00:00:29.040 --> 00:00:31.120 ♪ ♪ 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.720 Ciao, gente, 00:00:47.800 --> 00:00:51.360 and welcome to the final installment of our Italian opus. 00:00:51.440 --> 00:00:54.720 We're getting very close to the top of Italy, and you can tell. 00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:59.880 I've become fat, my car is full of all sorts of junk. 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:01.720 What is there? There's clothing, 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:05.240 there are two coats in there, a rucksack, another rucksack. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:06.680 I-I don't know whose that is. 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:13.080 Uh, everything really, except my phone charging cable, which is in the hotel. 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.320 With my Panda packed with more meaningless crap than TikTok, 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.240 the last thing I need is more stuff. 00:01:19.320 --> 00:01:22.000 So let's go shopping. 00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:24.080 ♪ ♪ 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:28.840 What you're about to see is what happens 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.200 when the least fashionable man in Europe 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.720 arrives in the most fashionable city in Europe. 00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:38.240 Well, viewers, I'm afraid this moment simply had to come. 00:01:38.320 --> 00:01:41.560 I've been through Sicily, I've been through the toe, 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:44.280 the heel and the instep of Italy, the ankle bone, 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:46.280 the lace eyelet and the shinpad. 00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:49.080 But now we are in Milan, the... 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:51.600 Style Centre of the World 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.680 ...and I'm required to go shopping. 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.720 Some people here think that my appearance can be improved. 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:01.840 Milan is at the top of Italy's femur, 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.320 near the impending hip replacement. 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.000 It's home to 1.4 million people, 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.000 numerous fashion houses, and, unfortunately for me, 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.200 a pair of personal stylists called Nicola and Elena. 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:18.320 So you have one hour to make me... transform me 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.200 into a stylish Italian man from a stylish English man. 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:23.680 - Okay. - Yes. We thought, uh... 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:25.840 I think you have to change your shirt. 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:28.920 - It's quite old. And it's not... - Old? 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:30.680 - Yeah, there was a hole. - 18 years old. 00:02:30.760 --> 00:02:32.280 - Hole? - Hole, yeah. 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:34.040 - Yes, it's got a hole in it. It has character. - Oh, no. 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.680 - Maybe. - Maybe. 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.680 - All right, fine. - Yeah. 00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:40.280 Now, it might surprise you, 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.640 but I've never needed a personal shopper before 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:44.200 as I've always had a good idea 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.640 of what's what in the world of what's hot and what's not. 00:02:47.720 --> 00:02:49.240 - I like this. - No. 00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:50.640 Oh, no, no. 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:55.040 - Why not? I think this is fantastic! - Not elegant. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.240 No. 00:02:57.320 --> 00:02:58.920 - So, that's kind of... - No. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:00.440 - Those are quite nice. - No! No, no, no, no. - Dark gray. 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.960 - No, no, no. - No. - No? 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:03.720 - What about that? - No. 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:07.160 I'll tell you what. Why don't you go and find things 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.600 that you think are right for me? I will go and choose some things 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:12.440 that I think are right for me. 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.720 And then we can compare, and then you can laugh at them. 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:16.880 - Okay, right. - Okay, perfect. - Okay. Right. 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:18.480 In three, two, one... go. 00:03:20.440 --> 00:03:24.040 That's more like it. A nice cuddly jummy. 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:26.560 This is 48. 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:29.560 No, he's more like 50, him... 00:03:29.640 --> 00:03:31.240 Come on. That's quite cool. 00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:33.480 Or is it a bit… is it a bit Grandpa? 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.760 On the other hand, white accentuates his, erm... 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:38.880 - His belly. - Mm. 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.760 Let's see how tight... 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.240 Rather tight. 00:03:44.320 --> 00:03:46.240 But he doesn't have big legs, I don't think? 00:03:46.320 --> 00:03:48.960 It's sort of knitted camouflage. What? 00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:50.920 - It's got a bad face from Tom. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.000 - Okay. - So this one will go with that... 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:54.280 Jacket, this one. 00:03:56.440 --> 00:03:59.960 but modelling this season's Giacomo di Maggio, it's me. 00:04:00.040 --> 00:04:04.720 - Oh. It's… - Oh, my God. 00:04:04.920 --> 00:04:09.240 The first look fusing urban street and tea cozy chic. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:10.840 - Good? - No. - Not good. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.040 Next up, I'm pairing mustard with milk. 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.000 - There? - Oh. Oh, my God. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.440 - No yellow. No! - Yellow. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.360 - For your skin, for your eyes. - You're like… You're... 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:25.040 - Yellow... - No. 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.320 But also, your face is yellow. 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:28.720 - My face is yellow? - Yeah. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.280 - Oh, yeah. No good. - Yeah. 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:36.000 My autumn winter collection is getting something of a frosty reception. 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:37.800 Here we go with green again. 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:39.600 - That's a no, isn't it? - No. 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.040 Right, I've run out of clothes to show you now, you'll be delighted to know. 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.560 Can I see your selections, please? 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:49.240 - Oh, yes, um... - Our selection, I think, is better. 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.440 - Oh. Very nice. - Nice. 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.600 - Good? - Yes. - Mm-hmm. 00:04:57.880 --> 00:05:00.440 - He's coming. Oh. - Oh. 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.880 Right. It's very cool. 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:04.920 - Very nice. - They know what they are doing, don't they? That's really annoying. 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.160 I'm so curious. 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:08.600 Me too. 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.000 - Oh. 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:12.600 - Amazing. - That's good. 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.480 - Mm. - It's good. 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.480 - Hi. - Italian man. 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.720 I'm going to have to admit, after years of being very cynical and sniffy 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.880 about personal shopping and all that, 00:05:23.960 --> 00:05:26.120 you may have a point. 00:05:26.200 --> 00:05:27.840 Uh, molto grazie. 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:29.320 I shall now put my pink 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:31.720 and purple-striped rugby shirt of doom back on, 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.160 and we'll, um, go for lunch, everybody, yes? 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.920 - Yep. - Excellent. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.360 Nicola and Elena were over the moon I liked their style choices. 00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:43.880 Anyone would think they were on commission or something. 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:52.000 Now, this region is Lombardy, 00:05:52.080 --> 00:05:55.840 the birthplace of Virgil, Pliny the Elder, Pope John XXIII 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.520 and Gorgonzola cheese. 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.600 "Lombardy" roughly translates as "long beard." 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:04.840 "Distinguished goatee" also acceptable. 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:14.560 A cardinal's hat is all right and all that, but a beretta is better. 00:06:14.640 --> 00:06:18.800 Now, the beretta in that little ditty, origin uncertain, refers, of course, 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:21.080 to another type of hat. 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.800 It's a sort of pointy cornered hat worn by the Catholic clergy. 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:28.400 Whereas this is the headquarters of Beretta, 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.360 the world's oldest manufacturer of guns. 00:06:32.440 --> 00:06:36.720 So the cardinal's hat is not one he would doff, 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:40.240 but with an over and under, I could shoot it clean off. 00:06:44.520 --> 00:06:48.160 With nearly 500 years of gun-making expertise under their holsters, 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:53.440 Beretta have supplied arms for every major European war since 1650, 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:58.600 and a Beretta is often Hollywood's pistol of choice in films such as Lethal Weapon, 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.240 Lethal Weapon 2, 3 and 4. 00:07:02.320 --> 00:07:06.520 But today, I'm looking for something a bit more sporting. 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:11.000 These are the… the bespoke firearms of Beretta. 00:07:11.080 --> 00:07:15.640 These are handmade by people in aprons with files, 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.520 and there are some lathes, as well, 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.240 and there's a lot of woodworking and polishing. It's all just... 00:07:20.320 --> 00:07:23.160 It's everything you expect about something Italian. 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:27.000 It's functional, and it's beautiful at the same time. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:33.960 The Beretta family have been overseeing production for 15 generations. 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.040 Here's their latest model, the Franco Beretta... 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:37.680 also known as the CEO. 00:07:37.760 --> 00:07:40.480 The thing I really like about shotguns… Well, there's two things. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:45.040 One is that it-it combines two things I really like: metalwork and woodwork. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:46.400 So it's very exciting. 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:47.880 The shotguns are beautiful, 00:07:47.960 --> 00:07:49.840 - but the components are beautiful, as well. - Yeah. 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:51.360 Can we look at some of these? 00:07:51.440 --> 00:07:52.920 - Sure. Sure. - I don't want to disturb 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.400 these men at work. 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.800 These are ateliers, craftsmen of the highest order. 00:07:57.880 --> 00:08:01.480 If you're in the market for a handmade firearm, it'll cost you 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.440 an arm and a leg. 00:08:03.520 --> 00:08:07.200 Or they will accept £100,000. 00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:09.240 And, uh, this is a characteristic. 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:12.880 - It is a side lock that opens up. - Oh. 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:15.480 - So, uh... - I've never seen that. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.120 That is spectac... Can I see that again? 00:08:17.200 --> 00:08:19.720 - So I simply press close? - Sure. Yeah, yeah. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.600 And then to open, donk! 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.640 There it is. There is the side lock mechanism in there. 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:30.360 Normally, you would take a plate off to get to the… to the action to maintain it, 00:08:30.440 --> 00:08:32.760 lubricate it, and so on, but this has been designed 00:08:32.880 --> 00:08:35.720 so that it sort of pops open like Thunderbirds. 00:08:35.760 --> 00:08:37.880 Fabulous. Grazie mille. 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.000 Whoa. Right. What's next? Wood? 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.400 - We go to the wood? - Yeah, let's look at some wood. 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.960 Over the last five and a bit episodes, 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:54.200 I've been battered almost unconscious by all this incredible Italian artistry, 00:08:54.280 --> 00:08:55.880 and I've reached a conclusion. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:59.360 Do you think the whole world secretly wants to be Italian? 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.320 Maybe. 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:03.680 Only the Italian don't want to be Italian. 00:09:03.760 --> 00:09:05.880 Is that right? Why is that? Are they fed up with it? 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:12.760 Yeah, because somehow, it's the most beautiful place to visit, 00:09:12.880 --> 00:09:15.640 but to live, sometimes, it's kind of complicated, 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.320 - but, uh, with all our accounts... - It is complicated. 00:09:18.400 --> 00:09:21.720 Yeah, it's complicated because, on one…. on a very high level, 00:09:21.760 --> 00:09:23.520 it's disorganized, 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:26.280 but at a… at the minute level, 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.000 like this, where you're making something, 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.360 - it's extremely well sorted out and organized. - Yeah. 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.440 ♪ ♪ 00:09:34.520 --> 00:09:37.960 Once all these beautifully handcrafted components are assembled, 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.600 they're often bought by people with arguably more money than taste, 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:43.760 …could I ask for a shotgun to be engraved 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:46.680 - with my own face, or…? - Absolutely. 00:09:46.760 --> 00:09:51.920 Most of the requests are either a hunting scene, 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.880 but then, there is some customer 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:59.880 that they really like something like themself. 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:03.200 Each request for us is a challenge, and we like challenges. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.080 And speaking of challenges, 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:09.240 there's an Olympian-shaped one waiting for me 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.200 out on the shooting range. 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.360 This is Silvana. Buon giorno... Buonasera, I should say. 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.360 Uh, she's part of the Italian national trapshooting team, 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:22.960 and she competed at the Olympics in Tokyo. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.480 So we're going to have a first to ten... 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:27.600 - Mm-hmm. - ...competition? 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:28.960 Let's do it. 00:10:35.520 --> 00:10:37.720 Yes, viewers, shooting is yet another sport 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:39.240 the Italians are really good at, 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:42.520 topping the medal table at the Rio Olympics 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.760 and producing multiple world champions. 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:47.320 - Pull. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.920 Mind you, I wasn't available for Rio. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.600 - Pull. 00:10:55.680 --> 00:10:59.760 As I said earlier, a Beretta is better. And they make even an amateur 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.120 - look really good. 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.800 - Does the "err" mean you've missed? - Means missed, yes. 00:11:05.880 --> 00:11:08.160 - "Err" means missed? 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.760 - Pull. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:13.480 - Pull. 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:16.560 All right. 00:11:16.640 --> 00:11:18.600 - What's the score? - 9-3. 00:11:18.680 --> 00:11:20.000 Right, so I've got to hit everything 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:21.600 and you've got to miss everything. 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:25.040 ♪ ♪ 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:30.360 Pull. 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.160 - Pull. 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:45.760 And not for the first time, England lose to Italy 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.760 in a shoot-out. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.200 But anyway, this is actually just a ruse so I can address 00:11:50.280 --> 00:11:52.840 some unfinished business. 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:54.880 Okay, you've won. Congratulations. 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:57.280 - Thank you. - There's just one more special target for me. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.560 - Is that okay? - Okay. 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.200 Bim, guess what? 00:12:03.280 --> 00:12:06.160 Shija-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto... 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.800 that crosses the Kamo River over Shijo Street. 00:12:14.160 --> 00:12:16.200 I thought it was called Gion-bashi. 00:12:19.640 --> 00:12:23.920 Now, viewers, as you well know by now, I'm like a kid in a sweetshop 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.960 if I can get stuck into making something. 00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:31.120 Unfortunately, Tom the director has taken that quite literally. 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.840 This is the world's epicenter of nougat. 00:12:34.920 --> 00:12:37.920 If you're lucky enough not to have been affected by nougat before, 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.960 here's what it is. 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:42.000 This is Italian nougat. 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.120 It's a special traditional sweet. 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.640 It is made with whipped white eggs, 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.960 honey and a lot of roasted almonds. 00:12:51.040 --> 00:12:54.120 Now in my own personal confectioner's coat, 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.840 it was time to get hands-on. 00:12:56.920 --> 00:13:00.040 We know from my experience making pizza... 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.840 - Stick to your hands. - ...that things stick to my hands, yes. 00:13:06.280 --> 00:13:08.160 Have we got lots of material for this episode? 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.160 'Cause we can, we can spin this out a bit. 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.320 And spin it out we did. 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:15.880 On the way in, those almonds did say that they liked my new shoes, 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:17.880 but that's 'cause they were complimentary nuts. 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.280 Ha, ha, ha. 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:27.040 They also make nougat cakes weighing a mere four kilos, 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.760 which they adorn with nuts and marzipan fruits. 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:33.160 Try to shape it in a round way. 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.960 I decided to make a snowman... 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:37.800 That looks slightly sinister. 00:13:37.880 --> 00:13:39.440 ...who was less Frosty... 00:13:39.520 --> 00:13:40.680 It is still cute. 00:13:40.760 --> 00:13:42.200 ...more Abominable. 00:13:42.280 --> 00:13:43.280 Cute/creepy. 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:46.480 Now, I know what you're thinking, viewers, 00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:48.200 how on earth do you top that? 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:57.640 Well, nearby is a town that only allows visitors 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:59.320 in new Italian jumpers. 00:13:59.400 --> 00:14:01.840 This is Cremona. 00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:03.800 It's a rather unassuming town, 00:14:03.880 --> 00:14:06.280 roughly east-southeast of Milan. 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:10.080 But it did produce two famous families, two dynasties, 00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:13.680 the Amatis and the Stradivaris, and they grew to prominence 00:14:13.760 --> 00:14:18.880 as makers of stringed musical instruments, most particularly violins. 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.000 So what we are going to do next is something that combines 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:26.600 two things I really love: violin playing and woodwork. 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:29.720 Two things, actually, that the crew find rather boring. 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:31.360 It's possible you will find this 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.640 sort of thing boring as well, but to be honest, 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.760 I'm almost 59 years old and I really don't give a f... 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:49.080 Cremona is the spiritual home of the violin, 00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:53.640 and there are still around 160 workshops making them to this day. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:57.160 That's roughly one for every 462 residents, 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.760 and here's one called Alessandro practicing right now. 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.840 ♪ ♪ 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.080 Bravo. Fantastic. 00:15:17.160 --> 00:15:19.600 May I touch it? 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.240 This is a new violin? 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.480 It's a new violin, 2020. 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:27.640 New violin made here, 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:32.040 and it is a thing of fragile, aching beauty... 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:33.600 Actually, it's not really particularly fragile, 00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:37.120 they are strong as hell, but everything about that shape 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.080 is the way it is for purely pragmatic reasons. 00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:46.560 The cutouts for the bow, the swollen belly of the instrument, 00:15:46.640 --> 00:15:49.000 for strength and resonance, the shininess of the varnish, 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:53.280 all of it is about music, not actually art, 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.000 and yet i-it's just fantastic. 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:59.040 The apogee of woodworking is musical instrument making, 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.600 and the apogee of woodworking and musical instrument making 00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:03.160 is violin making. 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.400 It's pure, it's Pythagorean in its function. 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:10.800 It is possibly one of the most important things ever created. 00:16:10.880 --> 00:16:12.080 It's amazing. 00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:17.240 An original Stradivarius violin 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:20.480 can set you back around £16 million. 00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:23.360 Look at me, James. Slow. 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.480 But local luthiers Marco and Vincenzo 00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:30.240 can knock you up a more affordable model for just 16,000. 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.600 Slow, slow, 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:35.920 because the wood is fragile. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.360 You're talking to the right man. 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.080 Oh, you can feel it submitting. 00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:44.400 Yes, yes, we all know I love wood. 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:48.680 But did you know of my keen interest in plane spotting? 00:16:48.760 --> 00:16:51.520 Ooh, that's a very tiny plane. 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:53.120 If you saw this lying around, you'd think, 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.280 "Oh, that's fallen off somebody's charm bracelet." 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:57.280 Here we are. 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.240 That is a plane. 00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:02.000 Bit of a bugger to sharpen, I reckon. 00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:05.800 That is a plane, and that is also a plane. 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.280 That is exquisite. 00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:10.720 Anyway, back to the violin. 00:17:10.800 --> 00:17:13.880 The swirly bit at the top of the violin is the scroll, 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.560 which serves no real purpose other than to look good 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:18.560 and show off the skills of the maker, 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.480 which, right now, is me. 00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:24.800 - Oh, Jesus. - Wow. 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.400 - Wonderful, wonderful. - Leave that in the edit. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.800 The master violin maker looked at my handiwork 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:30.280 and said, "That's wonderful." 00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:32.240 Leave that in. You can delete the rest of the program. 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:35.680 That doesn't matter, but leave that bit in, okay? 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:38.240 - Yes, yeah, yeah. - Good, good. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:46.160 How long does it take to make one violin if you just make it by yourself? 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.480 200 hours. 00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:50.160 200 hours, 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.920 all by hand. 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:53.400 That's amazing. 00:18:01.040 --> 00:18:05.560 Well, there you are, freshly strung, the Bissolotti Stradivarius model. 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.120 That's the original man back there. 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.720 It's absolutely fantastic. 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:13.440 Shall we see what it sounds like? 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.960 No, because the player has gone home. 00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:19.480 - Okay, it, then. 00:18:25.280 --> 00:18:28.000 The following morning, mia Panda and I leave Lombardy 00:18:28.040 --> 00:18:30.960 to head northeast into the Veneto region, 00:18:31.040 --> 00:18:34.160 famous for baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:38.040 Valpolicella and the floating city of Venice. 00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:42.160 Oh, hang on, the car is not gonna work there, is it? 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.400 Luckily, there are alternatives. 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:48.040 ♪ ♪ 00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:55.040 There's nothing quite like taking in Antonio's hometown from the air, 00:18:55.120 --> 00:19:00.160 in your own private helicopter with a 30-piece orchestra in the boot. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.560 The thing that still really amazes me about Venice 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.520 is that it shouldn't really be here. 00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:08.200 It was only established because people from the mainland 00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:11.800 were fleeing all the hordes of vagabonds 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.680 that emerged after the collapse of the Roman Empire. 00:19:14.760 --> 00:19:16.880 They went out to live on the mud because they thought nobody 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.960 would bother them, and then they ended up with this. 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.520 Incredibly, the city rests on 1.1 million logs, 00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:32.640 which the settlers had lopped down and lugged back from Eastern Europe. 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:35.240 By the 13th century, Venice's strategic position 00:19:35.280 --> 00:19:38.280 made it a major trading port and, consequently, 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:42.160 the richest and most powerful city-state in the world. 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:47.880 This place was so rich, 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:51.680 that some people gilded the outside of their houses. 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:58.280 The density of historical interest in Venice 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.120 far outstrips that of any other historic city. 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:04.440 In 20 meters, you've got the stuff of ten PhDs. 00:20:04.520 --> 00:20:06.280 It's incredible. 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.760 No one expects you to have your own helicopter, though. 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:17.640 Most people travel to Venice by boat from the mainland 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.400 via the Grand Canal, 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:23.920 but by far the best way to explore is on foot. 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:26.200 Allow me to demonstrate. 00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:29.760 I am currently here on the bridge near the railway station, 00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:31.560 and I'm gonna take a walk through Venice. 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.040 Now, I'm not gonna use this map, and before you suggest it, 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:36.160 no, I'm not gonna use my smartphone, either, 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.680 because when you're down these narrow streets, 00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:39.120 it really doesn't work properly. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.560 I know that if I head roughly in that direction, 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:46.120 I will eventually get to the Rialto, which is a great landmark, 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:49.040 and then the massive basilica with four horses outside it 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.040 and a huge tower next door. 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:55.800 It's an opportunity to get a bit lost, wander around the small streets of Venice 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.560 and have an adventure. 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:59.680 Let's do that. 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.480 Wrong way! 00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:04.040 I know. 00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:10.960 Venice is known as one of the most romantic cities in the world 00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:13.240 by people who don't have a film crew in tow. 00:21:13.280 --> 00:21:15.280 Uh, let me just orientate myself. 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:20.280 So, over the bridge, Saint Mark's is roughly there. 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:22.440 We can have a nice walk alongside this canal 00:21:22.520 --> 00:21:25.280 and then choose an attractive bridge to cross over again. 00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.760 This way. 00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:32.680 Called the "City of Bridges," 00:21:32.760 --> 00:21:35.120 Venice has 435. 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.920 That's 11 fewer than Pittsburgh, 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:39.960 which is also called "the City of Bridges." 00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:44.080 Now, I know I'm just a dewy-eyed tourist, but crossing this little bridge 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:46.600 is better than going over a zebra crossing, isn't it? 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:48.880 It's just nicer. 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.000 Even the graffiti here is a bit classy. 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:53.880 Well, most of it. 00:21:55.760 --> 00:21:59.120 Now I've got a bit of a choice here, because there's that one, 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:02.520 and some people have just gone down it, but it looks a little bit murdery to me. 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:04.920 Or this one. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:07.400 At the moment, they're both going in the same direction. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.840 I think it's this one. 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.520 Let's go. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.000 Ah, you see, there's some traditional Venetian laundry. 00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:21.200 Hang on a minute. 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:26.040 Right. I told you it wasn't this one. 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:28.040 Let's try the other one. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:30.280 - Could it be one that the people went down? - Yeah, could be. 00:22:34.760 --> 00:22:37.720 Top tip for wandering around Venice like a half-wit, 00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:40.800 if you end up suspiciously alone, 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:43.120 you're probably going the wrong way. 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:46.560 Because the right way always has some people on it. 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:57.520 I'm assuming that is actually a venetian blind. 00:22:57.600 --> 00:23:01.360 Like every other venetian blind in the world, it's slightly broken. 00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:07.960 After two hours, I finally make it to the famous Ponte di Rialto, 00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:11.680 named after its architect Antonio da Ponte. 00:23:11.760 --> 00:23:15.560 You see, it's easy. There are signposts everywhere. 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:20.480 "In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:22.080 It wearies me; you say it wearies you. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:24.440 But what stuff 'tis made of and whereof 'tis born 00:23:24.520 --> 00:23:27.160 I am to learn, and such a want-wit sadness makes of me 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.640 I have much ado to know myself," et cetera. 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.920 So, there you go, I've successfully made it 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:38.920 to Saint Mark's Basilica, so this is Saint Mark's Square. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:41.760 After walking each of Venice's labyrinthine passages 00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:43.560 at least three times over, 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:47.960 I am, as the locals might say, molto knackeredo. 00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:50.360 Luckily, there's a taxi rank nearby. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.280 Now, I've been on taxi rides 00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:57.040 through some pretty incredible cities in the world, like New York, Paris, 00:23:57.120 --> 00:24:01.720 Kolkata, Tokyo, and they were good. 00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:03.200 But this is better. 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:14.120 As stunning as it is, Venice has been in economic decline 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:18.080 since the 17th century, and its future is uncertain. 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.000 It's falling to bits, it's supposedly sinking, 00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:24.120 it costs a huge amount of money to maintain. 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.560 Most significantly, though, is the population. 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:29.440 In my lifetime, it has halved, 00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:34.240 and the Venetians that remain here despise the tourist trade. 00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:37.480 Venice, all three square miles of it, 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:42.080 attracts a staggering 25 million tourists a year, 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:44.600 outnumbering the locals 500 to one. 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:50.720 Until recently, up to 6,000 tourists arrived per day on cruise ships, 00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:53.480 so, understandably, many remaining residents-- 00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:55.760 like the one I've just boat-napped-- 00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:58.640 feel their home is being treated like Disneyland. 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.800 You are a true Venetian. 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.240 Yeah, one of the last. 00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:06.280 We are now, like, uh, 50,000. 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:09.200 The problem seems to me, that, obviously, 00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:11.800 Venice was once the most powerful place on Earth, 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:17.200 but its reason for existence now is to be Venice. 00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:19.680 It can't... 00:25:19.760 --> 00:25:21.920 Is that an unkind thing to... You looked cross there 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.040 - when I said... - Yeah. Yeah. 00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:27.040 T-The... Venice, um, 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:31.040 the Venetian in this period, uh, living on tourism. 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:33.360 Does the tourism annoy you? 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:36.520 What was your view on the cruise ships, for example? 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:38.120 We should point out, in case you don't know, 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.040 cruise ships came here for many, many years 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.640 and moored right in the Lagoon. 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:44.200 But then there was a decision taken to ban them. 00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:46.000 I don't like t-the cruise ships, 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:49.840 but I understand that a lot of persons 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:53.800 are living on that type of tourism. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:57.400 If Venice isn't sustained by tourist dollars, 00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:59.040 how will it sustain itself? 00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:03.000 Because I know it's a very, very expensive 00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:06.760 - maintenance and upkeep job. So... - Yeah, this is the point. 00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:10.360 This is the point. It's really hard, uh, 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:15.720 to find a job in the city and don't work with tourists. 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.640 Well, you hear this everywhere: 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:23.440 "Oh, it's so touristy." And here I am, a tourist, 00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:25.440 promoting tourism. 00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:27.360 Perhaps I'm the enemy. 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:31.160 To find out, I'd better eat some immature cephalopods with some locals. 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.120 Baby squid? 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.680 Uh, I would love a baby squid, yes. 00:26:34.760 --> 00:26:38.960 What really reassures me about this is we've, um, 00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:41.520 we've come here to discuss a very serious subject, 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:44.480 the fate of one of the world's most famous cities, 00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:47.240 but because you're Italians, you're already talking about food. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.480 Is Venice in peril? 00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:53.600 Yes, because we like tourists of course... 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.680 everybody needs tourism, we need to live. 00:26:55.760 --> 00:26:58.520 But the massive tourism coming from cruises... 00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.520 they just come for one day. 00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:02.600 They eat in the cruise, they sleep in the cruises. 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:04.480 That is the one the we don't need. 00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:06.600 We know Venice needs tourists. 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:10.640 But over tourism is killing Venice. 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.240 It is true that if you, you know, you hang around 00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:14.640 by the Rialto and the banks of the Grand Canal, 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.040 it is very touristy, there's a lot of souvenirs 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:20.360 that have come from other parts of the world, let's say. 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.440 Fascinating. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.960 In high season, 00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:25.920 many of the city's squares are overrun 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.720 by market stalls selling plastic tat, 00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:34.000 which often ends up as rubbish, so it's no surprise the locals are fed up. 00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:37.080 But what other reason is there to come to Venice? 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:39.120 It's not going to become a tech center. 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.480 It's not gonna be full of hipsters, 00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:45.600 you know, working on apps, is it? 00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:51.600 That was quite good, the timing of the bridge. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:00.080 The following morning, I decide to head back out on the water, 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.400 but maybe I should've checked the weather forecast. 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:06.880 Well, as you can see, it's a bit of a rubbishy day in Venice today, 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:10.280 and that does diminish its charm quite considerably. 00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:14.080 You could go and sit in a café and play Monopoly-- 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.120 the world Monopoly champion lives here-- 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:20.760 um, you could go to another performance of Vivaldi's Four Cheeses, 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:24.840 or you could go somewhere else, and that's what we're going to do. 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:31.320 A nautical mile north of Venice is a collection 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:34.040 of smaller islands called Murano, 00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:38.160 which any seasoned tourist will know is famous for making glass. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.960 Now, there's a good chance that you've been to Venice 00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:42.800 and that you've bought some Murano glass, 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:45.560 a little fish or a little seahorse or something. 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.720 But I have to warn you that, according to the experts here, 00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:55.840 up to 80% of all the glass for sale in Venice isn't from Murano. 00:28:55.920 --> 00:29:01.240 It's probably not from Italy or, to be honest, even Europe. 00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:04.240 Anyway, we're going to go and look at the real thing. 00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:09.120 Prepare yourself for my grandmother's mantelpiece. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.160 ♪ ♪ 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.920 Remember the 1970s? 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.760 Then you'll remember knock-off versions 00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:21.160 of these glass trinkets littering houses everywhere. 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:24.760 800 years earlier, Murano-based glassblowers 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:28.040 like Paolo were kept on a very short leash. 00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:31.840 There are two reasons why glassblowing is concentrated on Murano. 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:35.960 One is that in the early days, the authorities in Venice were worried 00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:39.480 that all these furnaces would set fire to the city, 00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:41.440 so they wanted them moved to a separate island. 00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:44.400 Another reason, and this is the more interesting one, 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:50.000 is that the secrets of Murano glassmaking were very, very jealously guarded, 00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:53.480 and if you were part of the glassmaking sect, 00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:56.120 you belonged to a guild, you had special privileges, 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:01.360 you could marry into the nobility, but you couldn't leave this island, 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:05.000 because they were so desperate for the secrets of this process 00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:07.840 not to make it out into the, into the wider world. 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:10.960 If you did escape as a glassblower, there were punishments, 00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:14.160 such as your family were imprisoned until you came back. 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:18.600 If you still didn't come back, they would hunt you down and kill you. 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.720 Despite Mafia levels of secrecy here, 00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:27.360 Paolo and his team think it's safe for me to have a turn, or a gira. 00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.680 Turn! Turn! Turn! 00:30:29.760 --> 00:30:31.640 Gira, gira, gira, gira, rotate, rotate. 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:33.800 - Rotate, rotate... - Uh, uh, uh... 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:36.280 Not too fast. Oh, yeah, it goes wobbly. 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.640 Ah, okay. Uh... 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.200 - Okay. Okay. - I'm squeezing quite hard. 00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:43.520 Okay, okay. 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:45.520 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay. - Yeah? Oh. 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.840 Now blow in it. 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.240 What? Blow? 00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:50.720 Go, go, go, go. 00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:52.680 To manipulate the molten glass, 00:30:52.760 --> 00:30:55.720 the temperature needs to around 2,000 degrees, 00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:58.440 the same as the inside of a pizza oven times four. 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:02.480 Bravo. Bravo. 00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:04.560 - Okay, okay. - Okay? 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.160 - Good. - Oh, I'm making a balloon. 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:08.680 Now here, with this one. 00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:10.520 Yes? 00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:12.680 - Here? - Good, good, keep going. 00:31:12.760 --> 00:31:14.760 Straight, straight. Dritto, dritto, dritto. 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:17.400 Bravissimo. Okay, very good. 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.160 - T-That's it. - Grazie, grazie. 00:31:20.520 --> 00:31:22.040 - Okay. - That's quite nice. 00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:27.520 But now it's Paolo's gira to show me up. 00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:29.120 Let's just watch it with some nice music. 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.680 ♪ ♪ 00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:53.200 That was epic. 00:31:53.280 --> 00:31:54.960 Now, that's proper skill. 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:57.920 You've got a few seconds to do that, no more. 00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:00.200 ♪ ♪ 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.720 Bravissimo. 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.920 While I wait for my lovely bulb to cool, 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.360 Paolo suggests I check out some things 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:28.880 he gira-ed out earlier in the gift shop next door. 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:32.400 Now, my piece of art in glass will probably go 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:37.680 on display in this shop with a price of something like... 960 euros. 00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:41.640 Look at the variety of stuff that they make. 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:46.040 I do like this chicken, and I might have her. 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.360 Holy . 00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.480 Is that in lira? 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:59.800 ♪ ♪ 00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:08.160 Well, viewers, we've still got a few euros left on the helicopter, 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:12.160 just enough to squeeze in one final Italian destination. 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.680 100 miles north of Venice 00:33:21.760 --> 00:33:25.240 lies one of the most epic mountain ranges in Europe. 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:35.040 It is also one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful places on Earth. 00:33:36.760 --> 00:33:39.760 Welcome to the Dolomites, viewers, almost at the top edge of Italy, 00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:42.200 our journey almost done. 00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:44.560 Looks rubbish, doesn't it? 00:33:46.760 --> 00:33:51.120 And while we're on the move, cast your mind back five and a half hours 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.080 and you may remember me mentioning my search 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.280 for the ten commandments of Italy. 00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:57.760 Allow me to update you on my findings. 00:34:00.280 --> 00:34:02.680 The first rule of being Italian is never, ever 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:04.800 drink cappuccino after 11:00 a.m. 00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:08.120 The second rule, thanks to Paolo... 00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:12.560 Is always make sure that your shoes coordinate or match your belt. 00:34:12.640 --> 00:34:17.120 Numero tre: if you live near a volcano, don't worry about it. 00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:19.040 Do you ever wake up at night thinking, "Shit, 00:34:19.120 --> 00:34:21.440 there's a massive volcano just down the road"? 00:34:21.520 --> 00:34:22.520 Not really, no. 00:34:22.600 --> 00:34:25.240 The fourth commandment is that the weather 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:27.880 - doesn't matter. - Wow. 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:29.640 In at cinque, yes, the Italians 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.520 - might be better at sport... - No! 00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.680 - ...fashion... - No. 00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:36.600 - ...and making stuff... - It's amazing. 00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:39.120 ...but they will never be good at making tea. 00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:42.640 I don't wish to be rude, but I mean, Jesus Christ. 00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:45.440 Rule VI: 00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:47.640 Italy can be a very frustrating place... 00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:52.640 ...but only if you live here. 00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:54.520 Only the Italians don't want to be Italian. 00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.680 - Is that right? 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.920 And number seven, la dolce vita 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.960 isn't really about the high life. 00:35:00.040 --> 00:35:02.280 All over my trousers, all over the poop deck. 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:05.640 It's about good company and enjoying the moment. 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:07.280 - Fantastico. - You may also be wondering 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.520 why there are only seven rules 00:35:09.600 --> 00:35:11.840 in the ten commandments of being Italian. 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:15.760 Well, this is Italy, and as we all know, rules are wrong. 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:18.000 Viva l'italia! 00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:20.240 Now, where were we? 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:23.120 Ah, yes. 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:28.920 We're now about 8,500 feet above sea level. 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.360 Sea level being where Venice is, obviously, 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:34.560 although only about, uh, 80 feet 00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:37.360 from that mountain there, rather alarmingly. 00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:41.400 While I have the utmost confidence 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:43.680 in our pilot today, I am reassured 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:46.760 that if we were to plummet into the vast snowy wilderness below, 00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:49.440 we'd end up in safe hands. 00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:51.280 - Well, paws. 00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:57.520 Mountain rescue dogs have been used to find 00:35:57.600 --> 00:36:00.920 lost travelers in these parts since the 13th century, 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:06.320 using the ancient training method of bribing the dog with food. 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.680 So, these are rescue-dog handlers. 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:11.960 They are Sonya, Julia and Andrea, and this is a dog. 00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:14.360 Uh, dogs instinctively know to look... 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:17.320 Well, these t... sorts of dogs know to look for people? 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:20.480 No, they-they learn that the reward is connected 00:36:20.560 --> 00:36:25.040 with the people, so does... if they smell the people, 00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:29.640 the humans, they know there is the reward that's food or play. 00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:31.800 - That's quite clever, isn't it? - Yeah. 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:34.680 Animals are very clever. So-so can we do some training? 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.840 - Yes, sure. - Dog training, I mean, not me. 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:41.320 To test the dog's efficiency, 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:44.480 I'm taking my yoga mat and enthusiastic cameraman... 00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:46.360 Right, are you coming with me? 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:48.640 - Yeah. - Oh, God. 00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:50.560 ...to trudge through minus-eight conditions 00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:53.680 in knee-deep snow and perfect camouflage. 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.360 I'll follow these tracks. 00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:05.120 Are these human tracks or have they been left by yeti? 00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:07.120 I've got my mat. 00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:09.080 Ooh, this will be lovely. 00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:11.920 Okay. Happy with this. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.440 Help. Help. 00:37:13.520 --> 00:37:16.280 Rescue dogs can smell a human 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.840 from a quarter of a mile away. 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:22.280 Or ten miles if you're wearing Fiasco. 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:26.760 When the dog gets here, I have to let her bark ten to 15 times 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:30.520 before I give her the treat, 'cause barking is part of the technique. 00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:33.000 That's how the handlers know where the dog is. 00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:38.560 These dogs can also find a person buried 15 feet deep in snow, 00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:42.520 making them the most cost-effective emergency service in the world. 00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:44.520 They're also the cutest. 00:37:44.600 --> 00:37:46.800 Ooh, dog is approaching. 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.840 Help. Help. 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:50.920 Oh. Hello. 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.440 - You got to do some barking, - Kebab! Kebab! 00:37:54.520 --> 00:37:55.840 Big barking, come on, more barking. 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.760 That's only three. Two. 00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.360 Bark, bark, bark. 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.600 Miley, bark. Ruff, ruff. 00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:03.480 Kebab! Kebab! 00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:06.240 - Five. More. - Kebab! 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.240 Kebab! Kebab! Kebab! 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.240 - Eight. - Kebab! 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:11.280 - That's it. Well done. - Kebab! Kebab! 00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:13.040 Now you can have your dog treat. 00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:14.640 Yes. Thank you. 00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:16.640 Thank you for rescuing me. 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.560 This is a rescue dog from-from Sicily, and now, she saves people in return. 00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:23.560 - Exactly. - I'd say it's excellent karma. 00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:26.120 - What goes around comes around. 00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:28.520 If you're nice to animals, they'll be nice to us. 00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:30.440 Exactly. 00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:32.600 So, I've been rescued, you now have to watch 00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.840 the remainder of the series, 00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:35.560 which is only a few minutes, so don't worry, 00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:40.640 but you can thank Miley for finding me in the snow. 00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:42.320 And you can also thank the production team 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:45.120 when the next scene gives you nightmares. 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.240 A short helicopter ride further along the Dolomites, 00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:54.920 in the province of South Tyrol, is a rather picturesque town 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:57.840 known to the Italians as Castelrotto, 00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:01.160 and it's home to a rather terrifying tradition. 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.640 This area is sometimes Italian and sometimes Austrian. 00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:06.080 It depends on which war we've just had. 00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:07.840 But we haven't had one for a bit, so the people here 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:10.240 tend to regard themselves more as Tyrolian. 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.640 And as Tyrolian people, 00:39:11.680 --> 00:39:13.320 of course, they have some myths and legends, 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.760 amongst them the legend of Krampus, 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:19.840 who can be thought of as the dark side of Christmas. 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:22.320 You have Saint Nick, Father Christmas on the one hand. 00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:24.960 He dishes out gifts to children who have been good. 00:39:25.040 --> 00:39:26.600 And then you have Krampus on the other hand, 00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:29.040 who beats children who have been bad. 00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:31.600 They have a festival to celebrate this, weirdly, 00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:34.160 that involves fireworks and wearing a mask, 00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:38.960 so if we're gonna take part, first we have a make a mask. 00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:40.240 Right. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:49.240 Now, something we didn't show you in Venice, 00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:52.160 were the elegant, traditional Venetian masks. 00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:57.000 - Well, these are nothing like that. 00:39:57.080 --> 00:40:00.360 This is the Krampus chain saw mask-maker. 00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:06.920 I must say, this is the only time I've ever seen a chain saw used indoors. 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:09.120 - Yes, that's looking quite... - Like it. 00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:10.640 Yes, it's looking quite scary, actually. 00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:13.960 Krampus masks are a very niche market, 00:40:14.040 --> 00:40:17.360 and wood-carvers like Marcus spend years mastering their craft... 00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:22.560 We are through to the, to the back of the eyeballs. 00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:24.360 ...so our lawyers have asked me to remind you 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.400 not to try this at home. 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:29.200 So, now you have a good look. 00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:33.480 Are you ready? 00:40:33.520 --> 00:40:35.480 Oooh... 00:40:35.520 --> 00:40:37.200 - Scared? - Yes. 00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:38.560 Good. 00:40:40.520 --> 00:40:42.840 That's not actually finished yet. It's got to be painted, 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:45.520 it's got to have some blood and gore added to it, 00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:48.040 and some horns, just to make sure it traumatizes children, 00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:52.120 and then, I imagine, I'll be required to wear a costume of some sort, 00:40:52.200 --> 00:40:55.640 because production have organized this bit. 00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:57.800 And I love dressing up. 00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:04.920 Still, how bad can it be? 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.120 It looks like something from a Christmas card. 00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:10.040 Snow-covered streets, twinkling fairy lights, 00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:13.960 locals making merry over mulled wine... 00:41:15.520 --> 00:41:18.960 ...or perhaps we're in a promo 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:22.440 for a Scandinavian death metal band. 00:41:22.520 --> 00:41:26.880 Every year, on this night, while Saint Nick delivers gifts to good kids... 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.360 Why did we agree to this? 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.960 ...hundreds of locals dress up to celebrate 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.520 his macabre counterpart. 00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:34.760 Well, it's a tradition... 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:36.200 Eh, he just said it, it's a tradition. 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:39.200 I'm gonna put this on now, and then I won't be able to see. 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:44.040 Krampus is a half-goat, half-demon dating back to pagan folklore, 00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:48.560 who could only be killed by being stabbed with an evergreen branch dipped in blood 00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:50.320 from God's own dark side. 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:52.040 Great. 00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:54.000 - Why the long face? - I can't hear you. 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:57.000 Ask the boss what you have to do. 00:41:57.040 --> 00:41:58.360 Where is the boss? 00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:00.000 Turn to your right. 00:42:00.120 --> 00:42:02.320 - Where is he? - Right here, here, here. 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.760 Hello, boss of the Krampus. 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:09.000 We'll make a show for the tourists and all the guys. 00:42:09.040 --> 00:42:10.320 You'll have to shout. 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.320 What? 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.360 You'll have to shout. 00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:15.120 He said they're gonna make a big show 00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:17.800 and shout and lots of fire. 00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:26.560 Apparently, the final items left on our Italian to-do list are: 00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:29.120 traumatizing tourists, 00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:31.000 yeti flagellation 00:42:31.040 --> 00:42:34.680 and mowing Beelzebub's back garden. 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:37.840 Well, don't worry about me being run over by stuff. 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.360 I can't see. 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.000 Am I on fire? 00:42:42.040 --> 00:42:44.320 Am I going the right way? 00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.520 Hello, children. Hello. 00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:51.000 Who is he? 00:42:51.120 --> 00:42:53.000 Who was that? 00:42:53.040 --> 00:42:54.640 Silly . 00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:56.400 I can say what I want inside this mask. 00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:58.000 It's fantastic. 00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:03.280 Who the are you? 00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:06.160 It was at this point Amazon asked us to make this 00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:08.240 a bit more family-friendly. 00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:16.280 No presents for you, little boy. 00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:21.760 No presents for you, you little . 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:24.240 Well, that didn't last long. 00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:27.120 Where's the camera? 00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:29.440 Is there a camera anywhere nearby? 00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:31.160 - How are you doing? - Badly. 00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:34.360 Is there anybody from the village up here? 00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.400 I mean, I... 00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:37.360 - Is there an audience up here? - No. 00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:40.840 - So they're just doing it for their own gratification? - Yeah. 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:42.840 So it's a dangerous cult. 00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.920 Now they're gonna burn us. 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.720 One bloke went off into the woods. 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.960 I don't think he's ever gonna be seen again. 00:43:49.040 --> 00:43:50.920 What's happening? 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:53.800 Something about human sacrifice, I think. 00:43:56.080 --> 00:43:59.680 Luckily, the only sacrifice was my last remaining shred 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:04.000 of credibility after hours wafting around dressed as the Honey Monster from hell. 00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:06.360 I think if I just sit here quietly and ignore them, 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:10.280 no one will ever know that I was anything to do with it. 00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:14.160 Well, if anybody wants any sugar puffs, I'll be in my hotel room later. 00:44:21.680 --> 00:44:24.280 ♪ ♪ 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:33.400 So, after a 12-week odyssey which began way down in Sicily, 00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:35.840 I've meandered up through Italy, 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:40.200 stopping off at Rome, Tuscany and Turin, to name a few, 00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:44.320 and now I'm almost at the northernmost tip of the Dolomites, 00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:47.200 where I have a date with the final scene. 00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:52.320 Well, viewers, we're very near the end of this really very, very epic journey 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:54.480 around what is actually quite a small country. 00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:57.800 We've done thousands and thousands of kilometers, 00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:00.440 I've slightly lost track, but it's been amazing, 00:45:00.520 --> 00:45:03.520 I mean, look at all the things we've done. 00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:06.120 It's just tremendous. 00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:08.800 125cc Vespa, 00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:11.440 one of the machines that made Italy what it is. 00:45:11.520 --> 00:45:13.080 - Ooh, la, la. 00:45:13.160 --> 00:45:14.640 - Perfect. 00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.920 - Grazie. - Prego. 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:17.400 I thought these bits were good. 00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.520 Okay, here I go. 00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:20.800 - Ooh. - It's a goal. 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:23.480 - Yes! 00:45:23.560 --> 00:45:27.520 I've been desperate to cut the cheese ever since I arrived here, so... 00:45:27.600 --> 00:45:28.800 I can't. 00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:30.480 I wasn't sure about these bits, though. 00:45:30.560 --> 00:45:32.640 It won't go straight, Tom. 00:45:32.720 --> 00:45:34.000 There's something wrong with it. 00:45:34.080 --> 00:45:36.760 I find that very disturbing. 00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:39.040 There's my hands, there's Enzo's hands. 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:44.680 These are the best-preserved Roman ruins on the entire planet. 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:47.440 I'm not sure these bits actually made it in. 00:45:47.520 --> 00:45:48.920 Doesn't have a bell on the end. 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:51.560 Where is the bathroom? 00:45:51.640 --> 00:45:54.360 Could you be quiet? Silencia, por favore. 00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:56.480 And look at all the amazing people we've encountered. 00:45:56.560 --> 00:45:57.760 There was her... 00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:59.840 What the * do you want? 00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.960 That's not even English. 00:46:01.040 --> 00:46:02.040 - Him. 00:46:02.520 --> 00:46:04.280 And him. He was good. 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:06.040 The captain of the Italian football squad 00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:09.000 has correctly identified the milk jug. 00:46:09.080 --> 00:46:11.280 - Delightful. - You coming? 00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:14.320 Could have done without this lot in tow, though. 00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:17.840 - And those people in silly costumes. 00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:20.600 I think they're all getting off on the ritualistic whipping a bit. 00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:22.280 Seriously? 00:46:25.520 --> 00:46:27.960 So, after several thousand miles, 00:46:28.040 --> 00:46:30.880 we've run out of Italy, which means it's time 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:33.560 to ditch la mia Panda, and take the last few steps 00:46:33.640 --> 00:46:35.840 through the snow on foot, 00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:38.640 in the hope I may say something profound. 00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:40.680 ♪ ♪ 00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:13.440 Well, viewers, we're at the end, and I have to tell you what I think. 00:47:13.520 --> 00:47:16.520 Well, actually, I'd like to go right back to the very beginning, 00:47:16.600 --> 00:47:20.000 where I was talking about all the clichés and stereotypes 00:47:20.080 --> 00:47:23.880 that we, you know, attach to Italy and the Italian people. 00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:25.520 Some of them are true. 00:47:25.600 --> 00:47:29.320 It is chaotic, it is disorganized. 00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:31.240 They do wave their arms around when they speak. 00:47:31.320 --> 00:47:34.240 It is theatrical. The bureaucracy is overwhelming. 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:36.400 The Italians will be the first to admit this. 00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:37.840 And it annoys them. 00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:41.080 But that does make it a very charming place to visit. 00:47:41.160 --> 00:47:44.520 It makes everything a bit of an adventure. 00:47:44.600 --> 00:47:47.320 But, actually, I think the real power of Italy 00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:50.440 is exerted far and wide in the greater world. 00:47:50.520 --> 00:47:53.160 Because if you think of all the things that signify 00:47:53.240 --> 00:47:58.400 a contented, w-well-lived life, well-campaigned, 00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:02.920 it's, you know, view, villa, lakeside, 00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:05.360 bottle of white wine, lunch, 00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:09.080 suit, motor launch, shotgun, 00:48:09.160 --> 00:48:11.560 handbag, sports car, 00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:15.200 domestic appliance, carbon-fiber bicycle, 00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:16.840 marble kitchen worktops. 00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:19.400 All these things are more desirable 00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:23.800 when they have the word "Italian" in front of them. 00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:25.440 And that's the point I'm trying to make. 00:48:25.520 --> 00:48:28.280 We patronize this country, we pat it on the head 00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:30.520 for its endearing befuddlement, 00:48:30.600 --> 00:48:34.400 but in truth, we're all completely on our knees 00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:37.160 in front of Italy and the Italians. 00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:40.320 A small part of every single one of us 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:43.920 does want to be Italian. 00:48:45.080 --> 00:48:46.960 And I'm ready. 00:48:47.040 --> 00:48:52.240 It just remains for me to say ciao and arrivederci 00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:55.600 and see you in the next place. 00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:57.680 Thank you for coming along. 00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:59.760 ♪ ♪ 00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:11.800 ♪ ♪ 00:49:37.160 --> 00:49:39.160 ♪ ♪