WEBVTT 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:08.440 Ciao, viewers. 00:00:08.520 --> 00:00:12.040 Welcome to the northwest of Italy. 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:14.680 This time, killer robots... 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:16.720 I don't like that thing. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:18.080 ...killer views... 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.480 Absolutely gorgeous, belissimo. 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.360 ...and killer insults. 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:26.880 That, sir, is sh... 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.120 ♪ ♪ 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:47.800 Buon giorno, spettatore e spettatrici, benvenuti 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.640 to episode five of Our Man in Italy. 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:55.720 And I'm still in Tuscany, just about, 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.920 and today I'm going to a quarry. 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:02.480 It's something to do with Mike and Dave. 00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.880 You might think visiting a quarry 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.320 sounds dull and boring. 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.000 It often is, 00:01:11.080 --> 00:01:13.800 but not if you're in the Tuscan Alps. 00:01:15.880 --> 00:01:18.160 1,500 meters above sea level, 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.240 these stunning slopes yield 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:24.040 one of the world's most sought-after materials. 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:27.000 Here it is, it's the Calacata Borghini, 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:30.040 one of the most ancient marble quarries in the world. 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:34.880 And in a way, it is symptomatic of humankind's arrogance 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:36.800 because the drive here was through 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:39.720 one of the most debilitating, beautiful bits of the world 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.400 I've ever been in, and yet we believe 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:46.440 we can carve bits of it out and improve on it. 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.440 But in fairness to the people who have been doing that for centuries, 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.040 this marble has formed bits of the Parthenon, 00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:55.600 marble arch in London, and Michelangelo's David. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:59.160 Actually, I described it as a quarry. 00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:02.920 More correctly, it is an entire mountain of marble. 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.360 The place is absolutely massive. 00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:08.080 ♪ ♪ 00:02:08.160 --> 00:02:10.280 Look at this. Enormous. 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:13.480 Judging from the urgent music, 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:16.360 I need to tell you some stats, and fast. 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:22.200 Here at Ruggetta quarry, they mine 12,000 tons of marble a year. 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:24.200 That's 2,000 Davids, 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.480 150,000 posh worktops, 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.720 or billions of actual marbles. 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:32.840 - And it's a noisy old business. 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.960 This is also a very, very wealthy establishment. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.880 It's the only workplace I've been in with a marble floor. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.360 This smooth white Carrara is considered 00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:48.720 the crema de la crema of marble, 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:52.800 and it's owned by the family of Marco Borghini. 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:55.040 And-and marble is actually limestone 00:02:55.160 --> 00:02:57.200 that's been compressed. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:01.880 The marble is the consequence of the sedimentation of the seashells. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.200 And the surface of the seashells created the white marble. 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:10.680 But the organic side of the creature inside is the blue one. 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:14.160 When you cut the material, you smell rotten fish. 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:15.440 Oh, does it? 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:16.560 But when you've completed the cut... 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:20.760 it burns the surface and the pores close, and you smell nothing. 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:25.520 So, your posh bathroom floor is just a squashed seafood starter. 00:03:25.600 --> 00:03:28.200 But this didn't deter Michelangelo. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.640 He takes only the perfect block for his sculpture... 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:35.600 and you don't have any cracks inside because the sculpture is a unique piece... 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.280 and you don't have the scrap or joint. 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.440 Otherwise his arm falls off. 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.720 500 feet below the quarry, in Carrara town, 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.960 the prehistoric shellfish are given new life. 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.680 This is the Carrara sculpture cooperative, 00:03:50.760 --> 00:03:53.920 where they carve things out of marble. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.600 Now, in Michelangelo's day, he would have had a selection 00:03:55.720 --> 00:03:58.800 of chisels and presumably some abrasives of some sort. 00:03:58.920 --> 00:04:00.560 These days, they have power tools, 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:03.240 but that doesn't diminish the skill, 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:07.800 which is to be able to envisage the Pietà, David, 00:04:07.880 --> 00:04:10.520 tombstone, pretentious hand basin 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:13.560 inside the block of marble before you start. 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:16.000 It took two years to carve David, 00:04:16.080 --> 00:04:17.680 but I've only got an afternoon, 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.400 so I'm just going to carve a very small part of myself, 00:04:21.520 --> 00:04:22.960 and you can probably guess what it is. 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:27.840 I would like to carve my thumb please. 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.240 Once sculptor Diego has shown me how to use the tools 00:04:31.320 --> 00:04:33.800 without de-thumbing myself... 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:36.400 - ...I'm ready to get hands-on. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:37.920 I've never done this before. 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:39.760 The instructions are actually in this book, 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:41.280 but they're in Italian. 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:51.240 How long have you been doing this? 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:53.680 And do you love it and are you deaf yet? 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.360 I have been doing this job for 28 years now. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:02.160 In our city, we are all in love with marble, some of us mine it... 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:07.680 and then people like us sculptors ennoble it. 00:05:07.760 --> 00:05:10.000 I don't think he heard the bit where I asked if it had made him deaf. 00:05:16.200 --> 00:05:17.560 As with many things in life, 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.760 like drinking and trying to walk down the steps, 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:23.760 it's very easy to go too far and then you can't undo it. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.680 Luckily, I'm quite handy with a rotary tool. 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:32.880 It's something to do with having opposable thumbs. 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:34.880 Now I have to round the top. 00:05:34.960 --> 00:05:37.680 Then I think we can start having a crack at the thumbnail, 00:05:37.760 --> 00:05:40.080 which is the thing that will stop it looking like a *. 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.440 It's quite thumb-like. 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:45.880 Bit long. 00:05:45.960 --> 00:05:48.880 Was it... No, that bit's not part of it, Tom. That's the bit I hold on to. 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:51.520 When we've done it, we'll saw it off there, all right? 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.160 - Bugger off, you lot. Honestly. 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.720 The final smoothing is done by hand, 00:05:56.840 --> 00:05:59.080 and time flies when you're having thumb. 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:02.080 This is gonna take a long time. What are you going to do in the film? 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:05.480 Is it gonna be Rachmaninoff, and, "And later on, it was finished"? 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:13.640 And later on, it was finished. 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.560 I tried to hitch a ride with it afterwards, 00:06:17.640 --> 00:06:19.600 but no one picked me up. 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:21.760 Well, you win thumb, you lose thumb. 00:06:23.400 --> 00:06:26.520 Anyway, to make our "Italy as a boot" analogy still work, 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.960 we have to put on waders, because in this episode, 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:33.320 we're somewhere around the crotch seam. 00:06:33.400 --> 00:06:35.120 So, from the marble mountains 00:06:35.200 --> 00:06:39.400 onwards to the port city of Genoa. 00:06:41.760 --> 00:06:44.840 This has about it the feel of 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:46.720 an important place. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.840 The way the traffic is moving, 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.400 the way the roads are marked, 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.280 the facades of the buildings. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:55.360 It just feels... 00:06:56.440 --> 00:06:58.800 ...like important stuff is being done. 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:02.480 Among the important things being done here, 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:07.160 we can't include indicating before suddenly turning right. 00:07:11.960 --> 00:07:16.200 According to the rest of the world, Italy is a disorganized country, 00:07:16.280 --> 00:07:18.320 and actually, all the Italians I've met have agreed with this. 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:20.480 They go, "Yes, Italy is a disorganized country, 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.160 but we sort of work around it." 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.160 The question is, though, can they deal with this? 00:07:26.760 --> 00:07:28.480 The Port of Genoa, 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.600 the busiest in the Mediterranean. 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:32.600 It handles 40 massive ship movements a day, 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.280 millions and millions of tons of cargo a year. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:37.800 It's something they can't afford 00:07:37.880 --> 00:07:40.240 to screw up. 00:07:40.320 --> 00:07:42.920 Let's find out. Scopriamolo. 00:07:44.640 --> 00:07:46.640 Hotly pursued by my evil shadow, 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.040 I head up to the operations center. 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:51.520 This is Danilo, 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:52.920 who is the harbormaster. 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.120 Buon giorno. 00:07:54.200 --> 00:07:57.240 And he is in charge of everything. 00:07:57.320 --> 00:08:00.320 I'm not the Harbor Master, otherwise we make some... 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:01.400 I'm the Chief Pilot. 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.800 He's the chief pilot. 00:08:04.880 --> 00:08:08.120 The first screwup in communication goes to the British. 00:08:08.200 --> 00:08:10.680 Though, to be fair, when we asked them on the phone earlier, 00:08:10.760 --> 00:08:13.000 it was quite hard to hear what they said. 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:18.200 The Pilot goes on board the vessel and suggests to the Captain... 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:21.800 how to approach the terminal or leave there. 00:08:21.880 --> 00:08:23.840 Okay, so he's-he's a... 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:26.520 a sort of surrogate captain, 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.320 whilst you're maneuvering in the harbor before you get onto the open sea. 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:35.240 Every ship movement is plotted and tracked in this room. 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.960 This is a little bit like air traffic control at an airport, 00:08:38.040 --> 00:08:41.080 except the objects are much, much bigger 00:08:41.160 --> 00:08:42.800 and they move much more slowly. 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:46.640 But there's a, there's a great deal of energy in these objects, 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.920 which may only be doing ten or 11 knots. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.240 Each fully loaded cargo ship can weigh up to quarter 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.480 of a million tons. 00:08:54.560 --> 00:08:57.080 Even the slightest slipup and your bow end 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.800 could end up in the car park. 00:08:59.880 --> 00:09:03.720 On today's voyage plan, the Zim Vancouver, 00:09:03.800 --> 00:09:06.760 destination: Argentina. 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:08.520 This is the one we're going to pilot. 00:09:08.560 --> 00:09:09.800 Is that a big'un? 00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:15.320 It is quite big, it's 260 meters length overall and 32 meters beam. 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:16.920 Well, that is quite big. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.640 Okay, and then the pilot has to get off by a gangplank, 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:24.520 a pericoloso gangplank onto the pilot boat. 00:09:24.640 --> 00:09:26.160 Yes. 00:09:26.280 --> 00:09:28.480 If the pilot fails to get off, 00:09:28.520 --> 00:09:32.480 the... he's then with the ship, wherever it's going. 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.400 - Yes. Yes. - Right. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.000 - That's what I thought. 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.160 Apparently, me being stuck on a boat 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:45.280 bound for South America while the crew remain in Italy 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.600 could prove somewhat problematic, but luckily there's a solution. 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:52.560 Please welcome back the fashionable Paolo from episode two. 00:09:52.640 --> 00:09:55.240 - Thank you... Thank you for having me back. - Uh, pleasure. 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:59.680 My Italian body double looks like he's fresh off a yacht anyway. 00:09:59.760 --> 00:10:02.960 We're going to drop Paolo off on a huge ship 00:10:03.040 --> 00:10:04.840 that's departing with the pilot. 00:10:04.920 --> 00:10:07.120 The pilot sees the ship out of the harbor safely, 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.680 and then we will go back alongside, 00:10:09.760 --> 00:10:13.480 take Paolo back off again, and bring him back to the harbor. 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:16.440 Now, if this goes wrong, you are going to, 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.480 I think, Buenos Aires. 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.160 Finally, Paolo is given clearance 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.520 to board his one-way trip... sorry, the cargo ship. 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.840 And I'm given a life jacket that once belonged 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:35.720 to Richard Hammond's little brother. 00:10:35.800 --> 00:10:38.000 I think this is incredibly exciting. 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:40.640 I've not done any harbor work before. 00:10:40.760 --> 00:10:43.440 And the ships are so huge, 00:10:43.560 --> 00:10:45.560 and they're so difficult to maneuver, 00:10:45.640 --> 00:10:49.320 I just find it sort of quite... it's almost scary. 00:10:49.400 --> 00:10:51.800 But minutes before boarding, 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.280 the operations center calls with another screwup. 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.120 What on earth has... What on earth has happened? 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.240 Let me, let me, let me talk to Danilo. 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:03.760 Danilo? We-We've got a problem. 00:11:03.880 --> 00:11:06.840 Um, the Zim... 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:09.240 - Oh, no, the Zim... - Oh, *. Sorry, mate. 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:13.160 They don't want anybody on it, and I don't know why. 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.360 There seems to have been a mix-up 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:17.520 with the names on the ship's manifest, 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:21.880 but our strict three-minute slot for boarding is upon us. 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:23.800 Slight change of plan, it doesn't matter. 00:11:23.880 --> 00:11:26.520 Sean our cameraman, who is on the manifest, 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:28.880 is now about to make the scary ascent 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.520 - onto that ship. - Wrap it up, wrap it up. 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:31.560 Sorry, we got to get this shot. 00:11:31.640 --> 00:11:33.800 - If you want to pick it up... - Okay. 00:11:33.880 --> 00:11:35.400 The shot is this one: 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.120 Sean disappearing up a 30-foot ladder into the Zim. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.040 It's how he would want to be remembered. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.960 Right, my plan to get rid of Paolo 00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:45.000 by sending him to Buenos Aires has gone horribly wrong 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.040 because he's there. 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:50.440 There has been a cock-up. We're not sure whose it is. 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:52.640 It's actually probably an international cock-up 00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:55.800 because we're British, the port authority is Italian, 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.120 the crew of the big ship is Israeli. 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:02.760 And now they've got a stowaway cameraman who's Australian. 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:06.080 Cleared for departure. 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:11.600 Up on the Zim's bridge, meanwhile, 00:12:11.680 --> 00:12:14.520 the pilot's plans are going perfectly. 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:18.000 Now, we've got two tugboats 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.720 to pull the Zim away from the berth. 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:26.120 Driving the tugboat's quite a tricky job 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.000 'cause he's got to be very careful not to be run over 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:32.080 by the very ship that he's pulling out of the harbor. 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:34.600 It's sort of slightly terrifying, isn't it? 00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:36.640 It's just the size of the thing. 00:12:38.160 --> 00:12:41.280 As the Zim rounds the corner for open seas, 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.960 Sean is filming us filming him. 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:47.440 And the Genoa port pilot is calmly orchestrating 00:12:47.520 --> 00:12:50.000 the boat ballet below. 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:51.720 'Cause if you stand here 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:54.400 and you look at the nose of the ship, and then you think, 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:56.600 "Oh, I'll have a look at the back," you turn your head, 00:12:56.680 --> 00:13:00.680 and the back is twice as far away as you expect it to be. 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:03.200 The front tug has departed. 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:05.840 And in fact, I think the back one is departing. 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:09.640 That ship is at sea. 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:11.960 - It's on its own. - It's on its own. 00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:14.440 It's quite magnificent, isn't it? 00:13:14.520 --> 00:13:18.800 There was so much confusion over who was allowed on the ship, 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:21.000 we forgot to take Sean off again. 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:23.400 And that is probably the last time we'll ever see him. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.800 Should we send a mess... massage to family? 00:13:25.880 --> 00:13:29.000 We should probably write a letter about how brave he was, 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.600 Yeah, he has a daughter. He was a great dad. 00:13:31.680 --> 00:13:33.440 He-he was a fantastic dad. 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.280 Refreshed by the sea air, 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:43.880 I return to land and the wheel of my Panda and drive away, 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:47.720 bursting with enthusiasm for the next scene. 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:50.800 I'm going to look at robots. 00:13:50.880 --> 00:13:54.120 And the thing about robots is, they are always, 00:13:54.200 --> 00:14:00.040 always have been and probably always will be disappointing. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.560 Spoiler alert, 00:14:04.640 --> 00:14:09.240 Italian robots are actually quite cool. 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:15.840 This is the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:19.160 the, uh, Italian Institute of Technology, 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.800 and I know we all tend to think that Italy is about 00:14:21.880 --> 00:14:24.920 pasta and the Renaissance and stylish jackets. 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.960 Actually, Italy was a pioneer in two important respects here: 00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:32.520 computing and automation in manufacturing industry. 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.360 So if you want to know what's happening in robots, 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.720 this is where you come. 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:44.800 Hi, I'm iCub, the humanoid robot. 00:14:44.880 --> 00:14:46.360 Very nice to meet you. 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.520 I heard that you love robots. 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:51.360 Y-Yes. 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.280 I do love robots. 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.000 - I... He's quite spooky. 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.320 - I know. - He's-he's a little bit creepy. 00:14:58.400 --> 00:15:01.520 Bim 2.0... Sorry, I mean iCub... 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.640 is one of Europe's most advanced androids, 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.240 and his human overlord, for now, 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.000 is Dr. Giorgio Metta. 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.000 - What can it do? - Um, it can talk to you, 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:14.840 - for instance. Uh... - Really? 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:16.520 - Yeah. - Could I... 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.760 Can I ask him any question? 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:20.800 Um, yeah. 00:15:20.880 --> 00:15:24.120 Where are your trousers? 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:27.040 - I don't know. - It... 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:29.400 That... He did, he did an-an Italian gesture. 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.760 These are copied 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:32.360 from human movement. 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.600 - You know, this is where he gets... - Yes. 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:36.720 I am Italian, after all. 00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:39.360 I think iCub may have heard how I mistreated 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.920 his Japanese cousin. 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.280 He's making a break for it. 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.160 To be absolutely clear, this robot is an avatar, 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.960 so it replicates human activity at a distance. 00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:55.720 Somebody over there is being a human 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:58.640 and being converted to robot here. 00:15:58.680 --> 00:16:03.800 iCub's A.I. system learns everything its human operator does. 00:16:03.880 --> 00:16:06.280 Could I have a go at being the person? 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:08.080 The robot's person? 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.760 Yeah, I think you should try it. 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.080 - It's very nice. - Yeah, that would be great. 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:13.440 One day, iCub might be useful 00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:16.240 in dangerous situations like bomb disposal 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.560 or to help people with disabilities 00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:21.800 or to inform tourists about the bridges in Kyoto. 00:16:21.880 --> 00:16:23.920 For now, though, we'll keep it simple. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.480 I'm basically being covered in sensors 00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:29.480 so that whatever I do: move my fingers, 00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:33.320 walk, look around, will be replicated in the robot. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.360 Hello, Paolo. Can we shake hands if I... 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.120 - You can. - I can see my hand. 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:45.560 I'm wondering if I can make traditional gestures 00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:47.680 at you. 00:16:47.760 --> 00:16:49.760 Can I walk backwards? Hang on. 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.640 Well, y-you're going frontwards. 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:54.560 You're going... Okay, now you're going backwards. 00:16:54.640 --> 00:16:57.000 Yeah, that's what you got to do. Slowly, slowly. 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.320 Put your mobile phone. 00:16:59.400 --> 00:17:00.800 Let's see if I can hold it. 00:17:00.880 --> 00:17:02.280 I'm risking it. 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.160 Yes, I can feel. 00:17:04.280 --> 00:17:06.840 Now I can turn and give it to... 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.440 How good was that? 00:17:11.560 --> 00:17:13.640 That was pretty good, wasn't it? 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:19.560 Robot Giacomo is about half the size of the real me. 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:22.800 So we could have a 100-meter-tall robot 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.680 stomping over the Earth, controlled by me here, 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.800 or we could have a tiny little one that would go inside 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:32.200 the workings of your washing machine to see what was wrong with it. 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:34.400 That's great, isn't it? 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.400 Forget what I said earlier. Robots are ace. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.000 Well, maybe not this one. 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:44.160 This looks like a robot with evil intent. 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.480 - Yes. - It looks quite... dangerous. 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:50.120 It-it may be dangerous, in fact. It's very powerful. 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:54.120 With its aluminium roll cage and Kevlar shell, 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:55.920 the HyQreal is designed to navigate 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.320 rough terrain in agriculture, apparently. 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.760 - What can that pull? Could it pull a car? - Um... 00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:04.480 Um, it can pull an airplane. 00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:06.840 After eight weeks of Italian lunches, 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.160 I reckon I can give this four-legged nightmare 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:11.120 a run for its money. 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:15.440 So, to determine the future of humanity: a tug-of-war. 00:18:15.520 --> 00:18:17.320 So, three, two, 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.280 one, go. 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.160 No, the way that thing moves is really, 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.720 really sinister and disturbing. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.600 Go. 00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:38.880 I don't like that thing. 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.520 - Ready... - Ready. 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:44.640 ...set, go. 00:18:50.760 --> 00:18:53.120 Oh... No, no, no, no. 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:55.360 - No, no, no, no. - Oh, damn, we lost. 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:58.760 It won, but what was 00:18:58.840 --> 00:19:00.640 - the price for that? - Yes, its life. 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:03.520 That's the great thing about robots, you can send them 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:05.360 off to do things that will cost them their lives 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:08.000 and they will happily lay their lives down. 00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:11.760 That, I... I find that very disturbing. 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.840 I think he probably comes back to life. 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.360 I wouldn't stand there, in fact. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:17.200 - So, should we go? - You're in direct... Yeah. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:19.600 - I... Yes. Yeah, right. - Yeah. That's fine. 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.080 - After you. - Run for... No, don't be polite. Just run for it. 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.840 Quickly, we flee the threat 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.200 of imminent A.I. vengeance for somewhere safe. 00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:31.960 This is not the droid I was looking for. 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:39.160 Centauro is allegedly a search and rescue robot. 00:19:40.520 --> 00:19:44.160 It can bash through flat things and pick up heavy things. 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.280 It's also a qualified tai chi master, 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:50.200 a founding member of Daft Punk, 00:19:50.280 --> 00:19:53.160 and Mr. Piggyback Italia three years running. 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.520 Are you getting a good shot of my ass here? 00:19:57.600 --> 00:20:00.320 If only there were some nicer robots I could play with. 00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:05.920 Here, in fact, is a robot that can make pesto, 00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:07.400 or I think, more correctly, 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:09.920 a robot that will learn to make pesto. 00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:14.920 You show it once, and then the robot will be able to repeat the same actions. 00:20:15.040 --> 00:20:17.640 - Um... - So this is "machine learning." 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:20.240 I make a pretty good pesto back home, 00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:24.120 so I'm the man to show this Italian bot what's what. 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.880 That's the tablecloth. That's the tablecloth. 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.080 - Oh, okay. - That's the tablecloth. 00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:29.360 It's a... That's a dreadful start. 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.560 - Let's try again. - Okay, I'm gonna begin with the basil, 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:35.320 - which is... that. - It's better. 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.760 Put the pine nuts in next. 00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:38.720 Where have they gone? 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:43.000 No. 00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:49.000 You all thought I was gonna make a terrible balls-up of this, 00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:52.000 and actually this is brilliant. 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.840 Remember, tech fans: 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:57.040 rubbish in, rubbish out. 00:20:57.120 --> 00:21:00.040 D-Don't worry about that, 'cause I can pick it up again. 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:02.640 - Ah. - There you go. No, hang on. 00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:07.480 - Ooh. - What happened to it? 00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:11.800 The trouble is, the-the... the arm ends up in the way of your vision. 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.560 - Shall I give you a hand? - Yeah, go on, then. 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.920 Otherwise we'll be here forever. 00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:17.360 - There you go. - Okay. And I'm gonna tilt 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:19.120 my hand slightly. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:21.240 Now, don't drop it. 00:21:22.280 --> 00:21:23.920 Oh, yes. 00:21:24.040 --> 00:21:25.120 The pestle bit. 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.640 So now I will pick this up... 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.280 ...and put it in the bowl for you. 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:39.280 Right, here we go. 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:41.360 If you say so. 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.120 No, s... Now-now my hands are all slippery 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.640 'cause I've put them in the olive oil, look. 00:21:44.760 --> 00:21:46.600 Ah, okay. 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.960 There you are. 00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:51.280 Your pesto is served, sir. 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.880 For now, it's probably easier just to send iCub 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.880 to the shops for some pesto. 00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:05.440 The problem with robots, I think, 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:07.800 is that science fiction has led us 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:10.040 to expect far too much of them. 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:14.640 We think we should be able to order C-3PO from Amazon, 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.400 have it delivered the next day, and it will work perfectly, 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.120 but of course that day is a long way off. 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:23.560 The great thing about the robot researchers 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.080 is that they can see that future, 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:29.840 they can see the personal digital butler 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.560 and the robotic assistant for disabled people. 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:35.880 That's all fantastic, but at the moment 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:38.080 they're excited merely if they can get 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.360 a robot's little finger to work correctly, 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:44.160 so we just have to be patient. 00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:47.920 Anyway, here's a brief glimpse of the future. 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.280 We're now heading north from the coast 00:22:56.360 --> 00:23:00.440 into the beautiful wooded hills of Piedmont. 00:23:00.520 --> 00:23:03.400 Right, Paolo has invited me truffle hunting today, 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:05.280 something I've never done. 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:08.360 The woods are very big, and a truffle, even a big truffle, 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.520 is pretty small, isn't it? 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:12.640 Sort of about the size of a conker. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.360 That's a really big one. 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:17.280 Truffles are big business here, which isn't surprising, 00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:20.640 considering some are worth more than their weight in gold, 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:23.160 and that they're just lying around in the ground. 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:25.480 You just have to find them. 00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:29.920 Or enlist a rather lifelike quadruped trufflebot. 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:35.720 We are in a secret location near Alba 00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:37.200 in the woods. 00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:38.680 Uh, this is Dora. 00:23:38.760 --> 00:23:41.520 - This is Ezio. Buon giorno. - Ezio. 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:43.400 - Buon giorno. - And this is Paolo, obviously. 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:46.040 - We're hunting for white truffles. - Oh, yes. 00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:47.400 - Tartufo bianco. - Sì. 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.400 So, the most... The most important ones. 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.800 The most important ones, the tastiest ones and the most valuable. 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:55.960 White truffles can only be found by a dog. 00:23:56.040 --> 00:24:00.760 Without a dog it's impossible, we need their sense of smell. 00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:05.040 So it's over to Dora, without her we can do nothing. 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.760 Off you go, Dora. Make us rich. 00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.960 The hunt begins. 00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:12.160 The romantically-named tartufo bianco 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.520 is actually a tree fungus. 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:17.080 It was hailed by the Romans as a gift from the gods, 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:21.480 growing wherever Jupiter's thunderbolt struck the earth. 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:25.040 Mysterious, elusive... 00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:28.320 - There's a truffle there. - ...and rather suspiciously, 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.720 only 50 feet from the car park. 00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:34.800 - Yes? - Look, when the dog finds it she comes to collect her reward. 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.280 Everybody's happy in this 'cause we get a truffle and the dog gets a snack. 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.760 There's one. 00:24:41.760 --> 00:24:43.920 That is huge. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.640 We've struck white gold. 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.920 - That's a, that's a big truffle. - Wow. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.640 - Ah. - That's properly... 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:51.440 Um, quanto costa? 00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:58.880 This one is roughly 50 grams and the price fluctuates. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.240 At present truffles are very expensive... 00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:03.040 more or less 200 Euro. 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:05.320 - Wow. - Okay, let's go and hunt for some more. 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:08.120 Yeah, let's... Well, definitely, at that price. 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.640 I should point out, one of the disappointments 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:13.240 about truffle hunting is that Dora is a really lovely dog, 00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:14.920 but we're not allowed to play with her 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.240 or pet her or anything like that because she's actually 00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:19.120 only used to being with one person. 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:21.960 Two of us here and all the crew, she becomes overexcited 00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:24.080 and then she won't find the truffles. 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:27.160 So no petting Dora. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:29.880 Aw. 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.880 Sorry. Couldn't resist. 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:35.880 Right. Onwards to more tartufo bianco. 00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:41.600 Dora's clearly the brains behind this operation... 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:44.640 well, the nose... but it seems Ezio 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.120 also has an uncanny knack for knowing 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.400 where truffles might be lurking. 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.640 Wait, we should look around there. 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:54.520 Okay, they want, they want to hunt around here. 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:57.400 There, that's good right there, on that spot. 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:00.160 John, he might look around there. 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:02.760 Curiously, Dora did seem interested 00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:06.000 in the spot beneath John's tripod. 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:08.160 Dig down this way. 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.600 Yeah, here we go, here we go. 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:13.360 - Ah. - It's another big'un. Wow. 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.240 It's almost as if Ezio knew. 00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:16.280 Wow. 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.640 - Well done. - Congratulations. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.840 - Grazie. - Well done, well done. 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.520 How much do you love Dora? 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:28.960 Ah, she's a wonderful friend, and she loves me too. 00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:30.960 Yes, I can see that. 00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:33.640 More than life itself, eh, Dora? 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:37.240 These beautiful woods make me want to snatch 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:39.240 a quiet moment to myself, 00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:41.040 maybe write a haiku. 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:43.120 Oh, sorry, wrong country. 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.560 It is so lovely in the woods. 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.920 We have the low 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.560 autumnal sun, 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:51.200 the dappling of the light, the colored fallen leaves, 00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:54.080 John Keats, all that sort of stuff. 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:58.000 Um, but also because... I've been away now 00:26:58.080 --> 00:27:00.840 for the best part of ten weeks, and this reminds me of home, 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.960 because these woods are very much like the ones 00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:05.040 near where I live in South Wiltshire. 00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.280 It's got the same gradient. 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:08.320 It's got the same sort of trees, actually. 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:10.840 I often go for a walk in the woods. 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:15.280 The difference is that at home it doesn't cost 300 euros, 00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:18.560 which is what I'm now expected to pay for those truffles we found. 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:23.080 Anybody fancy lunch? 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:28.360 While our pasta was on the boil at a nearby restaurant, 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:30.320 I presented our chef with the smaller 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:32.880 of the two truffles we found. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.800 I paid 100 euros for it. 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:37.480 How much do you think that's worth? 00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:41.560 In... this can be 60 euro. 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:46.280 Oh, well, the dog was cute. 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:49.280 And a truffle this big will last for ages. 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:54.000 That's a huge amount. 00:27:58.320 --> 00:28:00.280 Mmm, it is quite tasty, though, isn't it? 00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:04.120 Onwards, from the mountains of Piedmont, 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:07.840 to the elegant city of Turin. 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.920 Guess what? The Fiat Panda 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.640 was designed here, car fact fans. 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.800 But that's not the reason Paolo's so excited. 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:16.440 I probably need 00:28:16.520 --> 00:28:19.040 to check my heartbeat. 00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:22.920 You're not going to turn into one of those dribbling sycophant people? 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:25.240 - He is. 00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:29.160 This is the home of Juventus, 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:32.160 the Ferrari of football clubs. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:35.080 Since the 1890s... 00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:40.760 ...they've won 36 Italian Championships... 00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:45.120 ...six European trophies... 00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:50.240 ...and they're so popular, even I've heard of them. 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:53.760 And that was before Paolo started his gibbering. 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.840 Just, like, the biggest team in Italy, one of the biggest in the world. 00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:00.920 We've been searching for la dolce vita on this trip, 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:04.120 and I think Paolo might be getting close, 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:06.360 because we've been invited for a kickaround 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:08.200 at the Juventus training ground. 00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:10.720 We're about to touch the blessed field 00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:13.920 of the biggest Italian team. 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.120 If you say "hallowed turf," I'm gonna just drop you off 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.680 on those tramlines, okay? 00:29:17.760 --> 00:29:20.080 I-I would take my shoes off getting on that pitch. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:23.520 This is my punishment for putting "likes football" 00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:25.640 on my CV back in 1987. 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.040 You ought to know, 00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:29.200 that of all the things I'm crap at, 00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:31.800 uh, football is the crappest. 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:36.200 England's footballing fortunes have been a roller-coaster ride recently. 00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:40.360 In Euro 2020, we miraculously made the final. 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.760 Playing against Italy, 00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:46.320 captained by Juventus player Giorgio Chiellini, 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:48.600 England stormed into an early lead. 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.560 - And it's Luke Shaw! 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.480 But Italy dug deep... 00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:55.840 Italy are level! 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:59.120 ...and the penalty shootout ended in bitter disappointment. 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.720 Penalties proved to be 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:04.640 the dagger in English hearts once more. 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.280 But today, there's a chance for redemption: 00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:10.160 a penalties rematch. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:14.160 In goal, Tommaso Orsini, 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.280 Juventus's goalkeeping coach. 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.440 For Italy, Paolo Damiano, 00:30:22.520 --> 00:30:25.560 a keen amateur who plays football every Saturday. 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:30.680 And for England, James May, who last kicked a ball 00:30:30.760 --> 00:30:32.920 before the other players were even born. 00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:38.240 I feel the pressure of all of this, 00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:40.200 and we're on a training ground. 00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:43.000 Imagine in front of 80,000 people. 00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:44.880 If you have to take one penalty 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.160 in the final of an international competition, 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.600 you deserve all the money in the world. 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:51.000 Five kicks each. 00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:54.520 I've just got to get the ball on the circle first. 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:57.240 Hang on. There we go. 00:30:57.320 --> 00:31:00.040 So, I put my foot next to it and kick it, yeah? 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:03.320 The hopes of England rest on my shoulders. 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.600 Okay, here I go. 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:14.200 - Oh! - Goal. 00:31:14.280 --> 00:31:16.200 Just call me Giacomo Golden Balls. 00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:24.960 Ooh, he so nearly got a finger on it. 00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:27.000 So it's one-all. It's quite exciting. 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:32.160 - My gosh... - Yes! 00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:36.120 That looked fluky. Actually, it was tactics. 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.600 Half the game is the mind game. 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:46.200 - Try not to mess it up, Paolo. 00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:48.400 - No chance. No chance. 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.000 - Ooh... 00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:55.480 What was that? 00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:59.120 - Has it landed yet? Hello? 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.920 Milan, can we have our ball back, please? 00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:04.840 We send a young person to retrieve that. 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:06.280 New ball, please. 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.320 That was actually quite a good kick. 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.240 If you're the current England manager, 00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:17.320 well, I hope you're watching. 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:27.960 It seems my confidence is somewhat premature. 00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:31.360 No! 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:40.920 At three-all, everything hangs on the final kick. 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.920 ♪ ♪ 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.080 Cue the cheesy music. 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.680 England, this is for you. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.480 - ♪ ♪ 00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:06.240 Bollocks. I kicked it straight at him. 00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:07.680 It is too much pressure. 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.800 Gonna cry. 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.040 After my dignified celebration, it's down to a tiebreaker. 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:25.360 Sudden death. 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.560 Why does this feel so important? 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.960 'Cause obviously, we're not playing in front of a live audience, 00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:31.800 which would be absolutely horrific. 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.880 But there are quite a lot of people, hopefully, 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.760 watching on the other side of that piece of glass, 00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:39.200 so we are actually playing 00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:41.320 - an important match. - For our countries. 00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:43.600 Sudden death is where the first player 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:48.080 to miss a goal loses, unless your opponent also misses their goal, 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:52.280 in which case you both take another kick and keep going until only one of you... 00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.600 Oh. He's saved it. 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:57.000 - Bollocks. In Italian. 00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:59.520 If Italy scores this goal, Italy has won. 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:04.240 No! 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:09.960 Well, there's another thing I'll never hear the end of. 00:34:10.080 --> 00:34:13.160 The inevitability of it, that's what depresses me. 00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:15.160 I mean, it's been going on my whole life. 00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:20.040 I'm 58 years old and England always lose on penalties. 00:34:20.120 --> 00:34:22.120 It doesn't matter whether it's the national squad 00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:25.600 or a * in a bobble hat playing it on a training ground, 00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:27.640 we always lose. 00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:29.800 The Football Association would like me to point out 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:33.120 that we have, in fact, won three matches at major tournaments on penalties, 00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:35.120 but we did lose seven. 00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.800 Anyway, at least it's over with, 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.560 and I'll never have to suffer that humiliation again. 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.800 Oh, apparently, I do. 00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.040 Again? 00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:50.280 ...because we're sitting through a replay with the Juventus and Italy captain 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:53.880 who crushed England's dreams, actual Giorgio Chiellini. 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.760 - Oh. Maguire. - Completely fooled. 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.080 - Like the Maguire penalty. - Yes. 00:34:58.120 --> 00:35:00.080 Can we not show this one? 00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:02.360 - Ooh! 00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:06.200 - Thank you. - Boom. 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.280 If you pause the replay, you can actually pinpoint 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:11.400 the exact moment Paolo's heart breaks. 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.800 - But fast-forward, 00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:16.480 and he's cheered up a bit. 00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:18.640 - Ah. - Wrapping up your things. 00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:21.400 Well, not for long, because there is still one arena 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:24.080 where we English have the edge. 00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:26.960 You are better than us at football and at taking penalties, 00:35:27.040 --> 00:35:30.920 but Italy is crap at making tea. 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:33.720 - And before you all start raging, 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:35.520 I'm not gonna take any of that, "Ugh, British people 00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:37.440 can't go abroad without their tea bags." 00:35:37.520 --> 00:35:39.440 The fact is, Britain, over the last 20 years, 00:35:39.520 --> 00:35:41.360 has completely embraced coffee culture. 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.160 You can't move near where I live 00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:46.880 for double-mocha Choco Taco waffle things with a stupid pattern on the top. 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.200 We've done that. 00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:50.520 The rest of the world, but especially Italy, 00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:53.560 hasn't learned how to make a decent cup of tea. 00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:57.000 So if you don't mind, I would now like to challenge you, sir, 00:35:57.080 --> 00:35:59.640 to make a cup of tea. 00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:01.960 It is a difficult challenge for me. 00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:06.120 Sweet revenge. 00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:08.440 This is for you, people of England. 00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:11.320 I'm scared about this challenge. 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:14.280 Starting lineup: we have a kettle, 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.320 teapot and strainer, tea bags 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:18.480 and loose-leaf tea 00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:20.560 and, in goal, the biscuits. 00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:23.840 Three types of milk are on the subs bench along with a mystery object. 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.960 This is... 00:36:26.040 --> 00:36:29.400 That's what everybody will do with it, and that's not actually what it's for. 00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.040 Everybody ready? 00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:32.760 - Good luck. 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:34.880 And he's off. 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:39.760 Or he would be if he could work out how to turn the kettle on. 00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:47.760 Down, down. 00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:51.120 It's a tactical switch. 00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.960 Yes. 00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:55.080 - Oof. Uh... - And biscuits? 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.560 See? Correct. 00:36:58.640 --> 00:37:00.520 Eat a biscuit whilst you're doing it. 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.080 He's brought on the tea cosy. Oh, but a touch early. 00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:14.000 - So far, they are making a cup of water. 00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:15.800 Can we even give him a little hint? 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.680 Okay, I'll give you a massive tip. 00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.920 There's a brief pause 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.280 - for substitutions. 00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:24.600 Tea bags are off, tea leaves are on. 00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:28.680 How do I? But where am I meant to put this? 00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:30.280 And for some halftime biscuits... 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:33.400 I just want to do this because I know a lot of people will be very jealous. 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:37.640 I'm going to bite the same chocolate digestive 00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:40.120 that the captain of the Italy squad has bitten. 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.520 Ooh. 00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:45.520 Mmm. 00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:47.360 And we're back in the game. 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:52.120 The captain of the Italian football squad has correctly identified the milk jug, 00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:54.640 which is pretty good, actually. 00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:56.920 - The final whistle has blown. 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.960 La tazze de tè. 00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:03.200 And England's captain is lifting the cup. 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.840 That, sir, is shit. 00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.840 I don't wish to be rude, but I mean, 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.200 Jesus Christ, that's... 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:16.040 All right, so let's do a quick post-match analysis. 00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:19.200 Your first mistake was, at the beginning, you should always 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.840 put fresh water in the kettle 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:24.160 because it could have been in there for, you know, six months. 00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:26.400 Teapot, no, because you added tea 00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:30.040 to the water in that reprehensible continental way. 00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:35.080 However, an enormous tick for using the tea cosy correctly. 00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:37.480 Um, an enormous tick for filling up the milk jug, 00:38:37.560 --> 00:38:39.920 which my mother would approve of. 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:41.480 Um, which milk did you use? 00:38:41.560 --> 00:38:43.040 - Skim. - Skimmed milk. 00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:45.600 - That is a definite no-no. - No... 00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:47.760 So which is the full-fat? This is... 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:49.480 Full-fat milk? 00:38:49.560 --> 00:38:52.240 - Yeah, but t-this is the problem. 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:54.640 - Ah... I... - This... 00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:56.520 - What are you talking... This is pasta and pizza. - I-I did for you, eh? 00:38:56.600 --> 00:38:59.240 - Yeah, but I did, I did for you. 00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:00.560 Referee. 00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:03.880 Right, let's show these tea heathens how it's done. 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:07.520 First, a small amount of water to heat the pot. 00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:08.800 ♪ Hear the roar... 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:12.480 One spoon per person and one for the pot. 00:39:12.560 --> 00:39:14.200 ♪ This time ♪ 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.640 ♪ More than any other time, this time ♪ 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.840 Cosy on. 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:20.280 ♪ We're gonna find a way ♪ 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.480 ♪ Find a way to get away this time... 00:39:22.560 --> 00:39:23.840 And now the massive argument, 00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:26.480 do you put the milk in first or second? 00:39:26.560 --> 00:39:29.800 - Second. Second. - Second. 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.000 - It goes in first. - Nah. 00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:33.680 - Yes, it does. 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:37.280 Otherwise, the milk is scalded by the greater volume of hot tea. 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.720 ♪ This time... 00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:40.800 That's a lovely golden tea-like color. 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:45.280 And there, sir, is a proper cup of tea. 00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.520 What's it like? 00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:49.960 Delightful. 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.480 What a gent. 00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:55.200 Maybe this afternoon at 5:00, 00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:59.120 I... I... this, for my wife, who loves, uh, English... 00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:00.280 - Does she? - Yeah. 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.720 Oh, right... Oh, well... 00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:04.640 you make her a cup of tea like that, you get your card stamped no problem. 00:40:12.600 --> 00:40:14.200 We'll call that one-all, I think. 00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:21.760 The city of Turin looks pretty pleasant, 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:23.960 for an actual portal to hell. 00:40:24.040 --> 00:40:28.200 According to local myth, Satan's front door is situated 00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:31.000 under a manhole cover in the central piazza. 00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:35.360 exactly halfway between the North Pole and the equator. 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:38.200 And apparently, that's an excuse for putting up 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.960 a big old statue of Lucifer in the city center. 00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:44.320 And all that occult energy wafting around has made the city 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:47.360 a mecca for all the rabbit-out-of-a-hat types, too. 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.120 Magicians. 00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:52.600 Turin is actually considered 00:40:52.680 --> 00:40:55.600 the Italian capital of magic. 00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.880 Can we saw a woman in half? 00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:58.440 - Yeah, shall we go and see? - Yeah. 00:40:58.560 --> 00:41:01.400 This is home to Turin's magic circle. 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.520 They're excellent at it. 00:41:03.600 --> 00:41:05.600 Here they are practicing their invisibility. 00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:07.800 First, the warm-up act, 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:10.880 Giacomo the Dubious. 00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:13.640 This one was taught to me by my grandfather. 00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:15.880 It's called Two Little Dickie Birds. 00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:20.480 Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall. 00:41:20.560 --> 00:41:22.400 One called Peter, one called Paul. 00:41:22.520 --> 00:41:24.200 Fly away, Peter, fly away, Paul. 00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:26.040 Come back, Peter, come back, Paul. 00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:27.840 Come back, Paul. 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.160 - That's brilliant, isn't it? - Oh, that's excellent. 00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:33.760 And now, the magic... of television. 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.400 Just take a-any card, any card you want. 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.680 Okay. 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:39.880 And I ask you to make a signature. 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:43.040 Okay? So this card will be unique in the world. 00:41:43.120 --> 00:41:44.400 - Okay, so look away, then. - Okay. 00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:49.280 Okay, I will show you something with this card. 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:51.040 If I bend the card a little bit... 00:41:51.120 --> 00:41:52.920 - Yes. - Of course, you can tell the difference 00:41:53.040 --> 00:41:55.080 between the other... between these 00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:57.080 and the other... cards, right? 00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.560 Yes. Okay. 00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:59.760 - You can see... - That is the slightly bent one. 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.760 - Yeah. - Yeah. 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:02.840 So now it's like in 20... 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:05.960 20th position, approximately. 00:42:06.080 --> 00:42:07.720 But if I do like this... 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:14.600 The card jumps, with your signature on... 00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:16.680 Now, I don't care what you say. 00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.880 When you go, "Oh, it's just sleight of hand 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.360 and you've got to look the other way..." 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:21.160 It's magic. 00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:23.200 And it makes you feel an idiot. 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:25.160 It makes me feel 12, which is what I like about it. 00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:26.360 It's great. 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.880 If I eat this card, 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.400 can you make it come to the top of the pack? 00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:32.760 - In a few days, yeah. 00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:35.400 Luca is letting me into the magic circle 00:42:35.520 --> 00:42:37.880 with a simple trick to fool Paolo. 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:40.160 You have to leave the room, I'm afraid, Paolo. 00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:42.280 - Okay... - Good luck. 00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:43.280 And you lot. 00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:45.960 Bugger off. Go on. 00:42:46.080 --> 00:42:48.600 Prepare yourselves, viewers. 00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:51.920 What you are about to see will confound and astound you. 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.840 Buonasera, Paolo. 00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.720 - Buonasera. - Per favore. 00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:57.560 Or possibly confuse 00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:58.920 and bemuse you. 00:42:59.040 --> 00:43:01.160 We'll see. 00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:04.040 That, you would agree, is a proper paper 00:43:04.120 --> 00:43:06.400 Italian 20 euro note. 00:43:06.520 --> 00:43:08.240 - Sì? - Yes. 00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:11.560 This is a test, really, to see if t-the note is genuine. 00:43:11.640 --> 00:43:13.800 Fold it inside another piece of paper. 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:15.360 Thus, it's a Post-it Note. 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:17.320 And then you take a pointed object. It could be a hat pin 00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:20.240 or it could be something like a freshly sharpened pencil. 00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:24.640 And then you put that between the two pieces of paper 00:43:24.680 --> 00:43:29.280 and the pencil won't go through it... 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:32.360 if it's a real banknote. Except it did. 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:35.480 Behold, Giacomo's mastery at misdirection. 00:43:35.560 --> 00:43:37.720 But, okay, the pencil did go through. 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.840 You can rub it with your finger and you can confirm 00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:41.160 - that there is a hole... - Uh... 00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:43.320 That is a hole, yes? I wasn't faking it. 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.360 Yeah, that's a hole. 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:49.240 And yet, the banknote is strangely intact. 00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:54.160 - Uh, well done. 00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:57.560 - Thank you for that. Thank you for that... - You're welcome. 00:43:57.640 --> 00:44:00.080 But I... D-Don't I get the explanation of that? 00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:01.640 No. 00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:04.120 We never saw Paolo again after that. 00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:07.680 So I journeyed on alone, northeast towards the Alps 00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:10.600 and the Italian lake district. 00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:13.160 It is extremely scenic around here. 00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:16.720 All of Italy, to be honest, is pretty good-looking. 00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:21.520 The other day, on the drive into Turin, 00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:23.560 it was... 00:44:23.640 --> 00:44:26.480 oh, it was about half past 6:00 in the evening, so it was dark, 00:44:26.560 --> 00:44:30.040 it was also raining and it was a bit misty, 00:44:30.120 --> 00:44:32.480 and we drove past a chemical-processing plant 00:44:32.560 --> 00:44:35.240 at the side of the road and it looked nice. 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:38.000 There is no excuse for things being ugly. 00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:42.280 ♪ ♪ 00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:45.320 The Italian lakes don't need any help with that. 00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:49.040 The dreamy shorelines and romantic towns 00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:52.480 have long seduced artists, writers 00:44:52.560 --> 00:44:54.600 and tourists hoping to catch a glimpse 00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:57.320 of part-time resident George Clooney in his Speedos. 00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:02.560 Well, today, they get the next best thing. 00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:03.800 Good morning, viewers. 00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:08.240 You join me at the foot of Lake Como, possibly the prettiest place on earth. 00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.320 Look at that. 00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:14.000 And I'd love to show it to you. 00:45:14.080 --> 00:45:16.200 The obvious way to do that is on a boat, 00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:18.640 but we have already had quite a few boats in this series, 00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:23.320 so I thought we'd go... oh, in that. 00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:28.640 The Cessna 206 is a bloody good kite. 00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:30.680 Buon giorno, skipper. 00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:37.240 It's nimble, 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.720 it's rugged... 00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:41.640 ...it's gutsy, 00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:44.760 it's got a six-cylinder fuel-injected engine, 00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:48.200 a constant-speed propeller and it flies. 00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:50.640 This is my dolce vita. 00:45:50.720 --> 00:45:53.840 ♪ ♪ 00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:02.040 What an excellent way to see a fantastic lake. 00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:06.240 Look at all these houses. They look like they're actually 00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:08.400 crowding the water's edge looking for a drink. 00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.880 They're like animals, almost. 00:46:12.560 --> 00:46:13.880 On these shores, 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.080 some of the world's greatest artworks were created. 00:46:17.160 --> 00:46:20.920 Verdi's famous opera La traviata, 00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:23.880 the romantic poetry of Byron 00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:26.080 and, as attentive viewers will have spotted, 00:46:26.160 --> 00:46:29.400 the advert for one of the world's most distinctive scents, 00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:33.000 Il grande odore dell'uomo. 00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:37.640 All this beauty brings man closer to God, 00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:43.280 gives the soul wings and focuses the mind on more noble thoughts. 00:46:44.080 --> 00:46:46.640 I do have some friends and they own a house... 00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:48.520 just round the corner, there it is just on the corner. 00:46:48.600 --> 00:46:51.640 And I hope they're watching because I'd like to say... 00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:53.760 I can see your house from up here. 00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:03.440 Absolutely gorgeous, belissimo. 00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.960 Ready for the bump. 00:47:09.520 --> 00:47:10.840 There we are. 00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:12.080 It's a boat. 00:47:13.600 --> 00:47:14.600 Bravo! 00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:19.160 We dinghy ashore at the pretty town of Bellagio, 00:47:19.240 --> 00:47:21.560 named after the Vegas casino. 00:47:21.640 --> 00:47:25.280 It's all so perfect it almost makes you puke, doesn't it? 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:28.160 It was a favorite of Renaissance-era 00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:30.560 Italian nobility. 00:47:30.640 --> 00:47:34.000 Cor, what a dump, eh? 00:47:34.080 --> 00:47:38.280 The Medicis hadn't found anyone who could invent the floatplane, 00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:42.120 so they found another way to get their flying fix. 00:47:42.160 --> 00:47:44.120 Now, the Cessna 206 is an excellent airplane, 00:47:44.200 --> 00:47:46.880 very dependable, very foolproof in flight, 00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:49.440 but not as good as this fellow Morgan. 00:47:49.520 --> 00:47:52.520 Here he comes. Morgan. 00:47:52.600 --> 00:47:56.280 He is a Harris's hawk, 00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:59.360 and this is the sport of falconry, very medieval. 00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:01.400 Do you like that? He's fantastic. 00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:03.400 Okay, I can send him back. Morgan. 00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:08.240 That feels fantastic, actually. 00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:12.160 That loss of weight in your arm as the bird takes off. 00:48:12.240 --> 00:48:13.960 We're playing hawk tennis. 00:48:14.040 --> 00:48:16.520 Um, more balls, please. 00:48:16.600 --> 00:48:20.040 I don't know how you actually win the game of, um, hawk tennis. 00:48:21.120 --> 00:48:23.640 Let's see. Maybe I'll miss this one. 00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:26.360 Oh, s-scusi. 00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:28.800 Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no. Ah. 00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:31.080 That's 15-love. I messed up. 00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:37.520 We've done quite a lot of complicated things 00:48:37.600 --> 00:48:41.280 in this episode, like sculpture and penalty shootouts 00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:44.160 and cooking and shipping movements, but actually, 00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:46.560 I quite like this simple aristocratic pleasure. 00:48:46.680 --> 00:48:47.680 Morgan. 00:48:49.160 --> 00:48:52.080 All you need is a massive villa by a lake 00:48:52.160 --> 00:48:56.280 and a Harris's hawk and only one glove. 00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:58.360 I hope it's been good watching. 00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:00.040 See you next time. 00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:04.920 ♪ ♪