Clive Myrie's Italian Road Trip

29min

In search of la dolce vita. Clive Myrie is on an epic journey across his beloved Italy to explore iconic cities, discover hidden gems and experience the rich local culture.

Episodes

Cast

Puglia and Basilicata

1. Puglia and Basilicata

28min

1st May 2023

Clive explores the ancient subterranean city where people have lived underground for millennia and meets the Scotsman who swapped office life for olive farming.

Catania

2. Catania

28min

2nd May 2023

In Sicily, Clive joins geologists working on Mount Etna to predict its next big eruption and heads to Modica to learn how to make an ancient recipe chocolate bar.

Palermo

3. Palermo

28min

3rd May 2023

Clive travels to the heart of Sicily to cook lunch in a community kitchen set up by Jamie Oliver’s former restaurant manager and spends the night in a 700-year-old mansion.

Torre del Greco

4. Torre del Greco

28min

4th May 2023

On the Bay of Naples, Clive finds out why the foothills of an active volcano are the perfect location for a farm and why Italy’s first trains were made in Britain.

Capri

5. Capri

28min

5th May 2023

Clive spent his fiftieth birthday on the touristy island of Capri. This time, he wants to meet some locals - which is how he ends up being invited to play tambourine at a wedding.

Naples

6. Naples

29min

8th May 2023

Immersing himself in Naples’s street life, Clive tries crafting one of the city’s characterful presepi figurines and bags a backstage pass to the world’s oldest opera house.

Lazio

7. Lazio

28min

9th May 2023

Clive makes a wriggly catch on a fishing expedition across Europe’s biggest volcanic lake and discovers how scientists are fighting to save an ancient citadel from destruction.

Rome

8. Rome

29min

10th May 2023

Getting off the tourist track, Clive tries his hand at Italy’s fastest growing sport, stays in the city’s most unusual hotel, and gives an ancient Roman art form a personal spin.

Maremma

9. Maremma

29min

11th May 2023

Clive submerges himself in the famous hot springs of Saturnia and joins Italy’s last surviving cowboys, known as the Butteri, to learn how to lasso and barbecue the perfect steak.

Florence

10. Florence

29min

12th May 2023

Clive makes gelato and learns why it's healthier than ice cream, gets a makeover from Florence’s most stylish man, and stays in a hotel that’s a homage to Italian design.

Barga

11. Barga

29min

15th May 2023

To discover how a typical Tuscan hill town became the most Scottish place in Italy, Clive learns the art of playing the bagpipes and sets off on an Indiana Jones style adventure.

Bologna

12. Bologna

29min

16th May 2023

In his search for la dolce vita (the sweet life), Clive discovers why an osteria is superior to a pub, how to make perfect pasta and the dark history of an 800-year-old tower.

Verona

13. Verona

29min

17th May 2023

Clive heads to his favourite city to stay with his closest Italian friend, Andrea, and goes to Lake Garda to discover why Italians live some of the longest lives in Europe.

Venice

14. Venice

29min

18th May 2023

Clive searches out the secret corners of the famous floating city, meeting a count whose palace has become a luxury hotel and discovering a garden island visitors rarely find.

Conegliano

15. Conegliano

29min

19th May 2023

Vintage car fan Clive joins the 100 Miglia rally through Prosecco country and discovers why his favourite tipple might be even better when harvested by the light of the moon.

First air date

1st May 2023

Last air date

19th May 2023

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks