As he visits the spectacular lakes and fashionable cities of the north and passes through the hills of tuscany before heading south towards rome, naples, and palermo, he celebrates the countrys art and cultureits cathedrals, churches, palaces, opera houses, paintings. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show francescos italy. Villa lante bagnaia in around the world in 80 gardens duration. The beverly hillbillies season 2 episode 12 elly needs a maw duration. Top to toe is a fourpart bbc television series hosted by francesco.
Travelling via the fantastic water gardens of villa deste and the royal seat of the bourbon dynasty, he arrives in naples. In the series, da mosto drives his alfa romeo spider the length of italy, from north to south, exploring the architecture and traditions in. Apparently francesco da mosto is following up his bbc2 series on venice with a new series of 4 x 1 hour shows under the title ifrancescos italy. Top to toe is a fourpart bbc television series hosted by francesco da mosto and originally. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. Delightful, as im sure you can imagine, although were my blurry eyes deceiving. To end his journey, he visits the south and sicily, home of his mother s family for over 500 years. Top to toe episode 1 the romantic north on vimeo join. During episode 2, the garden of italy, da mosto visited a 19th century. Each episode focuses upon a certain area of venetian history, interlaced with various anecdotes from da mostos own. Francesco has shown such amazing places so far and it has made me want to see. To end his journey, he visits the south and sicily, home of his mothers family for over 500 years. Arts, history, travel documentary hosted by francesco da mosto and published by bbc in 2004 english narration cover informationa breathtaking journey through the ages, telling the story of one of the worlds most famous and beautiful cities.
Top to toe 2006 where he explored the country in his alfa romeo spider and francescos mediterranean voyage filmed 2007, broadcast 2008 which sees him traveling from his home in venice to istanbul, visiting cities including split, mostar, dubrovnik and many. Francescos italy top to toe episode 2 part 1 youtube. Francesco da mosto visits the south and sicily, home of his mothers family for more than 500 years. It s a wonderful immersion into laidback italian travel. Top to toe 2006 where he explored the country in his alfa romeo spider and francescos mediterranean voyage filmed 2007, broadcast 2008 which sees him traveling from his home in venice to. In fact affer watching the video i felt enriched and look forward to visiting some of the other parts of italy shown. Francescos venice is a fourpart bbc television documentary series hosted by francesco da mosto and first broadcast on bbc2 in 2004. Francesco da mosto is an italian architect, author, historian, film maker and television presenter. Francescos italy top to toe episode 3 part 2 youtube. In the series, francesco drives his alfa romeo spider the length of italy, from north to south, exploring the architecture and traditions in different regions excluding sardinia. Arts, history, travel documentary hosted by francesco da mosto and published by bbc in 2004 english narration cover informationa breathtaking journey through the ages, telling the story of one of the world s most famous and beautiful cities. This is the first episode of the series francescos italy.
Italy unpacked follows on from the bbcs successful series sicily unpacked that aired in 2012. Top to toe one of the more random entries on this list, i literally just did some searches in bbc iplayer and found francescos italy. Top to toe and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Francesco s italy top to toe episode 3 part 3 duration. Following the success of francescos venice, francesco da mosto ventures further afield, this time taking in all of italy. Top to toe was a four part bbc tv series hosted by francesco da mosto and originally shown on bbc2 from 18th june to 2nd july 2006. Episode 2 offers a fun but forgettable filler mission 15 november 2019 indiewire.
Francesco s italy top to toe episode 3 part 4 duration. Francescos italy top to toe episode 2 part 4 youtube. Feb 27, 2015 british art historian andrew grahamdixon and italian chef giorgio locatelli explore the varied regions of italy and share their knowledge of the countrys culture and cuisine. Top to toe 2006 where he explored the country in an alfa romeo spider and francescos mediterranean voyage filmed 2007, broadcast 2008 which. This series was rebroadcast by the travel channel in january 2007 and repeated on. Both were fairly superficial in their approach to anything of interest yet showed off the scenery rather well during their respective car journeys. In 2006 italian architect francesco da mosto hosted a bbc series in which he traveled his whole country from top to toe. He portrays a country he loves in a most delightful and insightful manner. Francesco da mosto travels the length and breadth of italy. He takes us all over italy from venice to turin, through tuscany to rome and sicily in four episodes though it was hard to get into at first, its one of the.
Francesco da mosto gets romantic in juliets home town of verona, witnesses the birth of western art, has a fashion makeover from giorgio armani, is invited into a closed convent to see the tomb. Top to toe i have been watching this series on the travel channel and really like it. We began in milan, then venice, then we traveled all the way to sicily. Two programmes covering the same content but two very different personalities.
Francesco s italy top to toe episode 4 part 4 duration. A repeated series about an italian driving top to toe across italy. Francescos italy top to toe episode 3 part 1 youtube. Francescos italy top to toe episode 2 part 1 duration. In the series, da mosto drives his alfa romeo spider the length of italy, from north to south, exploring the architecture and traditions in different regions. The bikers begin their sardinian adventure in the small town of cagliari, where everyone is in high spirits. Find out when francescos italy top to toe is on tv, including series 1episode 2. He learns how to be the perfect courtier in urbino, goes grape harvesting in chianti, discovers the romantic inspiration at the heart of puccinis operas, travels to assisi to find out why he was named after st francis and takes dame maggie smith on a sightseeing tour of florence. We regularly watch samantha brown, rick steves, and even globe trekker, however, francesco outdoes them all. While visiting tuscany and umbria, francesco da mosto learns how to be the perfect courtier. This is the first episode of the series francesco s italy. In the opening episode, he gets romantic in juliet s home town of verona.
He learns how to be the perfect courtier in urbino, goes grape harvesting in chianti, discovers the romantic inspiration at the heart of puccini s operas, travels to assisi to find out why he was named after st francis and takes dame maggie smith on a sightseeing tour of florence. Italy unpacked series 2 33 in the heat of the day duration. In the doctor who confidential series 5 episode death in venice, francesco is featured explaining the history of venice. Francesco da mosto born 1961 is an italian architect, author, historian, film maker and television presenter. Francescos italy top to toe episode 2 part 3 youtube. Its a travel show from 2006 hosted by a venetian architect. During episode 2, the garden of italy, da mosto visited a 19thcentury. Francesco da mosto enters tuscany and umbria to look at the long love affair that britain has had with the area. The coverage of different parts of italy, with explanations on the culture, art and life in those parts was very enlightening. Francesco discovers why rome is the eternal city and goes head to head with mussolini. Top to toe was a fourpart bbc television series hosted by francesco da mosto and originally shown on bbc2 from 18 june to 2 july 2006. Both were fairly superficial in their approach to anything of interest yet showed off the scenery rather well during their respective car. Top to toe is a fourpart bbc television series hosted by francesco da mosto and originally shown on bbc two from 11 june to 2 july 2006.
Francescos italy top to toe episode 1 full youtube. He gets romantic in verona, witnesses the birth of western art and has a makeover from giorgio armani. Last summer my family and i began an italian journey similar to francesco s. This release contains every episode from the third series. Italy from tip to toe is the best travel program that i have ever seen. Francescos italy top to toe episode 2 part 2 youtube. The series follows da mosto as he explores the history of venice, beginning with its creation in the 5th century and concluding in the modern era. This lavish, landmark series explores how a place with no firm ground, no crops, no indigenous riches and no land army came.
Dec 15, 2016 francesco da mosto born 1961 is an italian architect, author, historian, film maker and television presenter. Francescos italy top to toe complete series dvd cairodvd. Francesco da mosto net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. Francescos italy top to toe episode 4 part 1 youtube.
Francesco da mosto is by turns informative, enthusiastic, ebullient and reverent. In the opening episode, he gets romantic in juliets home town of verona. Francescos italy top to toe episode 4 part 2 youtube. He presented the three bbc 2 series francescos venice 2004 and francescos italy. Apparently he tours round the whole of the country in a sports car sigh. Francesco da mosto sets off to travel the length and breadth of italy in a classic alfa romeo duetto spider.
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