James May - Our Man in Italy

[BryanS]

I came across this series on my Amazon.it Prime and have watched a couple episodes of season 2 (season one was in Japan). I cringed a few times on the first episode with his fixation with anatomical sexual parts and how embarrassed his Italian guide appeared. I decided to give it a another try and now I'm now on episode 5. He is a bit of a character but I like how they do things that aren't typical tourism show fare and he has no problem making fun of himself.

Interesting to see some of the "off the beaten path" things they have covered.

Worth a watch to learn a bit more about our peninsula.

 

[Jim Zurer]

I came across this series on my Amazon.it Prime and have watched a couple episodes of season 2 (season one was in Japan). I cringed a few times on the first episode with his fixation with anatomical sexual parts and how embarrassed his Italian guide appeared. I decided to give it a another try and now I'm now on episode 5. He is a bit of a character but I like how they do things that aren't typical tourism show fare and he has no problem making fun of himself.

Interesting to see some of the "off the beaten path" things they have covered.

Worth a watch to learn a bit more about our peninsula.

Hmm....we watched Episode 1 and were definitely put off.. Based on your experience, we might take another look.

I will take this opportunity to re-mention our favorite Italian travel program--the "Unpacked" series with art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon and restauranteur Giorgio Locatelli. Really good chemistry between them and lots of off-the-beaten track destinations. They are available on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtjgXuCsMvPnLNvRACoImjgLN-HQbBRP6

There are also a couple of "Rome Unpacked" programs.

 

[Ian Sutton]

Unpacked very good indeed.