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Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe

Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe

Description: Francesco visits the south and Sicily, home of his mother's family for more than 500 years. Easter celebrations in the south involve the streets running red with celebrants' blood and the locals indulge in frantic dances to ward off the threat of the tarantula. On Sicily, the brooding majesty of Etna terrifies Francesco as he stares into the volcano, but there's also beauty and art at the Villa Bagheria.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2006
Number of episodes: 4
First episode air date: June 11, 2006
Presented By: Francesco da Mosto
Network: BBC Two
Genre: Travel documentary
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