Original subtitles

I'm Anton Du Beke, and this is my good friend, Giovanni Pernice.

We instantly became friends on Strictly Come Dancing

because he's just a lovely, lovely guy.

I consider Anton il Padrino, the Godfather.

Welcome to Sicily.

It's very nice to be here.

We've switched out the sequins and the shiny floors and headed

to Sicily... The island where I was born and raised.

I think it's a fantastic opportunity for me and Anton to build even

more this beautiful friendship that we've got.

When in Sicily, you have to dance.

Over three episodes, our road trip will take us all around the island.

Isn't he a beauty?

Arghg

It's not high.

We'll be joined by some old friends...

Ooh!

And as long as nothing goes wrong along the way...

I knew you couldn't drive.

Oh, there's the police. Documenti.

...together, we'll discover everything about Sicily

and each other.

Of course, I want to have a family one clay.

I think you'd be a wonderful father.

After all of that, our epic adventure will end in my hometown

to celebrate my birthday with my friends and family.

It's one of the most beautiful clays of my entire life.

All on our adventures in Sicily.

Oh, just look at that.

I don't know anything about Sicily, I've never been to Sicily.

The only bit of Sicily I know about is the fact that Giovanni

comes from Sicily.

I wanted to see where you grew up, I want to see where

you learned to dance. Not just me, though, I mean,

lots of people are from Sicily. Oh, yeah? Who else?

)0“ Bun yovt. Don't even start.

His clad was from Sicily.

Jon Bon jovi?

Yeah, his clad, though, not him.

Frank Sinatra, his clad was from Sicily.

You are joking me? No, I'm not.

So this country is famous for people's dads?

Woo!

Oh! Ah, ha-ha.

He lost the hat.

HE LAUGHS

Oh, I told you, I told you. Has it gone?

It's there, look.

Keep going.

So you see, I'll push you forward, I'll pull you back.

I haven't decided yet.

Pull me in, I've got it.

I can't take you anywhere.

Ancl I'll put it back on you wet. No!

We can go, Capitano, we can.

I can't believe I'm back here in Sicily.

I haven't been here for a long time.

Hey! Ah.

I'm back home and it feels nice.

Oh, my... You all right with that?

Moses.

There you go.

You travel light, don't you?

Don't forget my hat.

Where are you going, to Ascot, or something?

Let me arrive in style.

I'm rather swanky, I thought. MOBILE PLAYS STRICTLY THEME

Hang on, I'm just...

H ello?

Yeah, I'm just in Sicily. just grab the...

Hello? Yes, it's marvellous here.

Anton? So lovely and sunny, I'm having a lovely time.

Yes... I can't believe what just happened.

He walks off the boat and leaves his luggage there.

That's a joke.

He's a celebrity, he doesn't move these things around.

Sicily is the largest of all the Mediterranean islands,

similar in size to Wales and only two miles

from mainland Italy.

Over the next three episodes we'll make our way around the island,

ending in Palermo, the capital city where I grew up.

But for this, the first stage of the journey we'll begin

in the coastal town of Sciacca and finish in the island's

second city, Cat an ia.

So warm, it's marvellous.

As a young boy, Sciacca is a place I used to visit with my family.

It's medieval architecture means there are only a handful of streets

wide enough for cars.

Be nice if we could get a coffee or something.

Stop being a diva, would you like to help me?

Just bring something because I'm carrying your bags all the way

from... Don't drop the hat! I mean, you're going to drop...

I got it, hold it, then.

I'll take something, but I mean, for goodness' sake.

Come on, let's get some coffee.

Let me talk to you about coffee for a second.

So I like the coffee, bit of water and the milk.

Like, the same amount of each.

Think of an angel cake of coffee, that's exactly how I like it.

Would you like to order, or shall I?

You want to order the coffee? I think I should order the coffee.

Well, then! Anton thinks he's fluent Italian.

But I think he knows is "Ciao, ballerino."

Which means, "Hello, dancer."

Buongiorno. Buongiorno.

IN ITALIAN:

Why is she speaking so fast? No, no, no, no, I'm not here, you go.

Una... Hey?

Keep going, I'm listening.

Agua, una the side, how do you say...?

I don't speak Italian, sorry.

When I came to England, I didn't speak any English.

So Anton was taking a little bit of mick of this.

He was doing my accent, he was doing all of that.

Now it's payback time.

Cal de leche, por favore.

IN ITALIAN:

No leche? No.

They don't have leche in this country?

Lecce is a city in Italy, Lecce.

It is? Yeah, it's called latte.

Latte? OK.

I think the barista knew exactly what I was after.

Her and I, we had a connection.

It was more cerebral than lingual, but she was very patient.

I think, is what I'm trying to say.

I think that was very clear. You're embarrassing.

We haven't even started, I really want to go home.

You are home, remember?

Buona sera. Buona sera.

Where is my coffee?

Oh, I had my hands full, it's on the side.

And when you go and get it, you can pay the bill.

Proper coffee, innit? She's good.

PHONE RINGS Oh, Mama!

Oh, Mama!

# Bella, ciao, Bella, ciao Bella, ciao, ciao, ciao. #

Ciao, Bella... Mama...

TH EY SPEAK ITALIAN

She just said, we brought the sunshine.

We've only been in the country five minutes and we had

Giovanni's mum call.

I'm with him, look.

Oh, ciao.

SHE SPEAKS ITALIAN

Oh, oh! She just said you're beautiful with this hat.

I speak with my mum every clay, and I'm looking forward

to seeing her for my birthday and celebrate finally all together.

We haven't clone that for a long time.

My parents are both foreign, my mum's Spanish,

my father's Hungarian, I remember going back home

for the summer holidays and it was incredible, really,

when you've been away for so long and you come back, I know exactly

how it is for Giovanni and it's lovely.

I got us a car to go round this beautiful island.

Where is it?

The only problem is it's south of the town.

Ancl I can't walk there because... It's just too hot to...

We're not walking.

I want to get one of those.

What, an Ape taxi? An Ape taxi.

When we get to the car, are you going to drive? Of course I am.

I think I should drive. No, I wouldn't trust you driving in the car.

I tell you, what we're going to do to decide, because you

want to drive and I want to drive. Si. So I think we should...

Have a competition. You want to race? You want to race?

Sure. Now, hang on, you have to wait until three.

After three, we race.

Wait, one... You want to race? Two, three...

Your luggage, you have to take your luggage. Right...

Don't forget the hat.

Oh.

Andiamo, andiamo.

An Ape car is the sort of scooter, but with seats and with a driver

in front of you, it's very, very Sicilian.

We have to win this.

Take all the things that make you to win, I don't care.

There's no rules.

Come on, Francesco.

This little beauty was first made back in 1948 and has sold

in the millions, becoming an icon of Italian design.

Come on, Francesco, we can do this.

IN ITALIAN:

ANTON SHOUTS

Bravo, bravo!

I got the best driver.

Can't let him beat us.

He wins too much.

Francesco, do you know a short cut?

Let's have a whip down here.

MUSIC: Self Preservation Society from The Italian job

IN ITALIAN:

just go this way, they go this way.

We can't go this...

I had a very interesting driver, he stopped a few times.

I mean, he was doing what he wanted.

Andiamo, andiamo!

The Old Town is a web of tiny lanes.

Oh, my God.

Built just wide enough for a donkey... and a Du Beke.

It's an interesting way to explore the city,

whizzing past at 40mph.

Madonna mia!

HE LAUGHS

Vai, vai, vai! Vai, vai, vai!

Oh, yeah! Oh! Bye!

Oh!

I can't believe he's ahead, how did he manage that?

Less than a kilometre to the finish line,

this is my last chance to squeeze ahead of Giovanni.

Oh! That was a close one, Francesco.

And hopefully avoid the oncoming traffic.

GIOVANNI SPEAKS ITALIAN

Oh, I10, I10, no, no!

Yes! Yes!

No, no!

Cave llo!

GIOVANNI SPEAKS ITALIAN

Come on, Francesco, we've got this.

Vai, vai!

THEY SHOUT

There's the finish line, vai, vai.

We made it, we made it, we made it, we made it!

We made it!

Oh, can't believe it.

# Siamo campione del monclo! #

He's going to be unbearable.

How do you say in English? Winner, winner...

...chicken dinner.

Argh, number one.

That was easy.

Congratulations, I'm the winner.

How...

There's the car.

Nice.

The prize is that I got to drive a car now.

You know, I'm a proper driver.

I know how to drive in this country.

I know how to drive on the right side of the road.

Come on, we don't have all clay.

Giovanni and I are very good friends.

We're also very competitive, which is lovely,

because we spur each other on, he gets a bit frisky

and sort of youthfully competitive.

But, you know, old dog, new tricks and all that.

Can't let the youngsters get away with everything, can you?

After 17 hours...

Oh, by the way, I think you might have forgotten something.

Oh, are you joking? ANTON LAUGHS

What's wrong with you?

Why would you do that?

With all the bags now in the car,

our journey around my Sicily can finally start.

The first leg of our adventure, position number one

is the port city of Sciacca, which pivots on the island's south side.

From here, we will sashay our way down the coast until we glide

into our next stop, Agrigento.

From there, we'll leap across to the East Coast,

then it's just a quick two-step before ending the first part

of our Italian odyssey in Catania.

When was the last time you actually drove on the wrong side of the road?

On the right side of the road.

So the thing is, I've been driving since I was 18.

Then I stopped because I moved to England and this is the wrong side

of the road when people drive.

So I decide not to drive.

You haven't driven for ten years? Yeah, it's all under control.

Don't you worry. You sure you don't want me to drive?

I don't. All right. Relax.

I want a relaxed and peaceful journey.

We're on our way to one of Sicily's greatest treasures.

Just outside the city of Agrigento stands one of the most visited

tourist attractions on the island.

So we're going to the Valle dei Templi.

The Valle dei Templi? Yeah.

There's a lot of Greek temples and it's lovely, it's beautiful.

I went there with a school trip.

How old were you?

I was something like...eight.

You paid no attention to it at, did you? No, I don't...

I didn't really care, I mean, you see them once, and that's it,

why do you have to see again and again? It's there.

Well, I'm going to show you.

I'd like to see it.

Now, I'm reliably told this place was built over 2,000 years ago

when Sicily was home to the Greeks.

And these temples are all that remain

of a long lost ancient city.

Anton loves his history.

I clearly don't.

I came here as a child and it was boring then, and I'm sure

it's going to be boring now.

I think I've found a way to make this at least a bit more fun.

# Get your motor running...#

This place is absolutely massive.

In fact, it's the biggest single archaeological site

anywhere in the world.

So these electric scooters are an absolute essential.

Oh, this is quite a new way to travel for me.

Ooh, ow! How do I look in my helmet?

Fa ntastico.

Fantastico? Do I really?

No. Mind the bus!

Oops.

Why are you driving pointing your feet like that? Always a dancer,

I've got my feet turned out.

You can't travel with your feet like this! I have to.

The equipment gets crushed otherwise.

I'm going to give you ten to two, like a Latin dancer.

Look. Argh!

Sorry. Scusi.

Buona sera.

Buona sera.

I'm practically local.

Look, how beautiful is the view.

Oh, my gosh! Look at that.

That is incredible.

Oh, amazing.

We're heading to the Temple of Concordia.

It's widely considered one of the best examples of classical

Greek architecture anywhere in the world.

The perfect setting to end our first day.

Beautiful place, beautiful company.

But I know you're English, you're missing something

so I brought a small thing that make you feel a bit home.

Even though you might not need it.

Oh, a little something?

A little something.

Aw. A cup of tea.

Tea.

Lovely jubbly.

Now I know you don't really love the tea, do you?

I'm not a massive fan.

I don't really drink the tea, but...

A little bit of England in Sicily.

Isn't it lovely?

This is just the beginning.

Yeah, there's more planned?

I've got lots planned, and I really, really can't wait to go

with you because I'm very, very pleased that finally

I got to take you home.

Because when I first arrived in England, you really were the only

person look after me from the beginning. Aw.

So now it's my time to pay off and say,

"Listen, thank you so much, this is my home."

Well, thank you very much for looking after me,

and I will look after you. Did you have a lovely clay?

I've enjoyed today enormously.

I'm looking forward to the rest of our trip.

Are you excited? I'm very excited.

I'm delighted we can do this together.

I can't wait for your birthday, it's going to be lovely.

Nice. Well done, kid.

Day one. Day one. Here we go.

Cheers.

You see, the tea's good, eh?

It's horrible.

So far, you're doing a wonderful job.

What a bellissima way to start the clay.

Ancl this morning I have organised a traditional Sicilian breakfast

for Anton with a very special view.

MUSIC PLAYS

KNOCKING

Housekeeping.

H ello?

# Five, six, seven, eight #

Come on in. Wow!

Good morning. Morning.

How are you? You OK? Feeling frisky?

Why are you already ready?

What do you mean? We're going on the road again.

This is a nice room.

I can't believe you had the champagne, I didn't get champagne.

I got Fanta.

Really? The trophy.

You bring the trophy.

Everywhere I go.

Oh, now you're talking.

This is nice.

Please. Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh. Never say again I don't look after you.

Ah, what a lovely way to start the day.

And perfect for a man of my stature.

I mean, you usually do breakfast, do you?

Yes, I love breakfast.

Really? Do you do breakfast?

I'm not a very, very breakfast person.

I'm more like lunch.

This looks like a heart attack waiting to happen, what's this?

This is a Sicilian cannoli.

I've heard of a cannoli.

It's biscuit and ricotta cheese.

Heaven, want me to sing for you while you're eating?

I'm OK.

It's gorgeous, isn't it? It's actually all right.

It feels so wrong eating it at this time in the morning.

Then we go cassata? What's that?

Cake.

With more ricotta cheese, the Palermo tradition.

Ancl then we go another Sicilian tradition.

Water melon.

Thank God, something's that's not going to give me a heart attack.

Now, we should finish breakfast and head off.

You get ready, I'll go and get the car, I think I should drive today.

You're not driving today, I'm driving today.

This morning, I want Anton to get the real Sicilian experience.

Ancl for me, that means just one thing.

Obviously, first thing we have to do...

Yeah. We have to go to the beach, swim.

You want to go swim in the seaside? In the seaside.

I can't believe you didn't take the opportunity

when we were in Blackpool last time.

In my opinion, Sicily has some of the most beautiful beaches

in the Mediterranean and over two million tourists

each year agree with me.

You just got to dress the part.

You didn't bring Speedos with you? I didn't bring the Speedos.

Because it's the first holidays together, I'm don't want you to get

too keen too soon.

Oh, I'm delighted you didn't want to get too keen.

How do you say budgie smuggler in Italian?

What is a budgie smuggler.

The budgie smuggler?

How do you say budgie, of the bird, squark, squark.

What is the budgie? Budgie's like a little bird.

Uccello. Buchelo?

Uccello. Uccello... Yeah Piccolo uccello.

Piccolo uccello, and then say smuggler.

You know what a smuggler is right? What's a smuggler?

The smuggler is somebody who brings something into the country,

not through the customs.

So why would you call a bird, the smuggler, what does it smuggle?

No, the bird is not the smuggler.

The trunks are the smuggler.

They're smuggling the contraband in the undergarment.

And the budgie is the.. You're smuggling the budgie into the...

.566.

Now that I know what Anton's planned for his beachwear,

I think it's best if we avoid the busy tourist beaches

and we head for somewhere more secluded.

We've been on the road for two hours now and I can't see any sea.

We left a perfectly good place with lovely roads...

You sure you know where you're go|ng?

I know exactly where we are.

You don't need to worry about anything, my clear.

Do you know where you're going?

"I know where I'm going. I'm from Sicily."

We have to go left here, right?

Yeah, don't go this way, go that way, there.

We we re, lost.

There's no two ways of saying it.

We were lost.

I think we're going to crash.

GEARS CRUNCH

Try and reverse. OK.

I'm going back. You're not going back you're going forward.

Yeah, but I need to go the other way. I know but you'll have to do a "U-ey". You can't go up there

because you're going to be... Go back further. What's the matter with you?

You've done so well up to this point, and now you're messing it up.

Now go forward. OK.

But do it with some speed.

Are you sure? Si. Up to the thing?

Not too much. That's it, not too much.

GIOVANNI LAUGHS

Now you've beached it, go back a bit.

Beached the car.

The road, did you see the road he took us up?

The terrible road, unmade road.

And then he beached the car.

I knew you couldn't drive!

I didn't beach the car. It's not my fault.

Obviously. It's the road's fault.

We've got a small problem.

Obviously wasn't my fault.

If they didn't make it properly, it's not my fault, is it?

Apparently it wasn't his driving.

It was the road, it was the road's fault.

It was the road's fault.

We have beached it.

I'm getting anxiety.

Let me have a look.

I was in the right place. You made me do this one even more.

Go backwards.

That's it, that's it.

Now this...

That's it.

Perfect, up here a little bit.

No?

Not backwards, forwards.

More, more, more, more, more. Now go straight down.

Straight down. Keep going.

Keep going.

You're very welcome!

All right, see you later, bye!

This is the last time you drive.

That's all you get. "You can't drive. You can't drive." Bye.

See you later.

I wonder if they do cabs around here?

I think there's a conversation needs to be had about who's driving

out of this particular venue.

I don't think the same person who drove us in,

eventually will be driving us out.

I don't want to talk about this.

Let's never mention it again.

We finally made it...

Oh, look at this.

This is lovely!

...and sensibly decided to leave the car behind

and walk the rest of the way to the beach.

Here we are. Beautiful, look how beautiful it looks.

What a lovely vista.

But I did tell you, you should trust me.

Well, I did trust you up to a point till you beached us in the hole.

I didn't beach us in the hole, the hole was there.

It's... Somebody put a hole there.

This is love... Look how nice this is.

What's going on over there?

DRUMMING

I don't know.

It's interesting, isn't it?

What are they doing? Let's go and ask.

You go, I'll follow you.

Why am I going?

He's got a rug.

THEY WHISPER

Hello, buongiorno.

Hello, guys, how are you doing? Hi.

My name is Giorgio. Giorgio.

Nice to meet you. Piacere, Giovanni. Anton.

Piacere. I'm sorry to disturb you, but what are you doing here?

So we are giving some sound healing sessions.

Would you like to join in?

I would love to join it because I feell need a bit

of healing after the whole driving thing.

You can just lie down exactly like this. Oh, OK. Oh, right.

Shoes off and please with your head toward the sea.

You go on that side, I always sleep on this side.

Now, Giorgio's invited us to take part in a sound bath

where rather than soaking yourself in a bath of water,

you soak yourself in a bath of sounds.

How very New Age.

Stay on your side of the bed.

Just don't get too close. I know what you're like.

Should we hold hands or not? No, we don't hold hands. just checking.

BOWL RINGS

So the beginning of the session, I was very interested.

And then a be“ rang

and I thought I was in a church.

At some point there was something on our chest,

all the vibration going through your body, that was lovely.

The vibrator on the chest. I thought that was nice.

And then it sort of shimmied its way down a bit

to me pelvis area.

And I thought, "Hello."

I wasn't quite sure if I got a movement or the boss a nova

had started to kick off again,

but it was very tantalising, I'll give you that much.

There are moments you think, "Oh, that's quite nice."

Then there are other moments where you go, "It's a bit odd."

RATTLING

The rattly thing made me just want to have a wee.

It sounded like tumbling water.

Gentleman of a certain age, it doesn't take much.

I did actually fall asleep.

Ancl then he woke me up with a ho-o-o-o,

so it wasn't...

It wasn't the best waking up.

Actually, I got a bit scared.

Very gently open your eyes.

Very gently.

There you go.

How are we feeling?

I feel a bit emotional.

Thank you, guys. It was wonderful.

Is anybody able to do this?

Can I do it to him? Of course.

Because you're going to... You don't have the...

The first thing is quiet.

You need to relax. OK?

You don't... Quiet. You don't have his gift.

You don't understand. Don't forget I'm in a calm state right now.

You need to relax, otherwise it doesn't work.

Dinner time.

Oh!

I want the calmness. Ssh!

Your timing's terrible.

You're too hard on the banging thing.

You're ruining me om.

I feel like I want a mochaccino now,

I wanted camomile tea a minute ago.

Giorgio, you have a gift.

Thank you.

You haven't got a gift? OK.

Namaste. Namaste.

Ciao. Ciao, Bella, grazie.

Much as gracias. No, that's the wrong country.

Motto bene. No. Tutto bene.

Grazie. Grazie Mille. Grazie Mille.

Bye-bye. We've been here one clay and you don't know how to say grazie.

Ma, chi sono? THEY WHISPER AND GIGGLE

Fully revived, it's time to get back on the road.

And in an attempt to keep my new-found state of Zen,

I've taken control of the driving.

But, alas, not what we get to listen to.

# If you want my future...

# Forget my past...

Really? The Spice Girls?

I'm in charge of the music.

# ..better make it fast...

# Oh, I tell you what I want, what I really, really want

# So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

# I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna

# I really, really wanna zig-a-zig ah

# If you wanna be my lover

# You gotta get with my friends

# Make it last forever

# That's the way it ends...

# So here's the story from A to 7.

# You wanna get with me? You better listen carefully

# We got Em in the place Who likes it in your face

# You got G like MC who likes it on an - Easy V

# Doesn't come for free

# She's a real lady

# And as for me, mm-mm, you'll see

# Slam your body down and wind it all around

# Slam your body down and wind it all around...

# If you wanna be my lover

# You gotta get with my friends...

Now, from that cultural high note,

we're on our way to the next - Siracusa.

Today, it's a small provincial city,

but spin back 2,700 years

and it was a buzzing metropolis of the ancient Greek world.

And with credentials like that,

this place sounds right up my strada.

I would like to see the historical part of the island.

A bit of history, culture. You can find history everywhere you go.

Like, basically every single part of this island

is just history.

It's Romans, it's Greek,

everybody's been here.

Everyone's had a little go.

Everyone. The Moors?

All, all. The Moors have been? Yes.

OK. Well, I'm looking forward to exploring.

This is going to be great.

Luckily for Anton, our next stop is the archaeological park

in the middle of the city.

If you want some history, this is the place to come.

I love a fact.

I loved history at school,

long time ago, I grant you,

favourite subject at school.

I've always been a bit of a history buff.

If I ever come to somewhere like this,

I like to get a guide who gives me the facts.

The beauty of this place is that there's so much archaeology.

And today I've got my very own personal guide.

I think in 1922, the king of the Egyptian come here

and did, like, a massive party.

In 1922? Yeah. Are you sure? Yeah.

I did study a lot of history at school

but not particular about this place.

Actually, I don't know anything about this place,

but Anton was asking questions,

and I didn't want to look like I didn't know anything.

What's with the bamboo?

This is a symbol of the connection

between pandas and dinosaurs.

But he believed it.

I can see from his face he believed it completely.

I think was around 1700

when the panda met for the first time.

The panda and the dinosaur met together... Together.

In about 1700? Yes.

I'm not convinced about all of his facts, I have to be honest with you.

I was going with him until

he mentioned the panda and the dinosaur coming together.

It was dubious at best.

The next stop on the tour is a 2,000-year-old sandstone cave

known as the ear of Dionysus.

It's shaped like a human ear with acoustic properties

that amplify sound up to 16 times.

You know Luciano Pavarotti? Si!

1822, he was coming every single clay in the morning.

1822? Yes.

To learn how to explore his voice. 1822?

This is the same 1990 Pavarotti?

Don't keep questioning everything

I say because I've learned it at school. Right.

So he came here every clay and that's when he practised his voice,

an enormous voice. Can you hear it? Yeah.

Si! Si! Oh, can you hear that?

Mm, si!

Oh, hello. It's good, isn't it?

Gk“!

In the hole. In the hole.

Gk“!

# Gio, Gio. #

MUSIC: O Sole Mio # Oh...

# Oh, oh-oh! #

Aw, I feel an ice cream coming on.

# La, la, la. #

All he needs is a gondola.

# O sole mio

# Sta 'nfronte a te

# O sole...

# O sole mio

# Sta 'nfronte a te

# Sta 'nfronte...

# A-a-ah

BOTH: # La-a-a-a!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. That was beautiful.

Bravissimo, bravissimo!

Oh, stop that. Oh!

Grazie, grazie.

Thank you so much, thank you.

CHEERING

That was a wonderful experience.

The sound is incredible.

Once you've sung there, you never want to sing anywhere else again.

That's ama...

That makes you feel like you can sing, properly sing.

O Sole Mio? I don't mind if you don't mind.

I always say a performer is nothing without a stage.

Luckily for us, just a stone's throw away is one of the largest

Greek theatres ever built outside of Greece.

It's beautiful. I have to be honest with you,

I thought we'd have sold more tickets than this.

Rather interestingly, this amphitheatre

was also a place of worship

and the site of public trials.

But its main purpose was to entertain the masses

with another new Greek invention - the play.

Thank you for bringing me here, I like this.

Think of all the plays, the tragedies.

Tragedy. Comedy.

Steps.

# Da, da, da, tragedy... #

Actually, looking around... There are a lot of steps.

Shall we go and do something? Let's do our own tragedy. Come on.

Well, you're already a tragedy.

You are MY tragedy.

Oh!

Look at this.

Imagine doing a performance up here.

All these people screaming.

Don't get so excited.

You must relax.

# Let's take it nice and easy

# In this next song

# And dance...

Oh, I think I know what you mean. OK.

# Relax and keep your shirt on

# That's what I say...

BOTH: # And let's take all the stops along the way...

Da-da, da-da.

ANTON: # For every singer, dancer

# Light-hearted is the answer

BOTH: # To rush is just a crime

ANTON: # Nice and easy does it every time

# But it don't come every way...

THEY DANCE TO VERBAL BEATS

It's the Sicily energy.

# The problem now...

Of course, is I've got a stitch.

# You have to hold your horses

BOTH: # To rush is just a crime

# Nice and easy does it

ANTON: # Nice and easy does it

# Nice and easy does it

# Every time. #

What have I told you about the thrusting?

Some people in here have got a nut allergy, you know.

To be able to perform in one of the stage when

thousands, thousands of people perform all over the years,

is just a nice feeling.

Ba-ba, ba-ra, hah! Oh.

Giovanni and I, we've performed in many places together,

but I think this tops the lot.

We love you.

This is the best.

As Frank Sinatra once said, "This is a number one."

# Nice and easy does it

# Every time. #

This morning we're moving on.

Ancl after a busy couple of clays,

it's time for some rest and relaxation arranged by me,

Gio style.

Do you have any hobbies?

I used to when I was not dancing. Right. Yeah.

What did you use to do? There's a thing I love doing,

is fishing.

I love fishing. Wow, fishing.

It's very relaxing, isn't it?

No, it's boring.

I like to play golf and people say that's boring,

but fishing,

that's a new level.. I mean... ..of boring.

Golf is quite boring as well. You hit the ball and then you walk for

hours until you find the next ball.

Ancl then you have to do again the same thing.

Fishing, at least you relax.

You get lost in your...

...in your thoughts.

So now we're going fishing. We're going fishing? Yeah. Wow.

But with a twist.

Fishing with a twist?

You get your swimsuit with you?

We've reached Marzamemi.

This gorgeous seaside village has been a fishing hub

since the 10th century.

Surrounded by beautiful coastline,

it's the perfect place for us to get started.

We're fishing, right?

We're going to fish but I told you there is a twist.

We're going to fish...

"Pol-Po.

"Polypo"? Yes.

What's a "polypo"? Like that, like that, like that.

What do you mean? We're fishing jellyfish? What's the matter with you? Octopus.

You're kidding me, right?

Octopus? Octopus.

How can you catch octopus with a rod?

We don't do the rod. You have to go in the water.

You can't just... You are joking.

I'm not.

In the sea? Yeah.

The water usually is in the sea.

You're mad, I can't get in the sea.

I never go swimming.

Swimming in the sea, never.

Swimming for octopus?

Are you mad? I love octopus,

especially with a little bit salt and olive oil on top

and it's just delicious, it's just delicious.

I don't think Anton thinks the same, though.

Buongiorno.

Como stai, como stai? Bene.

Tutto bene? Tutto bene. Anton.

Today we're in the capable hands of Andrea,

a guide and expert in finding octopus.

He uses traditional techniques that have been passed on

through generations of his family.

So the only kit we'll be needing today is snorkelling gear.

You have to put all these things now.

The white trousers. What's the matter with you? And that too.

I told you not to wear all these things.

You said we were going to go fishing.

But this is fishing.

Octopus are deceptively clever

and catching them can be tricky.

So our plan is to have a look here and see if we find something.

I will try to let you understand

how smart they are because we can have a relation with them

so we can do something, he react.

We can take something from his arm and he can say, "Hey, that's mine."

He take it back. You haven't told us how to catch it.

The best thing is to grab them between the head and the tentacles.

Move your arms, move your arms, move your arms. Like that.

Exactly.

So he will try to get in... and bite you.

So you have... Oh, bite? Does it bite? Sometimes.

They can give you a little bit of ink,

just to advise you, "Hey, I want you to stay away."

If he wants to trick you,

he throw all the ink, phew!

He makes a huge cloud, sometimes one metre.

Hoping to avoid a face full of ink,

it's time for me to make a graceful entrance.

There!

GIO LAUGHS

First, Andrea explains what we need to look out for.

They are very, very, very well hidden,

so we really have to find the houses

looking for remains of other animals that they feed on.

Let's go, andiamo.

The undersea world is an amazing thing.

It looks incredible.

Fishes are there.

It's pretty spectacular, actually.

While I'm distracted by the fish,

Andrea shows Giovanni how it's done.

Yeah, we have it, it's here.

You found it?

We try to dive two person per time,

in order that if one person miss it,

he goes away because he can also escape.

The other one try to grab it, but not hurting the octopus.

Teamwork. One team, one dream.

Using just his fingers,

Andrea gently encourages the octopus out of their den.

You got it.

You got it, he's got it.

I lost it. You dropped it?

No, it's wobbly.

No sooner than our tentacled friend slips away,

Andrea has the octopus back in his grasp.

Look at this beaut.

Hey, hey, hey.

Look what I find.

Great, great. Well done.

Dip it a little bit into the water and out.

Oh, isn't he a beauty?

Look at the colours.

Absolutely incredible.

Oh.

ALL: Oh!

Put it under water!

I placed the octopi on my arm,

and we bonded.

It's a beautiful-looking thing, actually, incredible.

He's so attached to me.

He doesn't want to let you go.

What a surprise. He loves you.

He loves me, you see. I think he loves you.

But I think we need to let it go. Let him go.

Off you go, little man.

Bye-bye.

See you later.

And then we put him back and let him swim off and that was nice.

He swam away.

One more puff of ink before he goes.

Is he going to go back home?

He's never going there again.

People keep breaking in.

THEY LAUGH

Did you enjoy fishing?

I have to say it was fishing with a twist.

I did enjoy it. Surprise, surprise.

Well, I tell you. But the celebration isn't finished yet,

because now we're going to see La Madonna.

Madonna? Yeah.

What we're going to do is an absolutely privilege.

You can't even understand. Really? VIP tickets?

This is going to be amazing. I haven't seen her since the Blond Ambition tour.

We're going to go and see Madonna.

La Madonna. This is amazing. La Madonna.

Is that what you call her in Italy? That's tremendous. La Madonna.

La Madonna. I can't wait.

Upon reaching tonight's venue, the penny has dropped.

I may have had my wires crossed.

We're going to meet La Madonna.

La Madonna. It's not THE Madonna. Not the other one. Forget her.

This is the real thing. The real thing, La Madonna.

We are in Ortigia as today is the Feast of the Assumption.

In hon our of La Madonna, or Mary, the mother of Christ.

In celebration, her statue is being carried

through the city streets to the port.

Leading the way, Don Flavio Cappuccio.

We have been invited by the priest

to carry La Madonna,

which is a big, big privilege.

My mum would be delighted and she would be very proud of me.

As a religious and Catholic child,

now to be able to do something like this is important.

It's very important.

This is a big deal, you know.

So to be able to do this is very important.

A great hon our.

You are obviously religious,

Italian mother. And wear the cross.

You wear the cross. You know, religious family.

At some point when I was a child, I wanted to be a priest.

Really?

I come from a very religious family.

Spanish mother, Hungarian father. Choir boy.

Choir boy? Thursday nights, practice at the church.

You? Sunday, choir.

Like # Ave Maria # ?

We were slightly higher pitched than that, though.

HIGH PITCH: # Ave Maria. # Exactly that.

DRUMS BEAT

We are joining the procession here by the cathedral,

where we will step in and help carry the Madonna across the city.

I've suddenly got a bit nervous.

Don't you get nervous?

So we've been told a few basic rules in advance.

One ring of the bell and you lower the Madonna to the ground.

Two rings of the bell and you raise her back up again.

Easy.

One, stop. Two, carry on.

We can't go wrong. We can't go wrong.

Now it's our turn to step in.

Usually it takes eight bearers to safely carry La Madonna -

and lots of practice.

Wow. OK, now I'm officially quite nervous.

I'm nervous.

Unfortunately for us, we've had none.

And we're now the two lead bearers.

Two... Up- UP!

No wonder they put it down every five minutes.

We've been told we must keep the Madonna as level as possible.

And luckily for us, we have Sebastian leading the way.

Up and down. Yeah, up and down. Si, si.

Hey! Up and down.

And go.

BOTH GRUNT

As an expression of their devotion,

the bearers call out to the crowds,

who respond with, "Viva Maria!"

Viva Maria!

ALL: Viva Maria!

Hey...

Woo!

Leaving the main square behind us,

it's down the narrow, uneven streets to the port.

It's taken over an hour to reach the end point.

From here, La Madonna will begin the second part

of today's celebrations.

ALL: Viva Maria!

The secret is to keep the leg straight. Really?

Yep. I was rather hoping it'd be to keep it off the shoulder.

It's not the legs that are hurting. THEY CHUCKLE

The Madonna will now travel out to sea on a lifeboat,

as a mark of respect to all those who've lost their lives at sea.

That was so close. Wow.

I haven't concentrated on anything that much

in quite a long time! Tell me about it.

With the Madonna now safely on board,

we're joining the next section as guests.

But before we head out,

we finally get a chance to meet our fellow bearers

and Sebastian, who took such good care of us.

Grazie, prego, Mille... Oh, grazie a voi.

No, no. Thank you to us, no, it's us... No, thank you.

It was a great hon our.

Thank you, sir.

Grazie Mille. How many years you've been...

45 years old.

30 years. He's 45, he's been doing it for 30 years.

He used to be six foot tall, but the weight of the Madonna has...

As we pull out of the dock,

hundreds of boats fall in line behind us.

You see now, everybody on the boats?

Yeah. Following the Madonna.

Ancl at some point, we're going to stop

and we're going to put a bunch of flowers,

just to remember all the people died on the sea.

Is that right? Uh-huh.

But first, the local priest says a few words.

ALL: Amen.

BOAT HORNS BLARE

With the proceedings complete,

it's time for La Madonna to make her way home.

I mean, this was absolutely... Unbelievable.

"Incredible. This was amazing.

This was fantastic. I loved this.

Thank you. Absolutely. This is the best thing here.

And for us to head back to the hotel for the night.

Viva Maria!

# It's a new dawn

# It's a new clay

# Ancl I'm... #

...taking Anton to a city that's very close to my heart

and a place I called home as a teenager.

What part of Sicily is this?

So, now we're going to Catania,

which was my first-ever stop since I left home.

So how old were you when you moved to Catania?

So, I came to Catania when I was 14.

Wow. And the reason why I moved

is because my dance partner

was from here and she was a great, great dance partner,

so I couldn't miss the opportunity to dance with somebody good.

So you moved without your parents? You moved alone?

Yeah, I moved without my parents.

The thought of moving away from home at that age,

I mean, that is really, you know, very brave of your parents,

but very brave of you and really impressive.

When you have something, a goal, and something that I loved,

which was dancing,

I didn't really care

leaving anything behind me because I knew what I wanted.

When I was 14, I would have been hopeless.

I was such a mummy's boy.

The thought of moving away from home at that age?

Not in a million years.

So I'm so impressed.

Beautiful, isn't it?

I like this.

It's so great to be back in Catania

and show Anton where I spent some of my teenage years.

So tell me this.

14 years old... Si. ..living in Catania...

...what did you do?

Obviously, being on my own,

you know, was a good, good part

because I was trying things that all the boys of my age

would try, you know, like parties

and, you know, I didn't have Mum and Dad tell me,

"Oh, you have to come back at this time." Ah.

Which is a good thing, yet it's also a bad thing,

you know? Cos you party a lot.

Did you get any dancing done?

Oh, yeah. Dancing 9:00 to 9:00.

Dancing 9:00 to 9:00 and had fun from 9:00 to 9:00?

Maybe 9:00 to 8:00. ANTON LAUGHS

A quick shower and then off you go again.

We've only got a few hours in the city

and there is one place I really want Anton to see.

I'm going to take you to one of my favourite spots

for some small dessert.

I'm all about the desserts.

Then we are in the perfect place.

Traditional Sicilian?

Traditional Sicilian dessert.

We Sicilians love our desserts.

And one of the most famous comes from fight here.

Ancl these delicious cakes were first made

by the Benedictine nuns of Catania.

I'm actually very excited for you to try this.

OK. Like Christmas present. I love this.

A sweet treat wrapped up with a bow.

It's like Christmas, isn't it? Oh! Merry Christmas.

Cheers. Thank you very besto.

Come and sit here.

Right.

Isn't it beautiful? Oh...

Actually, we are in front of Sant'Agata church.

Sant'Agata is a patron of Catania,

and this particular sweet

is to remember Sant'Agata.

ANTON LAUGHS

One plus one.

Lovely jubbly.

Well, now I know what it is,

I feel a bit awkward eating it in public.

I think you should try it.

It's difficult to know where to start. It's wonderful.

I might pop the top off.

Nipple.

Gracias.

Mm!

Oh! How was it?

That is magnificent.

Give me your review. Come on. This is a five-star review.

Excellent historical reference,

excellent knowledge.

Oh! It's very nice. It is good, isn't it?

Oh, my God.

After that sweet treat,

it's time for a little cha-cha-cha.

Let's go.

So what are we doing tonight?

Well, tonight we're going to meet one good friend of mine.

Mm-hmm. He's organising a tango festival.

Ooh. So we're gonna watch a bit of dancing.

Be nice just to sit and watch.

Now in its 20th year,

Catania's Tango Festival attracts a mix

of professional and amateur dancers

from all around Italy.

Put on my favourite jacket just for the occasion.

It's beautiful. You look very dashing yourself.

Thank you very much. It's a bit hot, though.

It's a little bit warm. I won't deny it.

Oh, hello, this is nice.

This is great.

Look, everybody, looks beautiful.

The Argentine tango.

Ooh! Oh.

Angelo. Angelo. Come, come, come, come.

The festival takes place all across the city.

Tonight's venue is a former sulphur refinery.

Angelo!

Angelo.

Long time.

Huh? A long time.

It's beautiful.

We're going to have a nice evening.

Thank you for having us along to the tango.

It looks fantastic.

Very nice location. We will have fun.

We're going to go and sit there and watch the show

and we'll come and see you in a bit.

Buono.

Andiamo, andiamo, let's go, let's go, let's go.

I came here for a bit relax, a bit of watching people dancing.

I do love seeing people dancing and, you know,

being surrounded with Sicilian dancing, it's just, like,

"Hello, I'm back home."

That's a nice Argentine tango. You can see.

Look.

This reminds me of howl began dancing -

this sort of social dancing, people coming together, dancing,

an evening like this, brilliant. I love it.

Ancl just as we are enjoying the dancing,

Angelo has other ideas.

"Strictly Come Dancing,

Anton Du Beke e Giovanni Pernice.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We going down? Yes, we have to go down.

Oh! This is exciting.

Don't embarrass me. English is fine, OK?

I can speak to him in Italian? No, no, no Italian.

I can't speak Italian? Yeah.

He wants us to dance. Really? Yeah.

To be honest, I thought something like this was going to happen,

because I know Angelo, and I know he's cheeky, so he was going

to ask me to dance.

You want to dance? Well, it would be a shame to waste this

wonderful floor and the music and the lovely...

But we can't do it just us.

Giovanni said, let's go and watch. It'll be great.

And I thought, 'allo.

So, I called a friend and wondered if she might like to sit

in the audience.

Oh... We got one up there. She seems keen.

Oh! OK.

Had something prepared.

MUSIC STARTS UP Ho, here we go. Let's go!

Woo!

Hey!

APPLAUSE

Thank you! Take a bow.

Oh, didn't she do well?

Didn't she do well?

It's always nice dancing with Anton. It's beautiful.

I leave this place with a big smile on my mouth.

I've had a wonderful evening tonight.

I love these sorts of evenings.

What a lovely night, eh?

Well, that turned out rather well, I thought.

What a perfect end to a lovely day.

# Hum, a-hum, a-hum, hum

# I could've danced all night

--- 4Q!'

ANTON CHUCKLES

FRANK SINATRA: # ..danced all night! #

Next time...

Oh! Argh!

...things get up close and personal.

What are you doing?! LAUGHS

Are you mad?!

As we get back to basics...

Of course I want to have a family one clay.

I think you would be a wonderful father.

And we're joined by a very special guest...

Hi! Hi!

This is a nightmare.

LAUGHTER

I'm a friend. I come here for peace.

...as our Adventures in Sicily continues.