If you love Italian and thriller stories, the young Montalbano is the perfect match. Prequel series set in the early 1990s giving an insight into the private life and early crime-fighting career of the idiosyncratic Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano, now on streaming on the BBC iplayer website. Click here and watch: the young Montalbano
The Italians have their woolly scarves and quilted coats out and are rubbing their necks, complaining of my favourite mystery Italian malady “la cervicale”. “Soffro di cervicale (I suffer from cervicale),” they tell me, making it sound particularly serious. Most people over the age of 30 seem to have the condition, but I am still at a loss as…
Chefs Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to Italy. The pair visit the region of Campania and look at how poverty created Italy’s best-loved cuisine. Watch it on : BBC iplayer
