It feels that in-depth and somewhat sentimental review of five wonderful years is probably necessary…. “Italy is not a country, it’s an emotion”… and then finally, for now, the Epilogue which is set 22 years later… “But whatever happened to L’

12: Return to Rome

Jan 26th, 2024 21m 54s

With his children’s education to consider and, after some 5 years away, Dick feels the need to return to the UK to manage the supply side of the business. With offers coming in to buy the company, Ian completes the full circle and returns to Ro

11: The Imaginary Meal

Jan 26th, 2024 20m 25s

Here we delve into the very toe of the Italian 'boot'…Reggio Calabria, where Ian’s team from Prato (near Florence) have come to play. Post-match, we reveal the spectacular quayside lunch as a prelude to a long, return train journey to Florence

10: The Clocks

Jan 26th, 2024 20m 6s

'Big Teddy' is back and alive and well. An intricate and exciting business deal is brought into play. A pair of somewhat intimidating players from New York come into the equation… Tony and Franco Coletti are two hard-nosed antique dealers. The

9: A Trio of Recollections

Jan 26th, 2024 22m

The first section of this episode is subtitled 'Mammone – a Mummy’s Boy' A new petulant character from New Jersey arrives on the Florentine scene but eventually gets his comeuppance. In the second section, 'The Years of Lead – Italy in Terr

8: Breaking New Ground

Jan 26th, 2024 19m 26s

The boys make a ‘left field’ play…they move into the fashion business. They achieve some initial success… and then they pull off a major coup in Milan. There's talk of Ferraris now…but can they deliver? A trip to New York gives Ian a ‘light bul

7: Education by Incarceration

Jan 26th, 2024 20m 48s

Ian arrives back from holiday and is shocked to find Dick languishing in Rome’s infamous prison, the brooding, terrifying Regina Coelli. But just how did it happen and on what charges? Now come and meet a frightening cast of cell mates lurking

6: Florence and La Bella Figura

Jan 26th, 2024 12m 26s

Ian has returned from a year on business in the UK and is living in the magnificent city of Florence. Our heroes are gradually growing their business with Dick still operating in Rome. Florence provides the perfect back drop for an in depth lo

5: Snapshots from on the Road

Jan 26th, 2024 22m 5s

The regionality of Italy is unfurled during away Rugby matches in some rather glamorous locations. Regional food differences, local traits and idiosycrasies and the rich variety of landscapes and architecture come into play. Dick comes to terms

4: Romance in Rome

Jan 26th, 2024 22m 15s

Ian, our young dental student is in search of love in the Eternal City. This is proving to be a rather frustrating voyage, but then, one night, lightning strikes at a Roman nightclub…could this be love at first sight? Enter Kit, otherwise known

3: Affari – Business

Jan 26th, 2024 22m 12s

Ian and Dick, with their pidgin Italian vocabulary, clumsily start a new business importing sportswear and rugby shirts from the UK. Their main target, however, is to achieve an exclusive agreement from an up-market vineyard estate to export wi

2: Introduction to Rome

Jan 26th, 2024 15m 7s

Ian and Dick return to Rome to begin their mission. The ancient historical sites and unique atmosphere of the 'eternal city' swiftly makes them realise that it is a million miles away from Times Square or Piccadilly Circus. Coins are thrown i

1: The Arrival

Jan 26th, 2024 24m 44s

Two Lancastrian soldiers of fortune land in 1970s Rome from the UK. They're met by a devastating kaleidoscope of cultural, fashion and culinary contrasts. Ian is a young failed dental student and Dick (also known as 'JRH') is an ageing rugby st

Benvenuto Italia '77!

Jan 12th, 2024 54s

Set in the heady days of 1970's Italy, before the internet shrank the world, 'Italia 77' tells a compelling story of two Lancastrian friends, fresh from the UK, one a failed dental student, the other, an ageing rugby star, who find themselves l

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