Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
TRAVELOGUE 8.20PM, BBC2
‘Mmm…’ ‘Fantastico!’ ‘Wow, WOW.’ Those appreciative noises mean that actor, gourmand and all-round genial guy Stanley Tucci is back with a second series of his foodie travelogue, journeying through the Italian regions. He’s starting in Venice, doing breakfast the Venetian way: eating cicchetti (fancy little snacks about a million miles away from a bacon roll) standing up with a glass of wine. And, yes, it’s only 8.30am. Stanley also visits Harry’s Bar, goes duck hunting, learns how to cook cuttlefish risotto and discovers a local wine made from grapes that thrive in the ‘impossible’ conditions of frequent flooding. ★★★★ JP