PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MOTIVATE 🙂 Support me here : https://www.paypal.me/CSinha7 This Will Enable me to Optimize My Creative Production to Showcase Journeys of Various Forms of Life. Michael Portillo’s 1936 Bradshaw’s Guide brings him to the Italian ‘treasure island’ of Sicily, full of natural beauty and ‘scenery of the greatest charm’. But the interwar guide book also tells Michael that the head of government in Italy is the fascist leader Signor Benito Mussolini. On a railway journey from the capital, Palermo, through the ancient town of Agrigento and the port of Siracusa, to Europe’s largest volcano, Mount Etna, Michael explores Sicilian life under the dictatorship. Michael finds out how the dictator took on the mafia and asks whether it is true that under Mussolini, the trains ran on time. In Palermo, Michael takes in the art and architecture of the futurists and feasts on a Sicilian speciality – spaghetti and sardines – in the city’s Ballaro street market. In the Capo district, Michael learns how the island’s distinctive puppets are made and is enchanted to see them in action. Among the spectacular ancient Greek and Roman temples of Agrigento, Michael hears of the passionate ten-year search by a British archaeologist at the time of his guide for a long-lost ancient Greek theatre. The drama of the interwar period comes to life in front of Michael’s eyes as he joins six characters in search of an author at the Teatro Pirandello. Michael takes the helm to explore the port of Siracusa by boat before visiting a controversial monument, which depicts a dark chapter in Italian history. He concludes his Sicilian journey on the circular railway around Mount Etna, aboard the sleek, futurist-inspired train inaugurated by Mussolini in 1937 – La Littorina.

swiper1818
December 26, 2020 at 9:56 am
excellent as always!!! keep them coming
Talgat
December 26, 2020 at 11:07 am
Please upload the rest of the season soon. Can't wait!
parideify1
December 26, 2020 at 2:12 pm
Thanks for these videos
Claudette Delphis
December 26, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Merci Michael pour un autre magnifique voyage en Sicile et une page d’histoire qui a bouleversé le monde 🗺
Votre présentation est toujours tellement élégante et instructive 🏵
Bonne Année pour vous et votre famille 🥂🍾🌈
Thank you so much Michael for yet another unforgettable journey through time 🌾 Did you mention The Mafia 🌖🌹 Spaghetti 🍝 with sardines looks delicious 🤤
Happy New Year 🎊🎆🎈 and let us meet again in 2021 ✨🍒🍓🍋🫒🧀🍕🍤🍷🍬🍧
Kevin Caldwell
December 26, 2020 at 7:44 pm
I love this show…only BBC could make a train travel show this interesting. Helps that it shows off the amazing land of Europe.
Terence Galland
December 26, 2020 at 10:50 pm
very interesting and enjoyable episode excellently narrated….. would Mt Etna translate as Mt Edna in english ??? i wonder!🌋merry christmas all 🎄🎅🎄
pega17pl
December 27, 2020 at 12:47 pm
(8:13) These pillars also use the Greek architectural trick of tapering slightly in height while being thickest in the center. The differences are minimal, but strong enough to fool the eye. – Greetings, Heinz
Kenneth Goldberg
December 27, 2020 at 6:23 pm
I would have to duck to keep from damaging the bridge
Kenneth Goldberg
December 27, 2020 at 6:23 pm
Any mention of Archimedes in Siracusa?
Dennis Spackman
December 28, 2020 at 3:59 am
Terrific video, thx. A region of the world i hope to explore, thank you for a great program
Aytunc Erdem
December 28, 2020 at 9:40 pm
ok we got it ,all the dictators wanted to make their countries great again like trump..ok we got the message but the same western media and same hollywood which advocate this narrative were playing war drums like nazi propoganda machine during george w.bush era ,how about that? So millitary industrial complex defeated trump, usa will not be pulling back from syria nor afganistan and new cold war concept will be embraced by biden can we move along now? ok we got your message your propoganda can we go back to our lives ? we got your message !!!!
Otavio Vieira
December 29, 2020 at 1:54 am
Great video.
Ramit Saxena
December 30, 2020 at 2:21 am
La Sicilia é straordinariamente diversa dall'Italia
Forza Sicilia
The Random Guys {LarY}
December 30, 2020 at 11:29 am
Magnifico..