The newsreader travels around the country, immersing himself in Italian culture and sampling its renowned cuisine, beginning in the south-eastern region of Puglia. Clive discovers how the James Bond franchise helped turn an abandoned town into a world heritage site, finds out why Puglia is the gay holiday capital of Italy and learns to play in a traditional pizzica band.

Clive travels to the heart of Sicily to cook lunch in a community kitchen set up by Jamie Oliver's former restaurant manager and spends the night in a 700-year-old mansion. He also meets people from around the world who have bought homes in the one Euro house hub of Mussomeli and discovers arguably Italy's best street food in the island's capital Palermo.