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2005 - 2006 1 season 10 eps TV-G Ended

Brian Sewell's Grand Tour

2005 - 2006 1 season 10 eps TV-G

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Season 1

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Season 1

40 min

S1 · E1 · Nov 15, 2005

Episode 1 Episode 1

The art critic embarks on his journey across the Alps into Italy and visits Turin.

40 min

S1 · E2 · Nov 22, 2005

Episode 2 Episode 2

The art critic visits Cremona, Parma and Bologna.

40 min

S1 · E3 · Nov 29, 2005

Episode 3 Episode 3

The art critic visits Florence.

40 min

S1 · E4 · Dec 6, 2005

Episode 4 Episode 4

The art critic visits Siena and Orvieto.

40 min

S1 · E5 · Dec 13, 2005

Episode 5 Episode 5

The art critic visits Rome.

40 min

S1 · E6 · Mar 21, 2006

Episode 6 Episode 6

The art critic visits Naples and Mount Vesuvius.

40 min

S1 · E7 · Mar 28, 2006

Episode 7 Episode 7

Ancient Greek ruins still stand silent watch in Paestum, but banditti no longer lie in ambush in the surrounding countryside. Next, Sewell reminisces among the narrow streets of Todi before traveling to Urbino, which preserves the early Renaissance style like no place else.

40 min

S1 · E8 · Apr 4, 2006

Episode 8 Episode 8

After exposing the colorful history of Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano and pausing briefly for an antique-car rally, Sewell learns all about olive oil's degrees of virginity and admires Palazzo del Te, unapologeticallly dedicated to pleasures of the flesh.

40 min

S1 · E9 · Apr 11, 2006

Episode 9 Episode 9

After examining Palladio's basilica and Olympic Theatre in Vicenza, Sewell tours the Villa Valmarana and its Tiepolo frescoes. In Possagno, Antonio Canova's studio opens its wonders, and the university in Padua affords the opportunity to discuss 18th-century treatments for venereal disease.

40 min

S1 · E10 · Apr 18, 2006

Episode 10 Episode 10

Venice

10 episodes in Season 1

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For hundred's of years Britain's well-to-do considered the Italian 'Grand Tour' - the trip through Ancient and Renaissance Italy - an essential part of a rounded education. Brian first did the 'Grand Tour' exactly 50 years ago - so for him this is also a journey into his own past. A beautiful, complicated, funny journey.

Mini-Series Documentary Travel

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Cast

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Brian Sewell

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13 Hours That Saved Britain

Total runtime 7h 30m · Episode length 45 min · Country United Kingdom

Show info

Premiered

November 15, 2005

Final episode

April 18, 2006

Status

Ended

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

45 min

Total runtime

7h 30m

Original language

English

Production

C

Channel 5 Broadcasting

Production

W

WAGtv

Production

United Kingdom

Produced in

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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