Through the Olive Branches . Theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. Thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. This region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine thats grown and produced here. Fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. Hello. Hello. One focaccia. And durum wheat for pasta and bread. Grazie. Look at that. Im stanley tucci. Im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this countrys 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. You really want it to be like that . Need to be like this. Despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italys poorest. It was nicknamed the shame of italy. Located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty and hardship are very much a recent memory in this part of the world. Get out of here. But today
is beautiful. but calabria means something more to me. it s my ancestral homeland. and i want to get to know the region that my family left behind all those years ago. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. caught between a rock and the sea, the calabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh, look at the size of it. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region. all right. every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. there s like a million different flavors in there. calabria sits in the toe of the boot of italy, connected to basilicata in the north and separated from sicily in the south only by the narrow strait of messina. it s a region of rugged landscapes, dramatic mountain ranges, and
spells and temperatures slowly creeping up after that cold start. the lighter wind away from scotland may not feel quite as cold. by friday the showers are going at a north sea coastal areas. all of the snow has been in the north and west, but it will be a dry and clear and sunny day once the fog clears away. into the weekend, that is when the temperatures will be edging up in the north and west. fort william on sunday, warmer than it will be in buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy y fogg . ly |ng e increas hir . s ham king buc by buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy by sunday as well. that s the bbc news on the 18th of january. more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way right now on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one and it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. thank you, sophie, and welcome to bbc london. the latest on another
this is one of my favorite places in the world. but you will never guess where it is. i will give you a hint. there are more italians here than in bologna or pisa. the ancient roman side is the last frontier. it s a place built on tradition and innovation. and whatever you ve heard, the food here is incredible. that s so good. i don t even want to talk anymore, i just want to eat it. welcome to london. i m stanley tucci, i m italian on both sides and i ve been traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. by population alone, london could be italy s 21st region. in england now you can go to these restaurants, sicilian, venetian, in the old days it was all italian food. my friend andre is one of half 1 million italians who have chosen to make london their home. [ speaking non-english ] so why is it here, that for 150 years, italians have found the freedom to create something wonderful?
i really have very few memories of it. i ve been dreaming of coming back to calabria since i was a boy. i don t remember it being this green. it s absolutely beautiful. it s a wild and rugged region steeped in mystery and myth, a place that s as troubled as it is beautiful. but calabria means something more to me. it s my ancestral homeland. and i want to get to know the region that my family left behind all those years ago. is this jogging your memory at all? that s a long time ago. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. caught between a rock and the sea, the calabrese are notoriously tough. but this is a place where southern hospitality is a way of life. oh, my gosh, look at the size of it. you should open a restaurant. and in this poor region. all right. every meal is a celebration. oh, wow. there s like a million di