So I watched this hoping to learn a bit about Sicily... this is not what that programme does. All in all it contains maybe 4 facts and the rest is heavily scripted faffing about by Anton and Giovanni. It seemed more like a sort of wannabe Top Gear without the car stats.
It was well intentioned enough and the guys (and Rose) are likeable, but jeeez a lot of it came across so forced. I'm sure some spontaneous ad-libbing while learning about Sicily would've been charming enough without all those fake scenarios.
The only moment that seemed genuine was when we meet Giovannis family in the second half of the last part, that was sweet.
It was well intentioned enough and the guys (and Rose) are likeable, but jeeez a lot of it came across so forced. I'm sure some spontaneous ad-libbing while learning about Sicily would've been charming enough without all those fake scenarios.
The only moment that seemed genuine was when we meet Giovannis family in the second half of the last part, that was sweet.