Rylan Clark and Rob Rinder to staff up for brand spanking new BBC journey present exploring Italy
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ylan Clark and Rob Rinder are set to star in a brand new BBC journey present which is able to see them discover the artwork and tradition Italy has to supply.
The three-part BBC Two sequence will see the TV personalities observe within the footsteps of the romantic poet Lord Byron and English aristocrats who took on the Grand Tour, a basic journey via Europe in style within the 18th and nineteenth centuries.
With a working title of Rob And Rylan’s Grand Tour, the sequence will see them go to inventive treasures in Venice, Florence and Rome.
Starting their journey in Venice, the pair will discover inventive masterpieces of town from Tintoretto to Canaletto in addition to discovering how homosexual males within the 18th century discovered freedom on the metropolis’s well-known Carnival.
Clark and Rinder may also attempt to study Venetian portray methods and glass blowing.
In Florence, they are going to delve into the Renaissance inventive interval together with basic items like Botticelli’s Venus.
Their final cease shall be in Rome, the place they are going to discover the classical ruins, recreate Baroque masterpieces and channel their inside operatic divas at a rooftop efficiency.
They may also be marking the two hundredth anniversary of Byron’s demise by referring to the poet’s poems and letters about his Grand Tour alongside the diaries of others who made the journey.
Along the journey, the duo shall be studying what it was to be be a Grand Tourist, attempting flamboyant Italian seems, fencing, dancing and romancing.
Clark stated: “When I found out that Rob and I actually get to go travelling around Italy for the Grand Tour, I couldn’t have packed my suitcase quicker.
“We’re not going to be your typical Brits abroad though as we properly immerse ourselves in all of Italy’s cultural offerings.
“Rob will be teaching me all about Italian history and art as we follow in the footsteps of the cultural greats, while I show Rob how to dance on bars.
“This series is going to be eye-opening, interesting and I bet we’ll have a laugh or two along the way.”
The TV presenter, 34, beforehand co-hosted Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two however stepped down from the function earlier this yr.
He was additionally amongst one of many BBC’s commentators for the latest Eurovision Song Contest and hosts a Saturday Radio 2 present.
TV persona and prison barrister Rinder stated he can’t wait to “get stuck in” to seeing a few of the “finest things” Italy has to supply.
“The Grand Tour is iconic, especially as we’ll be following in the footsteps of some of history’s biggest cultural contributors”, he added.
“While Rylan and I almost certainly have different intentions for our trip, I can’t think of anyone I’d rather do this journey with.”
Rinder rose to fame because the formidable Judge Rinder on his eponymous ITV actuality courtroom present, and later went on to host Channel 4 sequence The Rob Rinder Verdict.
Alistair Pegg, commissioning editor for arts on the BBC, stated: “I can’t think of two funnier, warmer, more entertaining travelling companions for a trip through the glories of the Grand Tour than Rob and Rylan.
“Viewers are going to get a totally new perspective on some of the wonders of Italian art and culture in their hands, and I’m looking forward to the journey with them.”