Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles
Italy
Season 2 Episode 2 of 6
The presenter travels from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Etna on a journey from Naples to Sicily. He hears how both Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were buried in ash in AD 79, and discovers a million-dollar prize awaits the team that helps decode text on charred ancient papyri from the site. Attempting to get close to Etna, a gyrocopter trip goes terribly wrong
Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles airs on 5 HD at 7:00 PM, Friday 9 May. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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Nick Knowles
Presenter
Ben Southwell
Series Director
Oliver Wright
Executive Producer
Grace Kitto
Producer