 | Presented by Francesco da Mosta, architect, historian and filmmaker. Profiles the history and secrets of Venice from its establishment in the fifth century through the strong republican times to the modern day. Features dramatised re-enactments, a... |
 | One of the immortal bard's most frequently performed works gets a first-rate cinematic treatment here, via director Michael Radford (IL POSTINO). Al Pacino is virtually unrecognisable as Shylock, bringing an old-world gravitas to the role and clearly... |
 | In the tranquil waterways of Venice, the search for a missing diver is underway. Then the unthinkable happens; a shark is spotted lurking in the canals. Immediately, the city is put on red alert as the sharp-toothed predator goes about its business... |
| Legendary soundtrack composer and Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone, treats a captivated audience to some of his most beloved compositions in this live Venice concert. |
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 | Catch a glimpse of the past as seen though the windows of a rolling museum of steam and steel. This series travels the paths of the world's most luxurious trains and resurrects a bygone era when the journey--rather than the destination--was the most... |
 | One man becomes so obsessed by the beauty of a young boy in Venice that he cannot bear to leave, even when the city is affected by a plague. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. |
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 | A trip across Europe in the Edwardian grandeur of the old Empire. Experience the exquisite engineering and incomparable service of a rail journey that passes through London, Boulogne, Paris, The Alps and, finally, Venice. |
 | One of the immortal bard's most frequently performed works gets a first-rate cinematic treatment here, via director Michael Radford (IL POSTINO). Al Pacino is virtually unrecognisable as Shylock, bringing an old-world gravitas to the role and clearly... |
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