The first episode of what turned into a four-series (so far) adventure for Andrew and Georgio!
Beginning in Bologna...
Andrew Graham-Dixon visits a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which contains a treasure trove of the world's most important illuminated manuscripts.
The second leg of the journey takes Andrew and Giorgio to Lombardy, and Giorgio's home town.
Andrew and Giorgio move north to Piedmont in the final episode of the series.
The story of a fresco painter and an escape from Pompeii - from the very talented Frith Manor School children, and Schooling the Imagination.