Channel 5 - Alex Polizzi’s Italian Islands Series 1 (2015) Part 3 Northern Sicily

Alex Polizzi’s Italian Islands

Following on from Secret Italy, her 2014 series of travelogues, Alex Polizzi delves further into her heritage by exploring the culture, cuisine and history of the country's most beautiful islands.

Part 3 Northern Sicily

Alex continues her tour with a visit to the north of Sicily, revealing a different side to the largest island in the Mediterranean. She discovers overwhelming opulence at a palace in Palermo, meets an inspirational mayor and viewing an army of mummified monks who are giving scientists new insights into island life in the past. She also learns how the Mafia have influenced Sicilian life for decades from a group of locals determined to bring about change.

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