TELEVISION

FRANCESCO'S VENICE (2004)
4 parts for BBC2
and Open University
Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award, BAFTA for best photography

FRANCESCO'S ITALY (2006)
4 parts for BBC
and Travel Channel USA

FRANCESCO'S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE
(2008)
12 parts for BBC2 and BBC HD

SHAKESPEARE IN ITALY (2012)
2 parts for BBC2 and BBC HD

OTHER TV all series broadcast by various networks worldwide and available on DVD, guest appearances include What not to Wear, Derren Brown Trick of the Mind, Dr Who Confidential, Blue Peter, Richard & Judy, BBC Breakfast, National Geographic Ancient X Files RADIO documentaries & current affairs for BBC Radio 4 and World Service,

BBC Books, 2004

BBC Books, 2006

Ebury Press, 2007

BBC Books, 2008
Sunday Times best seller

CONTRIBUTIONS Foreword in Letters from London and Europe by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (Alma Books, 2010), What Makes a Masterpiece (Thames & Hudson, 2011), reviews and travel writing.

PUBLIC SPEAKING corporate, institutional and academic events Honorary Patron, International Committee of the British Red Cross (since 2005); Europa Nostra Heritage Award (2005) Premio Bellavista for international journalism (2006) QUALIFICATIONS First Class degree with distinction in Architecture, IUAV; Military service with Alpine parachute regiment (1980/1); Professional scuba diving licence (40m); Nautical navigation licence; Ski instructor; Clean driving licence; Fluent Italian and English; conversational French and Spanish; Member, Italian Journalists and Architect Unions.

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