Nick Knowles' Railway Journeys is a Travel programme.

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Nick Knowles' Railway Journeys: Italy

Series 2, episode 2

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

Cast (unconfirmed)

Nick Knowles
Ben Southwell