Coming to Channel 4 in September: Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour of Europe.
Kevin McCloud embarks on an epic journey across Europe to explore the lasting legacy of the ‘Grand Tour’ on today’s Britain in a new four-part series.
Kevin follows in the footsteps of some of the most notorious aristocrats, artists and architects of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, who travelled around Europe in history’s equivalent of the gap year – the Grand Tour.
It was a journey made in a search for art and enlightenment, adventure and debauchery, exploring the cultures and customs of the Continent as a final step in the education of the British gent.
In each episode Kevin visits a different part of Europe – from Paris and Venice, to Athens and the Alps – following the typical journeys of the Grand Tourists and revelling in the sights, sounds, tastes and smells that forever changed the way the British lived.
But he also unveils the dark side of the Grand Tour in the shady alleys and drinking dens that line its route.
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