{"id":118901,"date":"2024-01-17T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/?p=118901"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:38:32","slug":"the-village-of-fornovolasco-starring-in-a-new-bbc-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/the-village-of-fornovolasco-starring-in-a-new-bbc-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The village of Fornovolasco starring in a new BBC TV series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Amanda &amp; Alan&#8217;s Italian Job&#8221;, the TV series about the renovation of old houses, is airing these weekes on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The popular British TV series <em>Amanda &amp; Alan&#8217;s Italian Job<\/em>, produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/voltage.tv\/\">Voltage TV,<\/a> made a stop in Tuscany in 2023, choosing <strong>the village of Fornovolasco<\/strong>, <strong>in Garfagnana<\/strong>, to film its second season. The eight episodes have been on air every Friday since 5th January, on <strong>BBC1 <\/strong>and <strong>BBC iPlayer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the small village within the municipality of Fabbriche di Vergemoli, co-starring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmandaHoldenOfficial\">Amanda Holden<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAlanCarr\">Alan Carr<\/a><\/strong> renovated an old house in the historic centre, a 17th-century watchtower, purchased with a symbolic sum as part of the bargain &#8216;one Euro&#8217; house, &#8216;Case a 1 euro&#8217; project promoted by the municipal administration to relaunch the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amanda &amp; Alan&#039;s Italian Job Series 2 | Trailer - BBC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f4L4HAHXzUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three months of filming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shooting of the series took place in Tuscany, between June and September last year, with an average of five set days per month. The production enlisted the help of a team of local&nbsp;tradespeople for the renovation of the house. Once the renovation is complete, the plan is for the property to be put up for sale by the production and for the profits to be donated to charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-y2tR3cQG\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118907\" style=\"width:500px;height:500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-165x165.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1-265x265.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1799-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(\u00a9 Voltage Tv \u2013 BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The set covered several locations in Tuscany, in addition to <strong>Garfagnana<\/strong>. The two protagonists, Amanda and Alan, also visited the <strong>Apuan Alps<\/strong>, <strong>Pietrasanta<\/strong>, <strong>Lucca<\/strong>, <strong>Lake of Vagli<\/strong>, <strong>San Gimignano <\/strong>and <strong>Impruneta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-y2tR3cQG\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118909\" style=\"width:506px;height:504px\" width=\"506\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-165x165.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800-265x265.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1800.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(\u00a9 Voltage Tv \u2013 BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular British TV series &#8220;Amanda &#038; Alan&#8217;s Italian Job&#8221;, produced by Voltage TV, made a stop in Tuscany in 2023, choosing the village of Fornovolasco, in Garfagnana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23348,23350],"class_list":["post-118901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-amanda-e-alans-italian-job-2","tag-fornovolasco"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118901"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118917,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118901\/revisions\/118917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}