Jamie's Great Italian Escape: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Jamie Oliver heads to Italy in his camper van to regain his passion for cooking. Jamie maps out a journey to rediscover what inspired his love of food in the first place. He's hoping that going back to basics, living off the land, meeting the locals and cooking up some traditional Italian food in his own style will be just what he needs. What will the Italians make of him, and can he and his food cut the "mostardo" in the Italian's backyard?

Series details

• Title: Jamie's Great Italian Escape
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food, Travel
• Premiere date: 2005-10-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-11-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9864
• IMDb ID: tt0899033
• TVDB ID: 80319

Cast and credited roles

• Jamie Oliver — Jamie Oliver

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-19; final listed air date 2005-11-23; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jamie's Great Italian Escape on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.