11.30 Jimmy Young
The eternal Jimmy Young broadcasts live from the Eternal City - Rome. With news and music reflecting everyday Italian life, its politics and peculiarities, the Vatican, the Pope, the Mafia and the people.

2.00 Debbie Thrower from Sicily
Guidebook in hand, Debbie Thrower spends her afternoon exploring the streets of Sicily's capital Palermo and the nearby tourist haunt of Mondello.
Producer Bridget Apps

3.30 Ed Stewart
He's already climbed Mount Snowdon and Ben Nevis. Now Ed Stewart's Italian challenge is Vesuvius, above the Bay of Naples, where he's joined by two intrepid Radio 2 contestants for a volcanic edition of the Accumulator Quiz.

5.05 John Dunn from Venice
Radio 2's Italian day continues as John Dunn visits Venice, city of romance, lagoons, canals, gondolas, palaces and museums.