Through a shared history and culinary heritage. take a stroll and you ll see the usual stuff. people going about their business, maybe even treating themselves to pastry. may i recommend the tette delle monarche, or nun s breasts. they re a local specialty. it s a long story. hi, stanley. francesco. nice to meet you. nice to meet you too. none of this seems remarkable, perhaps, but it wasn t always like this, as local historian francesco foschino well knows. and this is your city? yes, this is my city. i was born here, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, and so on. really? yes. i have a surprise for you. really? yes. all right. it s just around the corner. all right. a few steps from the relative modernity of the town square, we are transported back in time. that s matera old city. that s incredible. i ve never seen an italian city like this. no, it s quite unique.
all right. a few steps from the relative modernity of the town square, we are transported back in time. that s matera old city. that s incredible. i ve never seen an italian city like this. no, it s quite unique. yeah, yeah. this ancient town grew across one slope of the rocky ravine, known locally as la gravina. and although it dates back to the 10th century bc, for many it will trigger more recent memories. from the last james bond movie. oh yeah. that has been the first movie when matera in the cinema was actually matera and not some other places. because during the 50s and the 90s, when most of the movies were shot, the old city was completely abandoned and deserted. really? and when we from matera wanted to see our old city alive, we had to go to the movie theater. so a lot of this was just abandoned. all of this. abandoned? abandoned. and then people lived sort of around it? exactly. the sassi s labyrinth of underground caves were occupied since the paleolithic age. look at that. what is that? is that a church in there? yes. there is a little mountain, there are two churches that are dug. they dug into the mountain?
Breadcrumbs to make it look like a black truffle, the very symbol of decadence. is this the story of this city? yes, very good. this is the story of this city because matera was considered the shame of italy. then something amazing happened that changed this city from shame to pride, from poverty to nobility. while the sweet bread and the fillet are cooked in the oven, the plate is prepared with a unique dusting. we serve it on aome sahea, which is actually sugar with vanilla beans. in the end, it will become sahea. the last elements are a rich red wine reduction, contrasted with a simple potato puree. we put the potatoes as the
yeah, yeah. this ancient town grew across one slope of the rocky ravine, known locally as la gravina. and although it dates back to the 10th century bc, for many it will trigger more recent memories. from the last james bond movie. oh yeah. that has been the first movie when matera in the cinema was actually matera and not some other places. because during the 50s and the 90s, when most of the movies were shot, the old city was completely abandoned and deserted. really? and when we from matera wanted to see our old city alive, we had to go to the movie theater. so a lot of this was just abandoned. all of this. abandoned? abandoned. and then people lived sort of around it? exactly. the sassi s labyrinth of underground caves were occupied since the paleolithic age. look at that. what is that? is that a church in there? yes. there is a little mountain, there are two churches that are dug. they dug into the mountain? exactly. to build the church. amazing.
exactly. to build the church. amazing. poor sanitation and poverty meant disease was rampant. but little was done about it until the 1950s, when matera became a valuable tool in securing post-war funding for southern italy through america s marshall plan. all of a sudden, it was in italy s interests not just to pay attention, but to play up matera s desperate conditions. it became so infamous that it was nicknamed the shame of italy. can you believe that? such a beauty. no, it s incredible. the label served its purpose. money was secured, modern homes built, and the caves abandoned. but now a new generation has emerged. people like francesco and more recently chef vitantonio lombardo, who has turned an abandoned cave into a restaurant that celebrates matera s complicated history. good morning. good morning. welcome. customers here enjoy dishes
yes, very good. this is the story of this city because matera was considered the shame of italy. then something amazing happened that changed this city from shame to pride, from poverty to nobility. while the sweet bread and the fillet are cooked in the oven, the plate is prepared with a unique dusting. we serve it on aome sahea, which is actually sugar with vanilla beans. in the end, it will become sahea. the last elements are a rich red wine reduction, contrasted with a simple potato puree. we put the potatoes as the center of the dish. the sweet bread. and we add the sensation of the grill directly to the bowl, burning some herbs, like
poor sanitation and poverty meant disease was rampant. but little was done about it until the 1950s, when matera became a valuable tool in securing post-war funding for southern italy through america s marshall plan. all of a sudden, it was in italy s interests not just to pay attention, but to play up matera s desperate conditions. it became so infamous that it was nicknamed the shame of italy. can you believe that? such a beauty. no, it s incredible. the label served its purpose. money was secured, modern homes built, and the caves abandoned. but now a new generation has emerged. people like francesco and more recently chef vitantonio lombardo, who has turned an abandoned cave into a restaurant that celebrates matera s complicated history. good morning. good morning. welcome. customers here enjoy dishes with inventive names like, i dropped an egg in the garden,
Adventure, and of course preposterously attractive cars. to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of doctor no, a charity auction has been taking place in london. among the items up for grabs, one of bond s famous aston martins as the bbc s tim allman explains. bond theme plays the theme tune almost as iconic as the man himself. 007, licence to kill, you know the rest. it s 60 years since james bond first appeared on the silver screen and a secret agent can collect quite a lot of stuff in that time. so an auction in london of clothes, props and a very special automobile. it s one of eight aston martin replicas that were made especially for no time to die and used in matera on location in italy for the chase scene,