Amanda Holden and Alan Carr join forces to restore a run down Sicilian villa in new BBC show, Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. The series of six half-an-hour episodes begins on Friday, January 6.
“He’s been through a lot of personal stuff,” said Amanda of her friend and co-host, whose marriage broke down in January 2022. You can read more about that here.
Amanda added during the first episode: “I want to give him a project that’s going to start with something in tatters – much like him – and at the end there’ll be this beautiful building. And Alan too – he’ll have a bit of a makeover, mentally. He’ll feel a little bit more optimistic and a bit more hopeful about the future, maybe.”