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Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain review: A bit like The Trip with the jokes and plot taken out

Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain review: A bit like The Trip with the jokes and plot taken out

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails There comes a time in every celebrity’s career when they must embark on a televised journey around a European country with someone they know from work. It’s practically the light entertainer’s form of jury service. Last year, Strictly Come Dancing pros Anton du Beke and Giovanni Pernice got the call-up, and headed to the latter’s native Sicily during the Strictly off-season; now, Du Beke is returning the favour by taking Pernice on Adventures in Spain for BBC One (his mum hails from the north of the country). Their jolly begins in Seville, where the pair’s dynamic is quickly established in broad strokes. Pernice, 33, never misses an opportunity to crack a joke about his 57-year-old co-star’s more advanced years (“90 years old… almost your age,” he deadpans as they visit the spectacular Plaza de España). Du Beke, meanwhile, takes a performatively head-shaking “Oh, what is he like!” attitude to his younger colleague’s …