0:00:08 > 0:00:11I can't believe it.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13The greatest charioteer in Italy!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15How did you do it, Papa?
0:00:15 > 0:00:19We're Medicis, Lorenzo. And you must remember,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22for Medicis, anything is possible.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Anything is possible.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Non e finito! Brushes cleaned, surfaces spotless,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17or there'll be no weekend off.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I've only got the most exciting news ever.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- What? - Guess who's coming to my house?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- I don't know.- Giovanni Salvatore.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31No way! THE Giovanni Salvatore?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- He's a very talented athlete.- Who?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Who?! Only the most incredibly famous...
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- ..astonishingly handsome... - ..amazingly talented...- ..charioteer.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Oh.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51He'll be racing for Florence. Father enticed him over from Naples.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Imagine having that kind of power.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59"I want Giovanni. Oh, here he comes."
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I'm going sailing for the weekend, with my father.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- And that's interesting because...? - Because...
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I've designed a super efficient sail.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- When's Giovanni arriving? - Later today.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We're having a reception at the palace.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- You can get us on the guest list. - Dream on!
0:02:17 > 0:02:21I can't invite peasants to the palace, no offence.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- I need to be there.- And me.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27It's a perfect chance to get an autograph. He's never signed one.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30People'll say, "That Machiavelli, he can..."
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- "He can certainly talk." - "..achieve the impossible."
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I'm sorry, nothing I can do, special guest list.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Celebs and royalty only. - But we're your mates!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44My father doesn't know that. And he can't.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Not ever.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Yeah? So...
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Bye.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Unbelievable selfishness, thy name is Lorenzo.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Leonardo.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05He's not coming, is he?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I'm sorry, he sent a message.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Don't start moping now, you've still got the weekend off.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Get out, enjoy yourself.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- Look on the bright side, if you're not sailing...- You can come with us.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- His dad's always doing it, isn't he? - What?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Cancelling, letting Leo down.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Leo doesn't see it like that.- I know.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Makes excuses for him.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Yep. So come on, what about your parents?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59What about them?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- You never talk about them.- Don't I?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Man of mystery.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Delighted... Delighted to meet you, Signor Giovanni.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Ahem, delighted to meet you, Signor...- Good moves, Lorenzo.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- Nice dress, princess.- Dream hat. - Crack that mirror.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- What are you doing? - We're crashing your party.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Shh! I'm so dead. I don't believe this, I thought you were sailing?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38What and miss your big celebrity party?!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Your dad's got great security, it was hard to get past.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- I'm so glad you did(!) - Do you think Giovanni will like it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- He'll profess his undying love(!) - He'll love it, you look great.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Leo?
0:04:54 > 0:05:00"To Lorenzo, your loving father, Piero de' Medici."
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Leo?- Oh, yeah, great.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Are you ready, my little tortellini?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Lorenzo, who are these people?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19And why are you entertaining them in your private chambers?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Leo...is my new servant.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26This is my mother, her Excellency Teresa de' Medici.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Don't just stand there like a lump of stone. Start polishing.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Has he even been trained? Where did you recruit him? Asino!
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Count Gianluca di Modena di Batista di Lampedusa at your service,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43bella Signora.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Incantata.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- This is my servant, Humbelina.- Quick, Lorenzo, the guests are arriving.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Arrivederci, Count Lampedusa.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Humbelina?!- Ow!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06It's not funny.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Uh-uh! Not for servants.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42Mmmm! Those Viennese pastry chefs - absolute geniuses.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Come on, give me a bit. Come on.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Don't worry, servants get leftovers at the end.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49If we're in a good mood.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Oh no, my dad!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Keep out of his way, you're so rubbish, he'll know something's up.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Maybe I'd be better if I was fed.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Hope you're behaving yourself. - Yes, Papa.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24He is gorgeous!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29We're going to be so happy together.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Signor Salvatore, an honour.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Hi.- I'm a great admirer of yours.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46The race in Sienna last year, magnifico.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Humbelina, some drinks.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Signor Giovanni will have pomegranate juice with lime.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- But...- Now, girl.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59That's my favourite drink. How did you know?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02As I said, I'm a great admirer of yours.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14As you can see, Signor Valerio,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18the perks of working for me are numerous.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I am eternally grateful, Excellency.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24And how is our little mechanical project progressing?
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Our man is doing nicely, Excellency. Yesterday we completed a leg.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Bene, Bene. Well, you may avail yourself
0:08:38 > 0:08:41of the Medici hospitality for a few minutes more.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Then back to work.- Yes, Excellency.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Good work, cousin, poaching Giovanni from Naples.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54You kept that very quiet.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58These days one must keep one's cards close to one's chest.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You never know where a rival or enemy may lurk.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03A depressing thought.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07On a happier note, with Giovanni, perhaps we may beat Rome?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Anything is possible, your Grace, anything is possible.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15'Anything is possible.'
0:09:22 > 0:09:25CLICKS FINGERS
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Leo.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- What?- Lorenzo's dad.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Yeah, we have to keep away from him.- No, he's the one.- What one?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39The head of the Luminari.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42There is an apprentice at Verrocchio's workshop,
0:09:42 > 0:09:47a certain Leonardo Da Vinci, we want his notebook.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Piero de' Medici? The duke's cousin? No, come on!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53You must have made a mistake.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58No, I recognize his voice, it's him, I'm sure of it.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01But it doesn't make any sense.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- A Medici sneaking round the catacombs, he has all this.- Come on,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09if you don't believe me, I'll get you proof.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22All Florence owes you a huge debt, for bringing us the great Giovanni.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- He knows a lot about racing. He can list every win I've had.- Is that so?
0:10:27 > 0:10:32- Count Lampedusa, allow me to show you round.- I've always loved horses.
0:10:32 > 0:10:38- I often burst into tears at the sight of a well turned fetlock.- Wonderful.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Something must link him to the Luminari.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It just doesn't add up, think about it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22He's head of one of the most powerful families,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25would he really be part of some sinister secret...?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- What?- Come here.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40A flying machine, copied from my notebook.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48FOOTSTEPS AND VOICES
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Bring me Arborio, the race promoter.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And a bag of a thousand florins from the safe.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04There's a young guest calling himself Lampedusa.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08He's a gatecrasher and probably a thief.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11He needs to be taught a lesson.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Don't get stressed, he loved me. My wit, my charm.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Please, you need to go.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And where are Leo and Tom? They seem to have just...
0:12:22 > 0:12:25There's a matter of extreme urgency...
0:12:25 > 0:12:30OK, that is unacceptable!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38(I'll sort it.)
0:12:38 > 0:12:41(You're going to distract him?)
0:12:43 > 0:12:47(With some kind of distraction machine?)
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Cavolo!
0:13:14 > 0:13:18(Now!)
0:13:39 > 0:13:43You have the whole package - grace, power, athleticism.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Actually, I'm not your biggest fan,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48that's my nephew, little Mac di Lampedusa.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- He's drawn a hundred pictures of you. - That's cute.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- He's insisting we put a statue of you in his coffin.- Coffin?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58He's dying, the sweating sickness.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01How terrible, if only I could do something.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03You could send him a memento.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06An autograph on your charioteer's glove?
0:14:06 > 0:14:11I don't do autographs. You start down that road, it never ends.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I completely understand. Lovely party, isn't it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- Um, yes. - Must be parties everywhere you go?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Well, yes, social events.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Little Mac loves to think of you enjoying yourself.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29It's an escape for him,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33as he lies there wheezing, sweating...
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- I'll do it!- Really?- I'd sign one right now if only I had a pen.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Any of these do at all?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52You could put something like,
0:14:52 > 0:14:57"To my best mate Mac, first among the citizens of Florence,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01"a jewel, a paragon, a shining example..."
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'm not sure there's room.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09Whatever, that will do.
0:15:09 > 0:15:15Bellissimo, you've done a wonderful, wonderful thing.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25That felt good, giving something back.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28The life of a charioteer, it's great,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30but there's a lot of empty glitz.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Lampedusa?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Is Lampedusa not with you?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48He just wandered off in the middle of talking to me.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55How dare you! Don't you know who I am? I'm being abducted! >
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Look!
0:16:02 > 0:16:06You! Stop!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Now what do we do?- We go after them.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Father! Father!- What is it, Lorenzo?
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Count Gianluca di Batista, um, Modera di...
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Lampedusa has been kidnapped!- When? - Just now, in the gardens.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29Oh, don't worry, they won't escape. I'll put my best men on it.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31A guest has been kidnapped, find him.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35This way! Sbrigati, presto, presto.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41Keep the young master out of the way. There's no need to involve him.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43He's a child and doesn't yet understand
0:16:43 > 0:16:46what it means to be a Medici.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57"To my best mate, Mac."
0:16:57 > 0:17:02"First among citizens of Florence, a jewel, a paragon, a...shin?"
0:17:02 > 0:17:04At least we know he came this way.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I can't believe Mac got his autograph.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- What have I got? Nothing! - Tom... Lisa, sorry.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14This is my one chance to be a girl.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18I should be in there dancing with... someone.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Lisa!
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I know, I know, we have to save him.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- You really think they could be under here?- Oh, absolutely.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The old "stash the hostage under the bed" routine -
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- seen it a thousand times.- You have a lot more experience than I do.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Why don't you search on top of the bed?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Really?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Their cunning knows no bounds.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Let go, ruffians. I'll make it worth your while.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08If you let me go, I shall give you parcels of the finest Lampedusa land.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12And a dairy herd.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Did I mention my dying nephew?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18What are you doing?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I am making a camera obscura.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Oh, thanks for clearing that up(!) - When the acid eats through the hole,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31light will pass through this pinhole and project an image inside.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35That'll help how?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Santa Maria!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42The devil, help, the devil!
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Ahh! A demon! Did you see that?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- I saw it.- OK, wait there.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Hey, come!
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Excellent work! The huge moving picture ghost thing.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Where are the keys?- The guards.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11There's no way we can force these.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Leave it to me.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21You don't survive as a runaway girl without learning a thing or two.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I am so impressed.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Master, there's a demon! - Get back there!
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Please, Master, no! - Now, you idiots, move!
0:19:35 > 0:19:40I could really use someone like you, you know, Lis.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43For what? Breaking into houses and stealing documents?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- You say that like it's a bad thing. - Look!- Let's go!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50No, no, it's too late, they'll see us.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Is there another plan? I'm not keen on the stay and get tortured option.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Shh, Leo's thinking.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11- Oh, a frog.- Please tell me that's a brilliantly disguised crossbow?
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- No, actually, most shoes don't support the foot so I've...- Leo!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Yes, no, I've got it!
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Now, go!
0:20:32 > 0:20:35COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING
0:20:37 > 0:20:41What the devil? What's going on?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- What's all this smoke? Silencio! - I've got him!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48THUMPING AND CRASHING You've got me, not him.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Ow!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I've got him! Master!
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- Oh no, it's the master. A thousand apologies, your Excellency.- Idiota!
0:21:07 > 0:21:08KNOCK ON DOOR
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Entry.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Father, we couldn't find Lampedusa, I think something terrible happened!
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- No, no, I saw him.- You did?
0:21:18 > 0:21:22It seems the kidnapping was just a prank by some of the guests.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- They released him a while ago. - Pretty stupid prank!
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Although it serves him right. - Why do you say that?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Why would the esteemed Count Lampedusa deserve
0:21:32 > 0:21:34to be treated in such a manner?
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Nothing. I don't know, he just seemed a bit arrogant.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Mmm. Close the door, Lorenzo.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55A thousand apologies, there's no sign of him on the grounds.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I think our young gate-crasher may be a friend of my son.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04That's how he got past security. Make enquiries, find out his name.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- Yes, Excellency. And Signor Giovanni would like a word.- Send him in.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Your Excellency.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I've something important to tell you.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Piero de' Medici, head of a scary secret society.- And our friend's dad.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Yes, and one of the most respected and influential men in Florence
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- and we pick for an enemy. - We didn't pick him, he picked us.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Do you know what we are to a man like that? With all that wealth and power?
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Tiny, tiny gnats. And anytime he wants... It's goodbye.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53We get it, Mac!
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Why would he want your drawings?
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Of highly advanced machines. Maybe he could sell them?
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Yeah, like he needs the money. He went to a lot of trouble to steal it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07He must be planning something.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11From this notebook,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16we will conjure deadly weapons.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20What about Lorenzo? Do you think he's involved?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- That's horrible. - Of course not, he's our friend.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I'm not sure, let's face it, he's not like us. Not really.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30How could he, coming from that world?
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- And in the end, people side with their own.- He's our friend!
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Yes, and his father's son.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40There is no way he knows about this.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Somebody should tell him.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I'll do it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Better him than me.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Oh, I forgot, I found this.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I was thinking it might be worth quite a bit. Maybe I should sell it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Sweet glove of my dreams, I've missed you!
0:24:17 > 0:24:21All Florence will see I'm a force to be reckoned with.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26- The only one who got Giovanni to sign...- Totally ridiculous.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Don't you have a home to go to? A fuss over nothing!
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Why do I care if the new charioteer has resigned?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35He what?!
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Yeah, some noble at the Medicis inspired him to give up racing
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- and devote his life to helping sick kids.- I wonder who is(?)
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49There's an angry mob baying for his blood,
0:24:49 > 0:24:54all because we don't want to lose a few chariot races. Ridicolo.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Probably best not to mention this.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Father?- What is it, Lorenzo? - I heard about Giovanni leaving.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- I'm sorry.- What kind of pea-brained idiot turns his back
0:25:47 > 0:25:49on his own God given talent?
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- I don't know.- Such a shame. I hope you'll never be so foolish.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- No, Father.- The Duke's complaining, "How did you let him go?"
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- It's not like he's brought any talent to the city.- Precisely.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Still, no point crying over spilt milk. Or charitable charioteers.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Go and get your riding stuff. We'll go hunting.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Just you and me.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Grazie, Papa.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Don't thank me, riding in the hills with my son,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22what better tonic could there be?
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Leo! What are you doing? - I've come to tell you something.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Presto! I'm going hunting with my dad.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45We all got home OK, so...
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Oh, good. And my dad never found out you were here,
0:26:48 > 0:26:54- so it worked out all right. - Yeah. It worked out all right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
0:27:10 > 0:27:13E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk