Stanley Tucci is immediately recognisable to film fans of all genres thanks to his high-profile Hollywood roles.
He’s wowed silver screen viewers in flicks as varied as The Lovely Bones, The Devil Wears Prada, the Transformers films and The Hunger Games franchise over the years.
But now the US star is set to appear on BBC Two in his travel and food show Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.
Stanley, 61, lives in London – but his series promises to be a mouth-watering, culinary journey across Italy.
It previously aired on CNN in 2021 and bagged two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series.
Here’s a little more information about the dad-of-five who previously opened up about his grief after losing his first wife to cancer.
Stanley Tucci and his first wife: What has he said about her?
Stanley and Kathryn Spath married in 2005.
Kathryn was a social worker and shared three children with Stanley – daughter Camilla and twins Nicolo and Isabel.
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The couple also brought up Kathryn’s two children from her previous marriage together.
Speaking to The Guardian in January 2016, Stanley reflected on how he wished he’d been able to do more for Kathryn when she was ill.
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‘I wish that I could have done more’
Asked who he would most like to apologise to in a profile interview, Stanley said: “My late wife – she died of cancer.”
We tried everything we could do to save her.
“We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more. And that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away.
“I couldn’t be in that room. I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.”
Despite his regrets, Stanley thankfully found happiness again and married literary agent Felicity Blunt – the sister of actress Emily – in 2012.
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Their son Matteo Oliver was born in January 2015 with daughter Emilia Giovanna joining the family in April 2018.
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy airs on BBC Two on Sunday February 20 at 7.20pm.
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