Just to set the scene for us, can you describe one of your recent visits with a granny, maybe the region, what you documented her making, what the day feels

like? In fact, I've just been filming in Romania, in the Fienza area.

And so we actually filmed the most wonderful woman called Anna.

And she's 93.

And she was very precise in her pasta making.

She had been a cook for a wealthy family.

And she had a very difficult start.

So after more than a decade of documenting these ladies, do you still feel you're witnessing the end of something? Or have you become more optimistic of what will survive? Yes.

She explained how the title of this, the third in the Pasta Granny series, was inspired by asking the nonnas what their favorite dish was.

Their answer was actually, first of all, a look like, "Is she mad?" [laughs] And then the reply, very politely, was, "Signora Vicky, I eat everything.

I have no favorites." Um, and I think that was kind of, uh, put me in my place really because it's a very middle class indulgence to say, "Ooh, I fancy a bit of this or that." You know, we are in London, and we're spoiled about what foods we eat.

And for many decades, these women didn't have that choice.

It was a, you know, their, theirs was a struggle to put food on the table.

And I think often, you know, our idea of, uh, we have so many rules and regulations around food these days, and, and for them, it was simple.

You know, could you feed your family today? And so they ate a little bit of everything, um, and they made sure that nothing went to waste at the same time.

Um, tell us a little about the process of finding, um, this particular person.

Can I ask you a question? What has changed, uh, in Italy, in Italian homes, so that some of these techniques and recipes are not being continued?

Um, the same changes that are happening everywhere else in the world.

Um, women are going out to work and simply don't have the time, and there is a continuing reliance on a nonna to make, uh, Sunday lunch, and that has served them well so far.

But I think the change is coming, is over the next 20 years, what nonna will be making, uh, will be quite different to up t- up to now.

Uh, so I thought, let's capture it while it's still there, and that's why I picked up the camera.

I- is there a, a grandmother you particularly remember, uh, for whatever reason, you'd wanna share with us?

I think one of the things that comes through for me, and it's not necessarily a granny, is family life and their willingness to have a party at a drop of a hat.

Whenever we go there, it's a celebration, and we end up being surrounded by friends and family, um, toasting the grandmother and what she's made, and that, I think that's fantastic.