The Italian Job (charity event) for Children. From 2008 to 2011 the event supported Kids Out, a Bedfordshire based national grant giving children’s charity, before moving its support again in 2012 to Variety, the Children’s Charity and remained with Variety until 2017. In 2018 the Italian Job will support Buttle UK. The first run was billed as ""24 hours from Trento to Brighton!"" Fifty six teams responded to an advert that asked, ""Would you like to drive to northern Italy in aid of BBC Children in Need and Childline appeals?"" and included a team from Auto Express and the winner of the Oldest Mini –
The Italian Job (charity event) and Childline. The event was captured on a 50-minute video "The Great Italian Caper" produced by Frontrunner Video. Sir Michael Caine John Cooper Sir Harry Secombe Robert Powell Robert “Judge” Rinder launches The Italian Job 2018 at The Classic Motor Show at The NEC, Birmingham on 10 November 2018. Since 1990 the event has welcomed nearly all of the other classics featured in the 1969 Michael Caine movie, with the exception of a Daimler Majestic Major (the Pakistani Ambassador’s Car), the Coach and the Gold Bullion Van. The red E-Type Jaguar 848 CRY, that featured in the original film, took