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1963 in Italian television
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1963 Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1963.
Events
January 6: Tony Renis wins Canzonissima 1962 with Quando quando quando.
January 20: First issue of the magazine TV7 (see below). it is inaugurated by a director Giorgio Vecchietti's interview to the Italian president Antonio Segni.Va ora in onda: TV7 https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/vaorainondatv7 2023-01-25 RaiPlay it
February 6: Tony Renis, now teamed with Emilio Pericoli, wins also the 1963 Sanremo music festival with Uno per tutte. The final evening of the contest, hosted by Mike Bongiorno, is the most seen show of the year, with 13, 4 million viewiers.Hit 2010-08-04 Auditel Rewind - 1963 https://www.tvblog.it/post/20731/auditel-rewind-1963 2022-05-03 TvBlog it
27 July – For the first time, RAI airs the David di Donatello ceremony.
8–9 October – Vajont dam disaster. RAI suspends for a day the ordinary schedule and carries in the Italian houses the images of the tragedy. On 14 October, TV7 (see below) airs, without preventive control, a report of the free-lancer Antonello Branca where the survivors denounce openly the human responsibilities for the slaughter. Later, both Branca and the TV7 chief editor Claudio Savonuzzi are removed from RAI.https://www.articolo21.org/2013/04/tv7-quando-la-tv-disturbava-i-palazzi-e-i-benpensanti/ Tv7, quando la tv disturbava i palazzi e i benpensanti – Articolo21 it-IT 2019-07-31
22 November : at 8:37 p.m., on the evening news, Ruggero Orlando, in a telephone connection from New York, announces the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy to Italy. RAI suspends programming and until midnight broadcasts three extraordinary editions of the news, followed by 11 million viewers.Digital-News.it Simone Rossi-Redazione 2025-03-05 'Qui nuova York': Rai Storia ripercorre la scomparsa di John Fitzgerald Kennedy https://www.digital-news.it/news/televisione/24150/qui-nuova-york-rai-storia-ripercorre-la-scomparsa-di-john-fitzgerald-kennedy 2025-03-05 www.digital-news.it it-IT
Debuts
News and educational
Almanacco di scienza, storia e varia umanità (Almanach of science, history and petty culture) – program of popular science and culture, hosted by Giancarlo Sbragia and, later, by Nando Gazzolo.
L’approdo (The landing) – literary magazine, hosted by Edmonda Aldini and Giancarlo Sbragia, with illustrious collaborators as Riccardo Bacchelli and Giuseppe Ungaretti, already existing on radio (since 1944) and on paper (since 1952). Often accused to be boring and elitist, it's however a precious witness about the Italian cultural life by then.http://www.approdoletterario.teche.rai.it/ Approdo Letterario www.approdoletterario.teche.rai.it 2019-07-31
TV7 – weekly magazine of journalistic analysis, hosted by Sergio Zavoli, with important collaborators as Piero Angela, Corrado Augias, Goffredo Parise, and even Pier Paolo Pasolini. In contrast with the conformism of the official news programs, the TV7's reportages face thorny subject with a vivacious style; for this, they often cause controversies and suffer censures. The program, after having changed the heading many times, is again on air by now, with the original title.https://www.officinadellastoria.eu/it/2017/10/12/il-rotocalco-televisivo-di-informazione-tv7-racconta-litalia-degli-anni-sessanta/ Il rotocalco televisivo di informazione: Tv7 racconta l’Italia degli anni Sessanta – Officina Della Storia it-IT 2019-07-31
Variety
Il cantatutto – musical show, by Mario Landi, hosted by Claudio Villa, Milva and Nicola Arigliano, with Franco and Ciccio as constant guests; two seasons.
La fiera dei sogni (The dreams’ fair) – quiz show, hosted by Mike Bongiorno; three seasons.
Johnny 7, with Johnny Dorelli, debuting as TV host; 3 seasons.
Miniseries
United States - Dr. Kildare
Television shows
Drama
La bella addormentata (Sleeping beauty) – by Eros Macchi, from the Perrault’s fable, with Alberto Lupo and Maria Grazia Spina.
Grandezza naturale (Life size) – by Carlo Ludovici, with Mario Feliciani and Ugo Pagliai, from the Henri Troyat's play; family drama set in the world of the theatre.
Il taglio del bosco (The cut of the forest) – by Vittorio Cottafavi, with Gian Maria Volontè and no-professional actors, from the Carlo Cassola’s novel; a lumberman tries vainly to forget by the work the loss of his wife.
The glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by Vittorio Cottafavi, with Sarah Ferrati, Anna Maria Guarnieri and Umberto Orsini.
Cardinal Lambertini by Alfredo Testoni, directed by Silverio Blasi, with Gino Cervi in the title role and Claudio Gora.
The trial of Jesus by Diego Fabbri, directed by Sandro Bolchi, with Mario Feliciani. The re-enacting of the Jesus’ trial by a Jewish troupe becomes a debate about the meaning of the Christian faith in the modern world.
Miniseries
Delitto e castigo (Crime and punishment) – by Anton Giulio Majano, with Luigi Vannucchi and Ilaria Occhini, from the Dostoevskij’s novel; in six episodes.
Giuseppe Verdi – by Mario Ferrero; biopic in five episodes, with Sergio Fantoni in the title role.
La sciarpa (The scarf) by Guglielmo Morandi and Paura per Janet (Fear for Janet) by Daniele D’Anza, both in six episodes and with Aroldo Tieri as protagonist; remakes of two BBC mysteries (The scarf and A time of day) written by Francis Durbridge. The two miniseries get an unexpected success that induces RAI to replicate the formula; for a decade, the adaptations from Durbridge (so-called Gialli Durbridge) will be a fixture for the Italian viewers.http://vicolostretto.net/francis_durbridge_e_la_rai_-_paura_per_janet.html Francis Durbridge e la RAI - Paura per Janet vicolostretto.net 2019-07-31
Il mulino del Po (The mill on the Po) – by Sandro Bolchi, with Raf Vallone, Giulia Lazzarini and Tino Carraro, from the Riccardo Bacchelli's novel, adapted by the author; in the Po Valley of the Nineteenth Century, the adventures of a miller, veteran of the Napoleonic wars, and his fight with a gang of smugglers. Among the dramatized novels of the Sixties (sceneggiati), it's one of the most appreciated by public and critic and the first mostly shot in exteriors.https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/ilmulinodelpo-losceneggiato/ Il mulino del Po - Lo sceneggiato - RaiPlay www.raiplay.it it 2019-07-31
Demetrio Pianelli – by Sandro Bolchi, with Paolo Stoppa, from the Emilio De Marchi's novel; the family and economic troubles of a poor clerk in the Milan of the Nineteenth century,
Le anime morte (The dead souls) – by Edmo Fenoglio, with Gastone Moschin, from the Nikolaj Gogol’s novel.
Papà Grandet – by Alessandro Brissoni, with Aldo Silvani, from Balzac’s Eugenie Grandet.
Peppino Girella – written, directed and interpreted by Eduardo De Filippo, with the child Giuseppe Fusco; fresco of the Naples society through the story of a boy keeping the family with his work.https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/peppinogirella/ Peppino Girella - RaiPlay www.raiplay.it it 2019-07-31
Serials
Ritorna il tenente Sheridan (Lieutenant Sheridan comes back) – by Mario Landi, with Ubaldo Lay.
Variety
Gran premio (Grand Prix) – 1963 edition of Canzonissima, hosted by Lina Volonghi; after the polemics for the 1962 edition with Dario Fo, the show comes back to disengagement, with a song tournament among the Italian regions.
Canzoniere minimo (Little song book) – show in ten episodes about the Italian folk song, with Giorgio Gaberhttp://www.giorgiogaber.org/index.php?page=rstampa-vediart&codArt=193 "Far finta di essere... GABER" - Dettaglio articolo/intervista www.giorgiogaber.org 2019-07-31 2013-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20131001014852/http://www.giorgiogaber.org/index.php?page=rstampa-vediart&codArt=193 dead
Il signore di mezza età (The middle-aged gentleman) – satire of manners, hosted by Marcello Marchesi (also author, with Camilla Cederna).
News and educational
Viaggio nell’Italia che cambia (Travel in the changing Italy) – enquiry in five episodes by Ugo Zatterin about the Italian economy in the years of the economic miracle.https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/viaggionellitaliachecambia/ Viaggio nell'Italia che cambia - RaiPlay www.raiplay.it it 2019-07-31
Storia della bomba atomica (History of the atomic bomb) – documentary by Virgilio Sabel, in collaboration with the writer Giuseppe Berto, with the witnesses of Robert Oppenheimer and Leo Szilard, awarded at the Prix Italia as best program of the year.Storia della bomba atomica https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/storiadellabombaatomica 2023-09-06 RaiPlay it
Età di Stalin (Age of Stalin) – by Liliana Cavani, 3 episodes. La TV di Liliana Cavani. Un romanzo di formazione https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/latvdililianacavaniunromanzodiformazione 2020-12-07 RaiPlay it
Deaths
June 2: Giacomo Vaccari, 32, director, by a car accident.
References
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