1966 in Italian television

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This is a list of Italian television related events from 1966.

Events

  • The RAI technical commission chooses, for the color telecasts, the German system PAL , preferring it to the French SECAM and the American NTSC. Nevertheless, for political and commercial reasons, the definitive choice of PAL and the effective start of the color programs will be delayed till 1977.
  • January 6: Gianni Morandi wins La prova del nove (1965 edition of Canzonissima) with Non son degno di te.
  • January 29: Domenico Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti win the 1966 Sanremo festival with Dio come ti amo. The final evening of the contest is the most seen TV show of the year, with 21.300.000 viewers.
  • February 7.: Rai Sudtirol, the RAI channel for the German speaking minority living in South Tyrol, begins broadcasting on the frequencies of RAI 2. Because of tensions between the Italian government and South-Tyrolean nationalists, Silvius Magnago, president of the Bolzano province, refuses to inaugurate the new channel with a greeting to the viewers.
  • December 24.: in Naples, start of the first Italian cable station, Telediffusione Italiana Telenapoli. It broadcasts advertising announcements to television sets placed in supermarkets and public places.
  • According to a Radiocorriere’s poll, the best shows of the year for the critics are Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, Francesco d'Assisi and Per Firenze. The audience votes instead choose the matches of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the film I Confess (broadcast as a tribute to the Montgomery Clift's death) and Dario Niccodemi's plays La nemica and La maestrina.

Debuts

Variety

  • Settevoci (seven voices) – four seasons, This mix of quiz and music show, originally thought as a filler for the Sunday afternoon, gets a huge success and leads to popularity the novice host Pippo Baudo and many young singers.
  • National Trophy Rapallo Davoli – six seasons. Musical contest, reserved to singers and groups of beat music.

Actualities and documentaries

  • Orizzonti della scienza e della tecnica (Science and technique horizons) – seven seasons, show of popular science.

Television shows

Dramas

  • La fantarca (The fantastic ark) – by Vittorio Cottafavi; libretto by Giuseppe Berto (from his novel); music by Roman Vlad. It's a rare example of opera realized expressly for the television. The legend of the Noah's ark is transposed into a dystopic future, but leaving a lot of space for humor and satire.

Miniseries

Variety

  • Camera 22– cabaret. The brothers Raffaele and Mario Pisu (an entertainer and a serious stage actor) ironize about their different careers.
  • I due nel sacco (The two in the bag) – variety show with Franco and Ciccio.
  • Il signore ha suonato? (Has sir rang?) – variety show with Gino Bramieri.
  • Tigre contro tigre (Tiger vs. Tiger) – variety show, about the rivalry between cinema and television, with Gino Bramieri and Marisa Del Frate.
  • Johnny sera (Evening Johnny) – variety with Johnny Dorelli. The showman plays the clumsy thief Dorellik, a Diabolik's parody,
  • Scala reale (Royal flush) – name of the 1966 edition of Canzonissima, won by Claudio Villa with Granada. Peppino De Filippo, also presenter, plays the muddler Pappagone in some farcical sketches, conquers the public, notwithstanding the slating of the critics.

The show introduces a "battle" with the young beat and ye-ye singers opposing the old generation of neapolitan and traditional italian melodic style. Notable performances by Dalida, Gene Pitney, Sandie Shaw, Françoise Hardy and the illusionist Silvan.

  • Io, Gigliola (I, Gigliola) – in 3 episodes; by Silviero Blasi, with Gigliola Cinquetti.
  • Incontro con Luigi Tenco (Meeting with Luigi Tenco). Few months before his suicide, the song singer-writer discusses about music and society with an audience of young people and with the friends Lucio Dalla and Ornella Vanoni.
  • Giochi in famiglia (Family games) – quiz, hosted by Mike Bongiorno; the competitors are entire families rather than single persons.
  • Giocagiò – show for baby, Italian version of the English show Playschool

News and educational

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

See also


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