1989 in Italian television

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This is a list of Italian television related events from 1989.

## Events

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* November 9: the TG2 special correspondent Lilli Gruber (German native speaker) describes, for RAI, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the following events.[1]

## Debuts

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### Rai

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### News and educational

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* 1989 Cartolina (Postcard) – daily column by Andrea Barbato, consisting of a five minutes open letter addressed to a personality of politics or everyday life; five seasons. [2]

### Fininvest

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#### Variety

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* Agenzia matrimoniale (Marriage agency) – people show, hosted by Marta Flavi (by then wife of the producer Maurizio Costanzo) and later by Barbara D’Urso; 9 seasons. In every episode, two lonely hearts have a blind date in front of the cameras.[3]
* C’eravamo tanto amati (Once we loved each other so much) – talk-show, hosted by Luca Barbareschi; 5 seasons. The program, forerunner of the future trash-TV, is focused on the angry quarrels (largely staged) of couples in crisis; despite its bad taste, it gets public success and has an American version (That’s amore).[4]
* Bellezze al bagno (Bathing beauties) – game show, aired in the summer from the most famous Italian water parks; 5 seasons. [5]

## Television shows

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### Rai

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#### Drama

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* Una donna spezzata – by Marco Leto, from Simone de Beauvoir’s La femme rompue, with Lea Massari and Erland Josephson, in 2 parts. A middle-class woman has to face the crumbling of her seemingly happy family.[6]
* Uomo contro uomo (Man vs. man) – by Sergio Sollima, with Christopher Bucholz and Barbara De Rossi, in 2 parts. It’s the story of a men of honor in the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta and of his sister, a teacher enemy of the organized crime.[7]
* The jeweler’s shop – by Michael Anderson, from the Karol Woytila’s play, with Burt Lancaster and Olivia Hussey.[8]

#### Miniseries

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* I promessi sposi (The betrothed) – by Salvatore Nocita, from the Alessandro Manzoni’s novel, with  Danny Quinn and Delphine Forest as protagonists and a stellar cast in the minor roles (Alberto Sordi, Burt Lancaster, F. Murray Abraham, Franco Nero, Dario Fo); in 5 episodes. Realized with a 20 billion liras budget, in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Croatian television, the series gets high ratings in Italy; it’s instead ravaged by critics, who reproach it the infidelity to the book, transformed into a cloak and dagger story, and the mediocrity of the two lead actors.[9]
* Modì, vita di Amedeo Modigliani (Life of Amedeo Modigliani) – by Franco Brogi Taviani, with Richard Berry in the title role; 3 episodes.
* The last days of Pompei, by Peter Hunt, from the Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel, with Nicholas Clay, Olivia Hussey and Franco Nero; 4 episodes.
* Come stanno bene insieme (How well they fit together) – by Vittorio Sindoni, with Sergio Castellitto and Stefania Sandrelli; 3 episodes. It’s the story of thirty years in the life of a couple, from the falling in love and the marriage to the separation and the reconciliation.[10]

#### Variety

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* Ars Amanda – malicious talk show, hosted by Amanda Lear, set in a bed where the singer and her guests chats about eroticism.[11]

#### News and educational

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* La notte della repubblica (The night of the republic) – by Sergio Zavoli; monumental enquiry in 18 episodes about the Years of lead, with precious witnesses of many protagonists of the tragic season, politicians or terrorists.[12]

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#### Miniseries

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* Disperatamente Giulia by Enrico Maria Salerno, with Tahnee Welch, Fabio Testi and Dalila Di Lazzaro; 6 episodes. Melodrama about the long-life love story between a female writer and a surgeon.

#### Serial

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* Cristina – sequel of Arriva Cristina, with Cristina D’Avena.[13]

## References

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1. ^ "Berlino '89, cronache dal crollo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
2. ^ "Cartolina". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
3. ^ "Agenzia matrimoniale". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
4. ^ "C'eravamo tanto amati". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
5. ^ "Bellezze al bagno". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
6. ^ "Una donna spezzata". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
7. ^ "Uomo contro uomo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
8. ^ "La bottega dell'orefice". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
9. ^ "I promessi sposi (1989)". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
10. ^ "Come stanno bene insieme". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-04.
11. ^ "Ars Amanda". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
12. ^ "La notte della Repubblica". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-05.
13. ^ "Cristina 2". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

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