Overview of the events of 1955 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1955.
Television shows
- Piccole donne (Little women) – by Anton Giulio Majano, with Lea Padovani, Emma Danieli, Alberto Lupo and Arnoldo Foà; from the Louisa Mary Alcott's novel.[12] Second RAI’s period drama, it repeats the success of Il dottor Antonio, so much that to the previewed four episodes a supplementary one is added.
- Duecento al secondo (Two hundred by second) – quiz, hosted by Mario Riva,[13] written by Garinei and Giovannini, directed by Romolo Siena [it], Italian version of Beat the clock. Because the ludicrous and humiliating forfeits endured by the contenders, the show is harshly censured by the press, and deleted by Rai after three months.[14]
- Ti conosco, mascherina (I know you, Masker) – cabaret, directed by Vito Molinari [it], with Alberto Bonucci, Ferruccio Amendola and an almost debuting Monica Vitti.[15]
Vittorio Gassmann debuts in television, playing stage classics as Kean,[16] Oedipus rex[17] (both directed by Franco Enriquez) and Hamlet (directed by Luigi Squarzina, with Memo Benassi and Anna Maria Ferrero).[18]