Overview of the events of 1970 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1970.
Shows of the year
Drama
Tv-Movies
In 1970, RAI chooses to sustain the Italian author cinema, producing movies for TV by renowned authors or by debuting directors, which are, at the same time, aired in television and distributed in the theatres.
Miniseries
Mystery
- Coralba – by Daniele D’Anza, with Rossano Brazzi and Glauco Mauri; 5 episodes. The story is set in Hamburg, in the world of big pharma
- I giovedì della signora Giulia (Mrs. Julia Thursdays) – by Paolo Nuzzi and Massimo Scaglione, from the Piero Chiara’s novel, with Claudio Gora and the real-life private eye Tom Ponzi (as a police superintendent); 5 episodes. The vanishing of an upper-class lady is the starting point for an enquiry about the secrets of the Lombard provincial life.
Coralba and I giovedì della signora Giulia are the first Italian mysteries shot in colors (also if, at the time, they are aired in black and white).
For children
- La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia (Don Quijote de la Mancha’s fantastic story) – by Carlo Quartucci, script by Roberto Lerici, from the Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, with Gigi Proietti in the title role; 5 episodes. Aired as a show for children, it’s actually a sophisticated product, taking to television some practices of the avant-garde theatre.[15]
- Marcovaldo – by Giuseppe Bennati, from the Italo Calvino's book, with Nanni Loy in the title role; 6 episodes.
- Verso l’avventura (Twoards adventure) – by Pino Passalacqua, with Mebratù Maconnen Araia; 14 episodes. Miniseries about the adventures of an Ethiopian kid looking for a treasure.
Serials
- Qualcuno bussa alla porta (Someone is knocking at the door) – by various directors, written by Tonino Guerra. Cycle of fiveTV movie, dangling between comedy and thriller; all the stories are set in the closed space of an apartment and are variation on the theme of the unexpected visitor.
- FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore – detective comedy, written and interpreted by Ugo Tognazzi as a down-to-heel and clumsy private eye.[16]
Variety
News and educational
- I bambini e noi (Children and us) – reportage by Luigi Comencini about infancy in Italy, in 6 episodes.[21]
- Un secolo di lotte contadine in Italia (A century of peasants’ fights in Italy) – historical enquiry by Giorgio Bocca, in one of his very rare collaborations with RAI; in 7 episodes.[22]
- Roma capitale (Rome capital city) – historical enquiry, care of Giovanni Spadolini, for the centenary of the capture of Rome. [23]
- Alla ricerca di Tadzio (Looking for Tadzio) – by Luchino Visconti; behind the scenes about the auditions for the choosing of Death in Venice’s young protagonist.