Overview of the events of 1987 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1987.
Awards
4. Telegatto Award, for the season 1986–1987.
Television shows
RAI
TV-movies
Miniseries
- Il generale (The general) – by Luigi Magni, in 4 episodes; historically accurate biopic about Giuseppe Garibaldi, with Franco Nero as protagonist, sided by a stellar cast (Erland Joshephson as Cavour, Jacques Perrin as Vittorio Emanuele II, Flavio Bucci as Mazzini).
- Treasure Island in outer space – ideated by Renato Castellani and directed, after his death, by Antonio Margheriti, sci-fi version of the Stevenson’s novel; with the young Itaco Nardulli as Jim, Anthony Quinn as Long John Silver and Ernest Borgnine as Billy Bones. One of the most expensive RAI production (25 billion liras), it’s a flop in Italy, while outside gets a relative success and inspires Disney’s Treasure planet.[17]
- Voglia di vincere (Desire to win) – by Vittorio Sindoni, in 3 episodes, with Gianni Morandi and Catherine Spaak; sport melodrama about the World Rally Championship.
- Little Roma – by Francesco Massaro, in 10 episodes, with Ferruccio Amendola; the life in a popular district of the Italian capital.
- Nel gorgo del peccato (In the sin’s vortex) – by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi, in 2 episodes, with Edvige Fenech and Gastone Moschin; crime story.
- Nessuno torna indietro (Nobody comes back) – by Franco Giraldi, from the Alba de Cespedes' feminist novel, set in a girls college under the fascism, with Federica Moro and Anne Parillaud; 4 episodes.
The success of La piovra pushes RAI to exploit the vein of the stories about organized crime, with three miniseries in a year.
- La piovra 3 – by Luigi Perelli, in 7 episodes, with Michele Placido and Giuliana De Sio; debut of the main villain of the cycle, the icy boss Tano Cariddi, played by Remo Girone.[18]
- L’ombra nera del Vesuvio (The Vesuvius’s dark shadow) – by Steno, in 4 episodes, with Carlo Giuffrè and Massimo Ranieri, about the Neapolitan camorra.
- Un siciliano in Sicilia (A Sicilian in Sicily) – by Pino Passalacqua, in 3 episodes, script by Andrea Camilleri, with James Russo and Vincent Gardenia; set in Sicily after the Allied invasion.
Serials
Variety
- Fantastico 8 – hosted by Adriano Celentano, sided by “the four worst in the world” (Marisa Laurito, Massimo Boldi, Heather Parisi and Maurizio Micheli). Celentano transforms the traditional Saturday evening spectacle in a happening, based on the absolute improvisation and the provocation. The show, also if gets very high ratings, is ravaged by critics and causes also political controversies (see over).
- Indietro tutta (Full speed back) – hosted by Renzo Arbore and Nino Frassica, demented and exasperated parody of the Italian televisions’ trends by then, as the quiz without cultural value, the undressed female dancers (the “cluck cluck girls”, attired as chickens) and the publicity's invasiveness.[19] The show, to which Massimo Troisi too takes part by phone, sees the debuts of Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Paola Cortellesi (who sings one of the tracks).[20]
- Bella d’estate (Nice in summer) – musical show, hosted by Ramona Dell’Abate, with Walter Chiari.
- Canzonissime – musical show celebrating the centenary of the phonograph record; Effetto Non Stop, dieci anni dopo (Non stop effect, ten years later) – show celebrating the decennial of Non stop; and Ieri, Goggi, domain (Yesterday, Goggi and tomorrow), magazine; all hosted by Loretta Goggi.
- La fabbrica dei sogni (The dreams’ factory) – game show among the Italian regions, hosted by Alessandro Benvenuti; it's the first variety aired on RAI 3.
- La grande corsa (The big race) and La grande occasione (The big chance) – game shows inspired, respectively, by Italian geography and economy, both hosted by Luciano Rispoli.
- Immagina (Imagine) – variety on the topic of fantasy, hosted by Edwige Fenech, and shot in high definition.
- Marisa la nuit – anthological show with the material coming from the RAI teche, hosted by Marisa Laurito
- Per chi suona la campanella (For whom the bluebell sounds) – variety, with the troupe of Il Bagaglino.
- Proffimamente non stop – with Simona Marchini.
- Pronto, Topolino? (Hello, Mickey Mouse?) and Pronto, è la RAI? (Hello, RAI?) – shows resuming the formula of Pronto, Raffaella, hosted by Giancarlo Magalli.
News and educational
Fininvest
TV-movies
- Nontuttorosa (Not just romance) by Armanzio Todini, with Marisa Laurito; rom-com with a writer of romance and her guardian angel as protagonists.
- Parole e baci (Words and kisses) by Rossella and Simona Izzo, with Simona Izzo and Ricky Tognazzi; chronicle of a marital crisis.
- Provare per credere (Seeing is believing) - sexy comedy by Sergio Martino, with the telemarketer Guido Angeli in the role of a playboy.
Miniseries
Variety
- Che piacere averti qui (What a pleasure to have you here) – with Paolo Villaggio.
- Ciao Enrica (Hi, Enrica) – talk show with Enrica Bonaccorti.
- Festival – hosted by Pippo Baudo; meant as the Fininvest's answer to Fantastico, it's an unforeseen flop, also because the excessive amount of publicity, so to induce Baudo to terminate the contract with the company.
- La giostra (The carousel) – interstitial program of the Sunday afternoon, hosted by Enrica Bonaccorti.
- Lupo solitario (Wolfman Jack) – ideated by Antonio Ricci, hosted by Patrizio Roversi and Suzy Blady; experimental and demented variety, very appreciated by Umberto Eco who call it “the variety of the future”.
- SandraRaimondo show – with Raimondo Vianello and Sandra Mondaini, who celebrate on stage their silver noces.
- Dee Jay beach – musical show of the summer.
- Benvenuta Raffaella (Welcome, Raffaella Carrà); the showgirl makes her debut in Canale 5 with a backstage of the Raffaella Carrà show, aired later;
Minor channels
Villaggio party (Odeon TV) – variety with Paolo Villaggio.