Events

3 July - Debut of Momenti di gloria, a series hosted by Mike Bongiorno in which members of the public impersonate their favourite singers.

Debuts

Commesse (Salesgirls) – by Giorgio Capitani and Josè Maria Sanchez, with Nancy Brilli, Sabrina Ferilli, Veronica Pivetti and Anna Valle; 2 seasons. Comedy drama about family and work troubles of some salesgirls in a Roman boutique.^[1]

Inspector Montalbano by Alberto Sironi, with Luca Zingaretti in the title role, Cesare Bocci, Angelo Russo and Katharina Bohm, from the Andrea Camilleri’s novels; 15 seasons. Procedural set in the imaginary Sicilian town Vigata, it’s the greatest public and critic success of the latest Italian fiction and one of the few Italian serials exported abroad.^[2]
Non lasciamoci più (Let’s never break-up again) – romantic comedy by Vittorio Sindoni, with Fabrizio Frizzi (in his only performance as an actor) and Debora Caprioglio; 2 seasons. A marriage lawyer, confirmed bachelor, avoids several useless divorces, till he's embedded by his helper, a charming female private eye.^[3]

Correva l’anno (It was the year...) – historical magazine, care of Paolo Mieli.^[4]

Finalmente soli (Alone, at least) – sit-com with Gerry Scotti and Maria Amelia Monti, spin-off of Io e la mamma; 5 seasons and 3 TV-movies. A dentist, who has lived with his mother up to forty, faces for the first time marriage and fatherhood.^[5]

3 July - Momenti di gloria (1999-2000)
Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? (Who framed Peter Pan?) – game show and variety with contenders from four to ten years old, hosted by Paolo Bonolis and Luca Laurenti; 6 seasons. (The 2005 edition, hosted by Gerry Scotti, has been called Who framed Uncle Gerry?) Italian version of the Spanish Esos locos bajitos^[6].

Pinocchio ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza (Pinocchio, or The Providence’s show) – parody of the Collodi’s novel, directed and interpreted by Carmelo Bene.^[7]
Esther – by Raffaele Mertes, with Louise Lombard in the title role and F. Murray Abraham as Mordecai; tenth episode of the LUX Vide’s Bible project.^[8]
Jesus – by Roger Young, with Jeremy Sisto in the title role, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate; 2 episodes. Eleventh episode of the LUX Vide’s Bible project.^[9]

Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero (Yolanda, the black corsair’s daughter) – animated series from the Emilio Salgari’s novel, coproduced with Spain.^[10]

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Date	Name	Age	Cinematic Credibility
8 June	Corrado Mantoni	74	Italian radio & television host

^ "Commesse". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^ "Il commissario Montalbano". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Non lasciamoci più". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Correva l'anno". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Finalmente soli". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Carmelo Bene - Pinocchio ovvero Lo spettacolo della provvidenza". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Ester". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Jesus". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ "Jolanda, la figlia del Corsaro Nero". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.

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