| Piloti | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Celeste Laudisio |
| Starring | Enrico Bertolino Max Tortora |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 416 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rosario Rinaldo |
| Running time | 5 mins |
| Production company | Magnolia Fiction |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai 2 |
| Original release | 5 April 2007 |
Piloti (Pilots) is an Italian sitcom, produced by Magnolia TV and aired on Rai 2 for three seasons starting in spring 2007.
The programme consists of five-minute unedited "sketch-com" episodes, three of which were broadcast every evening, five days a week.[1][2] The first season began on 5 April 2007 and included 150 episodes;[1][3] the second season began on 15 November 2008 and included 86 episodes;[4] the third season of 180 episodes began on 20 April 2009.[2]
The setting is a budget airline, Piccione Airlines, where Enrico Gasparini (Enrico Bertolino) and Max Conti (Max Tortora) are pilots; many episodes take place in a cockpit.[5] Some characters, including the company head (Gianni Quillico) and Gasparini's wife (Carla Chiarelli) are unseen, heard on the crew's mobile phones or on aircraft communications.[1]
Gasparini and Conti first explored the budget airline setting in a 2003 RAI comedy, Bulldozer.[3][6]
Pamela Prati guest starred in Series 3 as the wife of an important politician.[2]
Piloti won a 2008 Rose d'Or award in the sitcom category.[7]