1954 in Italian television

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This is a list of [[Italian television]] related events from 1954.

== Events ==

* 3 January. After a five years experimentation, the speaker Fulvia Colombo announces, from the Milan studios, the official beginning of the TV broadcasting on Italy. This is the schedule of the day:

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|11 AM
|Inaugural ceremony, from the studios of Milan, Turin and Rome, with the three cities’ mayors, the Rome vicar cardinal [[Clemente Micara]], the Minister of Communications [[Modesto Panetti]] and the RAI president [[Cristiano Ridomi]].
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|2.30 PM
|''Arrivi e partenze'' (see below) – the first show of Italian television
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|2.45 PM
|Short film
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|3 PM
|[[L’orchestra delle quindici]] (The 3 PM orchestra): musical show, hosted by [[Febo Conti]]
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|3.30 PM
|Short film
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|3.45 PM
|Sport
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|5.30 PM
|''Le miserie del signor Travet'' ([[His Young Wife|His young wife]]) by [[Mario Soldati]] – the first movie broadcast by Italian television
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|7 PM
|Art documentary about [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Giovanbattista Tiepolo]] (first Italian educational TV show).
|-
|8.45 PM
|News (read by the speaker Riccardo Paladini and fully dedicated to the inaugural ceremony)
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|9,15 PM
|''Teleclub'' – talk-show
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|21,45 PM
|''[[L’osteria della posta]]'' (The mail tavern) – comedy by [[Carlo Goldoni|Carlo Goldoni,]] directed by [[Franco Enriquez|Franco Enriquez,]] with [[Isa Barzizza|Isa Barzizza,]] the first play broadcast by the Italian television
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|22,45 PM
|''[[Settenote]]'' (Seven notes) - musical show.
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|23,15 PM
|[[La domenica sportiva|La Domenica sportiva]] (The sporty  Sunday)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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The TV signal covers the Northern Italy, Rome and the Tyrrhenian side of Central Italy, the transmissions last six hours by day (from 5. 30 to 11.30 PM; from 11 AM to 4 PM and from 5 PM to 11.30 PM the holidays), The TV programming rely on music, plays and movies; the news are strictly institutional and focused on the official ceremonies. The subscribers to the new media are just 90, but a month later are already 24.000.

* 26 January. The first Italian teleplay, [[La Domenica di un fidanzato]] (see below) is aired.
* 29 January. First live broadcast of a football match ([[Italy national football team|Italy]]-[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]], from [[San Siro Stadium]], valid for the [[1954 FIFA World Cup qualification|1954 World Cup qualification).]] The commentators are Carlo Bacarelli, Vittorio Veltroni (father of [[Walter Veltroni|Walter]]) and [[Nicolò Carosio|Nicolò Carosio,]] historical voice of the sport on radio. In June, the [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954 football world]] cup is the first major sport event followed by the Italian television.<ref></ref>
* 28 February. First live broadcast of a current event (the [[Viareggio]] [[carnival]]).
* 10 April. [[RAI]] changes its business name from Radio Audizioni Italiane (Italian Radio Auditions) to Radio Televisione Italiana (Italian Radio Television).
* 6 June. RAI takes part to the [[Eurovision (network)|Eurovision]]’s birth. Immediately after the opening show (the [[Narcissuses Feast]], from [[Montreux]]), the Italian TV broadcasts for the whole Europe a [[Pope Pius XII|Pious XII]].’s speech. It’s the first appearance of a pope on the little screen.<ref></ref>
* 16 November. The first Italian miniseries, [[Doctor Antonio (TV series)|Il dottor Antonio]] (see below) is aired.
* 10 December. The fee for the TV visions is instituted. At the end of the year, the subscribers get the 88.000 unities, prevalently public places, because the high price of fee and TV sets.

== Debuts ==

*''[[Un, due, tre]]'' (One, two, three) – variety, directed by [[Mario Landi|Mario Landi.,]] lasted for six seasons.It’s conceived as a parade of international star, but soon the comic duo [[Ugo Tognazzi]] and [[Raimondo Vianello]] win the audience’s attention and become the focus of the show. Some of their sketches caricaturing other TV shows; as Mario Soldati’s [[Viaggio nella valle del Po alla ricerca di cibi genuini|Travel in the Po valley, looking for genuine foods]] (with Vianello as the writer-gastronome) or the enquiry [[La donna che lavora|The working woman]] (with Tognazzi in woman dress) are very popular today again. After five years of huge critic and public success, the show is roughly suppressed, because a sketch where the duo, using the freedom of the live broadcast, politely mocked the president [[Giovanni Gronchi]].<ref></ref>

== Television shows ==

* [[Arrivi e partenze|''Arrivi e partenze'']] (Arrivals and departures) – magazine of interviews, in ports and airports, to the VIP coming to or leaving Italy. The interviewers are Armando Pizzo and [[Mike Bongiorno]], who so begins his decades-long career of TV showman; the director is [[Antonello Falqui]].
* ''[[Doctor Antonio (TV series)|Il dottor Antonio]]'' ( Doctor Antonio) – in 4 episodes, from the [[Giovanni Ruffini|Giovanni Ruffini’]]<nowiki/>s [[Doctor Antonio (novel)|novel]] about the [[Italian Risorgimento|Italian Risorgimento,]] directed by [[Alberto Casella]], with [[Luciano Alberici|Luciano Alberici.]] It’s the first Italian miniseries; its success, moreover among the female audience, will encourage RAI, in the following years, to carry on the production of period dramas.

=== Drama ===

* [[La domenica di un fidanzato|''La domenica di un fidanzato'']] (A boyfriend’s Sunday) – by [[Ugo Buzzolan|Ugo Buzzolan,]] directed by [[Mario Ferrero]], with [[Giorgio De Lullo]] and [[Bianca Toccafondi|Bianca Toccafondi.]] It’s the first Italian teleplay, now lost. Buzzolan, later, will become the severe and authoritative TV critic of ''[[La Stampa]]''.
* [[The Fan (Goldoni play)|''Il ventaglio'']] (The fan) – by [[Carlo Goldoni|Carlo Goldoni,]] directed by Franco Enriquez and [[Carlo Lodovici]].
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' – by [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], directed by franco Enriquez, with [[Giorgio Albertazzi|Giorgio Albertazzi,]] [[Vira Silenti|Vira Silenti,]]<nowiki/>and [[Leonardo Cortese|Leonardo Cortese.]]

== Ending this year ==

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
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== See also ==

* [[List of Italian films of 1954]]

== References ==




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