1969 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1969.

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Events

• July 20-21. For the Apollo 11 mission, RAI airs a live show lasting 27 hours, involving more than 200 technicians and journalist and with the presence of more than 500 guests (scientists, sportsmen and intellectuals, as Michelangelo Antonioni and Alfonso Gatto). At 22.17 (Italian hour) the anchorman Tito Stagno announces the Moon landing with a minute of advance and is corrected by the correspondent Ruggero Orlando, who follows the event from Houston Space center; the quarrel between the two journalists covers, for the Italian public, the Neil Armstrong’s historical announce: “The eagle is landed.”[1] Despite this accident, the “night of the moon” is for RAI a professional achievement and a huge public success (20 million viewers).[2]

Debuts

News and educational

• AZ: un fatto come e perchè (AZ: a fact, how and why) – news magazine, hosted by Emilio Mastrostefano; 7 seasons.[3]

Television shows

Miniseries

• Atti degli Apostoli (Acts of the Apostles) – by Roberto Rossellini, international coproduction in five episodes.[4]

Variety

• Aiuto, è vacanza! (Help, there are the holidays!) – summer show, directed by Eros Macchi, with Walter Chiari and Isabella Biagini.[5]

References

1. "La diretta – e la svista – della Rai sull'allunaggio". Il Post (in Italian). 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
2. "L'uomo sulla Luna". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
3. "AZ: un fatto come e perché". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
4. "Atti degli apostoli". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
5. "Aiuto, è vacanza!". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-06.