Specials

Ulisse - The Pleasure of DiscoverySpecials

2000
21 Episodes

Episodes

On the Trail of the Etruscans
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On the Trail of the Etruscans

A special recorded on the occasion of the exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice dedicated to one of the most fascinating and mysterious civilizations of the past. An evening to explore the way of living, working and creating of this extraordinary people, thanks also to reconstructions of scenes of daily life specially created with actors: clothes, cuisine, jewellery, beauty care and banquets; a series of services also allows us to delve into many aspects of the life of this people who dominated much of central Italy for almost half a millennium: the techniques for melting iron, the surprising granulation of gold, navigation, the cruelty of certain rites.

25 Nov 2000113m
Leonardo, the Hidden Face - Chronicle of an Investigation
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Leonardo, the Hidden Face - Chronicle of an Investigation

Piero Angela will tell us about a discovery he personally made of an authentic drawing by Leonardo in sanguine, never seen before. During the episode the presenter will try to understand who that man drawn with light eyes, long hair, a chin adorned with a light beard and a thoughtful look is, which is hidden between the words of the tenth page of his Flight Code of birds and will reconstruct the ways in which he came to see what no one else before him had seen.

28 Feb 200987m
The World of the Riace Bronzes
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The World of the Riace Bronzes

The Riace Bronzes in a special episode of Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta. With images shot exclusively by the RAI crews, Alberto Angela guides us to discover the many secrets still to be revealed about the two statues

09 Feb 201453m
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Survivors Tell Their Stories
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Survivors Tell Their Stories

Among the contents of the special episode of Ulisse there will be the testimonies that Alberto Angela collected in Japan among the survivors of the bombs, 70 years later. We understand the importance of the unique and unrepeatable testimonies of the few survivors.

09 Aug 201564m
Waiting For Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
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Waiting For Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

22 Sept 201630m
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Waiting For Ulisse... Spartacus - The Rebel Slave

03 Apr 20175m
Waiting For Ulisse. Tsar - Glory and Fall
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Waiting For Ulisse. Tsar - Glory and Fall

What happens on the set of Ulisse during filming? How do Alberto Angela, the director, the operators, the assistants, the authors and the guests who were interviewed work? We tell it in the preview of "Tsar: glory and fall", the second episode of "Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta"

04 Apr 20175m
Waiting For Ulisses... A Journey in the Name of the Rose
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Waiting For Ulisses... A Journey in the Name of the Rose

The third episode of Ulysses, on April 22nd, will follow the thread of the story of one of the most important Italian novels of all time: The Name of the Rose.

05 Apr 20176m
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Waiting For Ulisse... A Journey Into the World of the Mona Lisa

06 Apr 20175m
Waiting For Ulisse... A Heritage to Defend
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Waiting For Ulisse... A Heritage to Defend

The last episode is dedicated to the protection of our Cultural Heritage, in particular in the countries of Central Italy tragically affected by the recent earthquake. Let's see the interventions of all those who work to defend our precious historical and artistic heritage.

07 Apr 20175m
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Waiting For Ulisse 2017

05 Oct 201730m
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Waiting For Ulisse 2018

05 Apr 201830m
That Night on the Moon
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That Night on the Moon

The emotions of the moon landing will be relived. Piero and Alberto Angela will talk about that historic night at the end of the 1960s and many curiosities about this epochal event.

20 Jul 2019137m
That Night on the Moon (Second Version of the July 20, 2019 Special)
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That Night on the Moon (Second Version of the July 20, 2019 Special)

The emotions of the moon landing will be relived. Piero and Alberto Angela will talk about that historic night at the end of the 1960s and many curiosities about this epochal event.

02 Nov 2019138m
Shoah Special - Journey of No Return (Second Version of the Regular Episode of October 13, 2018)
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Shoah Special - Journey of No Return (Second Version of the Regular Episode of October 13, 2018)

Alberto Angela recounts the long journey of no return of the Jewish women, children and men who on 16 October 1943 were captured in Rome by the SS and taken by train to Auschwitz and other extermination camps.

03 Jun 2021124m
The Windsor Crown
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The Windsor Crown

On the occasion of the coronation of Charles III of the United Kingdom, we retrace the history of the Windsor family and British coronations, the last of which dates back to seventy years ago, when the crown of Saint Edward encircled the head of the young Elizabeth II.

03 May 2023129m
Piero Angela - A Lifelong Journey
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Piero Angela - A Lifelong Journey

Alberto Angela retraces all the stages of Piero Angela's seventy-year career: a pioneer, a visionary who, always with rationality and scientific rigor, told us about the complexity of the world, the progress of science and technology, but also, prematurely, the consequences of accelerating progress, ethical and environmental problems. An intellectual who knew how to speak to everyone, explaining sometimes very complex things with simple and clear words.

25 May 2023131m
Pompei: una grande scoperta
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Pompei: una grande scoperta

In Regio IX of Pompeii a new unexpected discovery: a large fresco, a megalograph with a Dionysian theme. Alberto Angela shows exclusively a sumptuous banquet hall with extraordinary frescoes, witnesses of rites, art and life in the ancient city.

26 Feb 202517m
Episode 19
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Episode 19

03 Jun 2024130m
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Episode 20

17 Feb 2025118m
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Versailles in a single shot

Alberto Angela hosts an episode filmed in the Palace of Versailles with a single sequence shot: a unique opportunity to admire works of art, monumental halls, and discover the secret passages and most inaccessible areas of the building.

02 Mar 2026165m