2014 in Italian television

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This is a list of Italian television related events from 2014.

Events

• 26 May – Micro Petrilli wins the thirteenth season of Grande Fratello .
• 5 June – Cristina Scuccia, a Catholic nun whose blind audition became an international viral hit on YouTube, wins the second season of The Voice of Italy .
• 6 December – Racewalker Giusy Versace and her partner Raimondo Todaro win the tenth season of Ballando con le stelle.
• 11 December – Lorenzo Fragola wins the eighth season of X Factor .

Debuts

Serials

• Purché finisca bene ("As long as it ends well") – by Fabrizio Costa and others; 4 seasons. It is a cycle of comedies, without recurring actors or characters, inspired by optimism and good feelings, also when treating serious matters, as the economic crisis. ^[1]
• Braccialetti rossi ("Red bracelets") – by Giacomo Campiotti, with Carmine Buschini and Aurora Ruffino, Italian version of the Spanish Polseres vermelles; 3 seasons. ^[2]
• Una pallottola nel cuore ("A bullet in the heart") – by Luca Manfredi, with Gigi Proietti and Francesca Inaudi; 3 seasons. Proietti is Bruno Palmieri, a crime reporter, active and brave also if, after an attempted murder, he lives with a bullet in the chest. ^[3]

Television shows

Drama

• Beauty and the beast, by Fabrizio Costa, with Bianca Suarez and Alessandro Preziosi, from the homonymous fable; 2 episodes.

Biopic

• Per amore del mio popolo ("For my people's love") – biopic by Antonio Frazzi, with Alessandro Preziosi as don Giuseppe Diana; 2 episodes. ^[4]
• Qualunque cosa succeda – ("Whenever it happens") – biopic by Albeto Negrin, with Pierfrancesco Favino as Giorgio Ambrosoli. ^[5]
• Mister Ignis, l'operaio che fondò un impero ("Mister Ignis, the laborer who founded an empire") – biopic by Luciano Manuzzi, with Lorenzo Flaherty as the domestic appliance tycoon Giovanni Borghi; 2 episodes.
• La strada dritta ("The straight road") by Carmine Elia, with Ennio Fantastichini as Giuseppe Cova (the engineer who designed the Sun Motorway) and Anita Caprioli; 2 episodes.

Miniseries

• Un'altra vita ("Another life") – by Cinzia TH Torrini, with Vanessa Incontrada and Daniele Lotti; 6 episodes. An upper class woman, whose existence has been upset by her husband's arrest, tries to rebuild a life as medical officer in Ponza. ^[6]
• Orfani ("Orphans") – cartoon by Armando Traverso, from the Roberto Recchioni and Emiliano Mammucari's comics; 10 episodes. In an apocalyptic future, a commando of children fights against the aliens invaders. ^[7]

Serials

• Impazienti ("The impatient ones") – sit-com by Celeste Laudisio, with Enrico Bertolino and Max Tortora. Two crocks, for an insurance scam, are forced to a long cohabitation in an hospital, even though they can't stand each other. ^[8]
• Il candidato – Zucca presidente ("The candidate – Zucca for president"), sit-com by Ludovico Bassegato, with Filippo Timi, Lunetta Savino and Bebo Storti; 2 seasons. Italian version of the French Hènaut prèsident, it's the story of a postman become politician, honest but absolutely incompetent, and handled by his cynical staff. ^[9]

News and educationals.

• Alla scoperta del Vaticano ("Discovering the Vatican City") – by Alberto Angela; 6 episodes. ^[10]

2000s

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)
• Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)
• X Factor (2008–present)

2010s

• Italia's Got Talent (2010–present)
• The Voice of Italy (2013–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
LaC TV	Cable and satellite	Unknown
Fine Living	Cable and satellite	26 March
Sky Atlantic	Cable and satellite	9 April
Fox Animation	Cable and satellite	1 November
Fox Comedy	Cable and satellite	1 November

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes	Source
Fox Retro	Cable and satellite	31 December

See also

• 2014 in Italy
• List of Italian films of 2014

References

1. "Purché finisca bene". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
2. "Braccialetti rossi". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
3. "Una pallottola nel cuore". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
4. "Per amore del mio popolo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
5. "Qualunque cosa succeda". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
6. "Un'altra vita - Episodi - Stagione 1". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
7. "rai-consumer » Orfani" . Retrieved 2021-04-14.
8. "Impazienti - Extra". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
9. "Il candidato". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
10. "rai-consumer » Alla scoperta del Vaticano – Un viaggio esclusivo dentro le mura con Alberto Angela" . Retrieved 2021-04-14.