Piloti (TV series)

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Piloti
Genre Sitcom
Directed byCeleste Laudisio
StarringEnrico Bertolino
Max Tortora
Country of originItaly
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes459
Production
ProducerRosario Rinaldo
Running time5 mins
Production companyMagnolia Fiction
Original release
Network Rai 2
ReleaseApril 5, 2007 (2007-04-05) –
December 21, 2011 (2011-12-21)

Piloti is an Italian sitcom, produced by Magnolia TV and aired on Rai 2 for three seasons starting in spring 2007 and ending in fall 2011.

Contents

Format and situation

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 ended on 27 September and included 150 episodes; [1] [3] the second season began on 15 November 2008 and ended on 10 August and included 216 episodes; [4] the third season of 43 episodes began on 30 March 2011 and ended on 21 December. [2] Among the three seasons, there are also about 100 unaired episodes. [5]

The setting is a budget airline, Piccione Airlines, where Enrico Gasparini (Enrico Bertolino  [ it ]) and Max Conti (Max Tortora) are pilots; many episodes take place in a cockpit. [6] 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] [7]

Cast

Pamela Prati guest starred in Series 3 as the wife of an important politician. [2]

Awards

Piloti won a 2008 Rose d'Or award in the sitcom category. [8]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nexta (10 April 2007). "Sitcom. Enrico Bertolino e Max Tortora diventano 'piloti'". Film.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sceneggiati e Fiction 2009 - 2010 -" (in Italian). 8 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 Sere (3 April 2007). "Piloti – una sitcom per Rai Due". Televisionando (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sceneggiati e Fiction 2008 - 2009 -" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ↑ NIENTE DI PERSONALE 12/04/2011 - L'intervista doppia a Bertolino e Tortora , retrieved 2023-07-18
  6. ↑ Davide Maggio (19 February 2007). "PILOTI, la nuova sitcom della RAI". Davide Maggio.it (in Italian). NanoPress. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "I programmi di Rai Premium: Piloti" (in Italian). RAI . Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sketch-Comedy: Piloti" (in Italian). Cross Productions. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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