episodes
- 1. The Defeat of the Dardanelles Episode dedicated to the Gallipoli campaign, that took place during World War I.
- 2. Nicolaj II, the Last Tsar Episode dedicated to the life and death of Nicolaj II, the last Tsar of Russia: from his initial attempts at solving the needs of the people, passing through the tragic choice to join WWI, up to his a...
- 3. The Trains of the Sun: Italy's Internal Migration in the 1950s Episode dedicated to the phenomenon of Italy's internal migration, from Southern Italy to the North that took place during 1950s and 1960s, recounting the reasons behind and the effects this phenomeno...
- 4. Duce and America Episode dedicated to the relations between Fascist Italy and the United States: from the initial harmony between the American democracy and the dictatorial regime, passing through the 1936 Italo-Ethio...
- 5. Charlemagne Episode dedicated to Charlemagne, historical leader and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: from his rise to power to the relations with the Arab and Byzantine world, passing through the creation...
- 6. Caporetto: Before the Battle First of three episodes dedicated to the centenary of the Battle of Caporetto (1917): an analysis of how Italy and Austria-Hungary approach the clash, from the internal to the military situation on th...
- 7. Battle Name: Lenin Episode dedicated to Vladimir Ilic Uljanov, better known as Lenin: from his exile in Switzerland and his return home (which took place with the help of Germany), passing through the failure of the fir...
- 8. Italian Prisoners of the Allies Episode dedicated to the vicissitudes of Italian soldiers who were taken prisoner during World War II: the living conditions of prisoners before and after Italy's surrender, the relationship with the...
- 9. Discord's Final: 1976 Davis Cup in Chile Episode dedicated to the 1976 Davis Cup final, played in Santiago between Chile and Italy: from the tight debate on whether or not to boycott the final, in protest against the newborn Pinochet regime,...
- 10. Caporetto: the Battle Second of the three episodes dedicated to the centenary of the Battle of Caporetto (1917): a detailed analysis of the clash, resulted in the clamorous defeat of the Italians and in their tragic fall b...
- 11. Tucci, Duce's Explorer Episode dedicated to the figure of Giuseppe Tucci, a scholar of the East, a great connoisseur of languages and civilizations such as Indian, Tibetan or Nepalese, but also an indomitable explorer of re...
- 12. Anne Frank, a Denied Memory Episode dedicated to the figure of Anne Frank, a young Dutch Jew who went down in history thanks to her diaries, in which she tells her life as a teenager before and during the Nazi occupation of the...
- 13. Trotsky, the Impossible Revolution Episode dedicated to Lev Davidovic Bronstein, better known as Trotsky: refined intellectual and theoretician of permanent revolution, father of the October Revolution, hated, fought, deported, exiled...
- 14. Charles VIII in Italy Episode dedicated to the Charles VIII's 1495 military campaign in Italy: from the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples to the coalition of the major and minor Italian states (helped by Ferdinand II of Ar...
- 15. Martin Luther, the Rebel Episode dedicated to Martin Luther, "father" of the Protestant Reformation: from his initial studies in Germany to his growing opposition to the practice of indulgences and to the Vatican's practices...
- 16. Caporetto's Refugees Last of the three episodes dedicated to the centenary of the Battle of Caporetto (1917): an analysis of the massive and disorganized exodus of the Italian population, after the German-Austro-Hungarian...
- 17. Stalin, the Age of Terror Episode dedicated to Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Stalin, that went down to history as one of the bloodiest dictators of the 20th century: from his youth in the seminary, passing...
- 18. The Fascist Woman Episode dedicated to women under Fascism: a status poised between dictatorship's attempt to force them to stay at home and be prolific mothers (discouraging their employment as much as possible) and t...
- 19. Lawrence of Arabia, Prince of the Desert Episode dedicated to Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as "Lawrence of Arabia": history and myth of the British colonel, secret agent and principal architect of the Arab revolt against Ottoman domi...
- 20. Memoirs of Deportation Episode dedicated to the reconstruction of the deportations of Jews and other prisoners during World War II: the stages through which the memory in Italy of these events was formed, starting from the...
- 21. Dunkirk: "Operation Dynamo" Episode dedicated to the so-called "Operation Dynamo", the gigantic evacuation operation of Anglo-French troops from Dunkirk beach in the early months of World War II.
- 22. Pitigrilli, Writer and Spy Episode dedicated to Dino Segre, also known as "Pitigrilli": one of Turin's most read writers who, in 1930s, became a spy for OVRA (the Fascist regime's political police), although he himself often ha...
- 23. The Assembly Line Episode dedicated to the assembly line, the innovation in the industrial production by Frederick Taylor, at the base of the incredible productivity growth of nowadays "consumer society", but also of t...
- 24. Lyndon B. Johnson Episode dedicated to Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States: from his first political experiences, passing through the election as senator and the vice-presidency under Kennedy, until...
- 25. Nikita Khrushchev Episode dedicated to Nikita Khrushchev, Secretary of the CPSU and successor of Stalin to the leadership of the USSR: from the denunciation of Stalinism, passing through the suppression of the Hungaria...
- 26. Giorgio La Pira, Politics and Utopia Episode dedicated to Giorgio La Pira, politician of the Italian Republican Party and historic mayor of Florence: an important and original figure, who strove in the (somewhat utopian) attempt to contr...
- 27. Ernest Hemingway Episode dedicated to Ernest Hemingway, one of the most important writers of the 20th century, who committed suicide at the age of 62. On the front of World War I, of the Spanish Civil War (on the side...
- 28. Elizabeth and Philip Episode dedicated to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her prince consort Philip of Edinburgh: from their marriage in 1947, for which Philip renounced the succession to the thrones of Greece and...
- 29. The Inquisition and the Cathars' heresy Episode dedicated to the Cathars and the Inquisition, a special institution created by the Catholic Church to repress and counter the heretical movements that, from 12th century on, spread throughout...
- 30. Italian Military Internees: Voices from Captivity Episode dedicated to the "Italian Military Internees", the Italian soldiers captured by the Germans after September 8, 1943: refusing to continue fighting alongside the Nazi-fascists, they were denied...
- 31. Gaddafi Episode dedicated to Muammar al-Gaddafi: one of the most discussed and controversial Arab leaders in history, for 42 years in command of Libya, starting with the coup d'état of September 1, 1969 (carr...
- 32. Women During Italy's Economic Boom Episode dedicated to the new role of women during Italy's "Economic Boom": the effect of economic well-being and mass consumerism on the behaviours and habits of women, but also of new means of commun...
- 33. Ippolito Nievo, Between Novels and Garibaldi Episode dedicated to Ippolito Nievo, Italian writer and patriot.
- 34. Pope Luciani Episode dedicated to Pope John Paul I, who ruled as a Pontiff for only 33 days, enough to enter the hearts of the faithful, above all for his very informal style and his being far from spotlight; para...
- 35. September 1943: an Army in Disarray Episode dedicated to the Italian WWII armistice on September 8, 1943: from the negotiations started after Allied landing in Sicily, through Operation Alaric (the Nazi occupation of the Italian peninsu...
- 36. The Suez Canal Episode dedicated to the Suez Canal, the pharaonic work that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea: from its construction in the 19th century until 1956, the year in which Egyptian president N...
- 37. The Palazzo D'Accursio Massacre Episode dedicated to one of the most tragic events of Italy's "red biennium" (1919-1920): the Fascist assault on Palazzo D'Accursio in Bologna on November 21, 1920, where Fascist gangs shot and bombed...
- 38. The Holy Grail Episode dedicated to the myth of the Holy Grail, a mythical object endowed with an extraordinary power, and even capable of bestowing immortality to those who possess it: first cited in a Chrétien de...
- 39. Kennedy vs Nixon Episode dedicated to the 1960 US Presidential elections televised debates, contested between the Democratic Irish-American candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the incumbent Republican Vice-president...
- 40. Tina Anselmi, a Life For Democracy Episode dedicated to Tina Anselmi, historical figure of Italy's Christian Democracy: from her early years as a trade unionist, through her efforts as a partisan during World War II and in her party af...
- 41. Cavour's Legacy Episode dedicated to Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and to the lesser-known aspects of his figure: from his work behind the scenes of the Italy's Risorgimento to his death by malaria (June 6, 1861),...
- 42. Giotto and the Discovery of Reality Episode dedicated to Giotto, one of the most famous and revolutionary artists in the history of art, even if his biography is often incomplete: from the fragments we know of his personal history to th...
- 43. Khomeini's Iran Episode dedicated to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the 1979 Islamic Revolution: from his opposition to Shah Reza Pahlavi's regime to the success of his Revolution, up to the 1980 hostage crisis...
- 44. Tambroni and the Street Demonstrations Episode dedicated to Ferdinando Tambroni and his troubled, short-lived Government, that lasted only four months in 1960.
- 45. Evita Perón Episode dedicated to Maria Eva Ibarguren, better known as Evita Perón: illegitimate daughter of the Argentine landowner Juan Duarte, she will experience throughout her life indignation in front of div...
- 46. The Women of Italy's Constituent Assembly Episode dedicated to the 21 women elected to Italy's 1946 Constituent Assembly, four of whom elected in the so-called "Commission of the 75", charged with writing the republican Constitution: formal e...
- 47. The Emigrants and Marcinelle Episode dedicated to Italian emigration to Belgium: from the agreement of June 23, 1946 (with which Italy and Belgium agree on the transfer of 50,000 Italian miners in Belgium, in exchange for 2,500 t...
- 48. James of England and the Gunpowder Plot
- 49. When Lenin Sang with Mussolini
- 50. Dino Grandi, the Man Who Defeated Mussolini
- 51. Tunisia: Roots of the Uprising
- 52. Garibaldi and The Thousand
- 53. Italian Constitution: the Togliatti Case
- 54. Italo Balbo, an Inconvenient Fascist
- 55. The Conquest of the West
- 56. Qin Shi Huang, First Emperor of China
- 57. The 1968 Belice Earthquake
- 58. Emperor Hadrian
- 59. The Night of the Long Knives
- 60. The Battle of El Alamein
- 61. Rosie and the American Women at War
- 62. Arduin, King of Italy
- 63. Paul VI and the Rebel Priests of 1968
- 64. 1938: the Italian Racial Laws
- 65. Jews Escaping From Nazism
- 66. Eichmann, the Extermination Accountant
- 67. The Battle of Actium
- 68. Gandhi, the Great Soul
- 69. Stasi, GDR's Secret Eye
- 70. Alba de Céspedes, the Voice of Clorinda
- 71. The Montesi Affair, a Political Scandal
- 72. Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles
- 73. Edda Ciano, the Duce's Daughter
- 74. Churchill and His King
- 75. The Julian-Dalmatian Tragedy: From Massacres to Exodus
- 76. Piave River Was Murmuring
- 77. Diderot, Raynal and the Slave Trade
- 78. Nenni and Mussolini
- 79. Sadat, New Egypt's Rais
- 80. Giacomo Lercaro, the Deposed Cardinal
- 81. Masaniello and the Revolt of Naples
- 82. The Merlin Act
- 83. The London Blitz
- 84. Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady
- 85. The Ruse of the Trojan Horse
- 86. Saddam Hussein
- 87. The America of Jazz: From New Orleans to the World
- 88. 1968: the Battle of Valle Giulia
- 89. D'Annunzio, the Aesthete of Politics
- 90. Silvio Pellico and His Imprisonment
- 91. Gino Bartali, the National Righteous
- 92. Cinecittà, Hollywood on the Tiber River
- 93. Carla Lonzi and Feminism
- 94. Anita Garibaldi, Heroine of the Italian Risorgimento
- 95. 1527: the Sack of Rome
- 96. Edward and Wallis, a Forbidden Love
- 97. Pope Paul VI
- 98. Housing in Italy's 1960s
- 99. Aldo Moro: the Negotiation
- 100. The Five Days of Milan
- 101. The Balfour Declaration: the Origins of Israel
- 102. The Trial of Giordano Bruno
- 103. Lenin and the Defeat of Socialism in Italy
- 104. The Orthodox Church
- 105. The Holy Sepulchre
- 106. The Spring Festivals
- 107. 1968 in the Eastern Bloc
- 108. Martin Luther King
- 109. The 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis
- 110. Orazio Antinori and Colonial Exploration
- 111. Luigi Giussani, Servant of God
- 112. Workers between 1968 and the "Hot Autumn"
- 113. The Attempted Murder of Togliatti
- 114. The 1948 Italian General Elections
- 115. Roberto Ruffilli, Killed by Red Brigades
- 116. Louis XIV, the Sun King
- 117. Radios of Free Italy
- 118. Pope Benedict XVI
- 119. The Red Scare
- 120. Southern Italy and the Italian Unitary State
- 121. The 1938 Football World Championship
- 122. The Scouts and the Resistance
- 123. The Chernobyl Catastrophe
- 124. The Battle of Stalingrad
- 125. Charles Albert, the Reformer Sovereign
- 126. 1968 in Milan
- 127. 1938: Hitler in Italy
- 128. France's May 68
- 129. Karl Marx: Revolutionary Thinking
- 130. The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- 131. Prague Spring and Dubcek's Socialism
- 132. Killing of Aldo Moro: the Day After
- 133. Pearl Harbour, 1941: Attack to America
- 134. Law 180: the Basaglia Revolution
- 135. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits
- 136. Giovanni Giolitti: the Statesman
- 137. The Church of John Paul II
- 138. Guglielmo Giannini, the Ordinary Man
- 139. Propaganda During the Great War
- 140. Nero, Emperor of Rome
- 141. 194: the Law of Discord
- 142. The 1992 Mafia Bombings
- 143. 1918: the Explosion of a Factory
- 144. 1848 and the Roman Republic