1995 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1995.

Events

23 February. During the Sanremo Festival, the unemployed Pino Pagano threatens, on air, to jump from a dais of the Ariston theatre. The presenter Pippo Baudo eventually manages to get him down, among the applauses of the public. Later, Pagano will admit to have staged the suicide, hoping to get some notoriety. The contest is won by Giorgia, with Come saprei.

Debuts

Rai

Variety

Carramba che sorpresa! – with Raffaella Carrà; 8 seasons. An Italian version of the British Surprise, surprise, Carramba che sorpresa! is a mix of variety and reality show, with ordinary people who are surprised by meetings with lost relatives or their favorite celebrities. The success of the show has led to the coinage of the Italian word “carrambata”, meaning an unexpected encounter.

Serial

Pazza famiglia – with Enrico Montesano, Alessandra Casella and Paolo Panelli; 2 seasons. The family troubles of an aged architect, forced to face his second divorce, are told in humorous key.

News and educational

Le Alpi di Messner – by Carlo Alberto Pinelli; 2 seasons.

Fininvest

Variety

Colpo di fulmine – reality show, hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi, Michelle Hunziker and Walter Nudo, Italian version of the American Street match; four seasons. The host tries to match a boy and a girl chosen by chance in the streets of a town.

International

3 July - // The Busy World of Richard Scarry
1 October - Skeleton Warriors
10 October - Gravedale High
24 December - Noddy's Toyland Adventures
/ Fievel's American Tails
/ Eek! The Cat
''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''

Television shows

RAI

Drama

Moses – by Roger Young, with Ben Kingsley in the title role, Frank Langella and Christopher Lee ; fifth chapter of the LuX Vide's Bible project.
La rossa del Roxy Bar – comedy with Tullio Solenghi and Anna Marchesini ; 2 episodes. Two bored spouses become, under fake identities, lovers of each other.

Miniseries

La piovra 7 – Indagine sulla morte del commisario Cattani – by Luigi Perelli, with Raoul Bova, Patricia Millardet and Ennio Fantastichini, 6 episodes.Voci notturne – esoteric thrillerset in Rome; by Fabrizio Laurenti, written by Pupi Avati, with Massimo Bonetti, Lorenzo Falherty and Jason Robards III; 6 episodes. The series attempts to emulate the Il segno del comando's formula, but gets low ratings when it’s aired; only later, it becomes a cult object for the amateurs of the genre.

Fininvest

Variety

Generazione X – talk show about the problems of the youth, hosted by Ambra Angiolini, who here gives up the frivolous image of her beginning.

''Re per una notte''