Rai 1


Rai 1 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including TG1 news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events.
It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5.
In Europe, it is available in free-to-air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B. Since Sky Italia receives the signal directly from its satellite, the Rai channels are subject to content restrictions, as the same satellite signal is used to cover all of Europe. In September 2020, the Rai and Mediaset channels on Sky started airing commercials for Tivùsat during encrypted programming.
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History

Early years

The first television channel receivable in Italy started its experimental broadcasts in 1934. After the interruption caused by the Second World War, it was reinstated in 1949 from Triennale di Milano and for its presentation, Corrado Mantoni was selected, already noted for his radio work and especially for the announcement of the end of the conflict. Its regular broadcasts started at 11am on Sunday, January 3, 1954. Initially, the channel had no official name, because it was directly identified as Rai TV, which was the name of the company.
The first set of programming for Rai 1 was almost completely educational with no advertising, except for the popular Carosello. Early shows were meant to teach a common language to a country torn apart by World War II. Shows like Non è mai troppo tardi... were simply shot in a classroom setting and meant to help with reconstruction. While televisions were not widely available nor affordable, those who could spend the money on them became community leaders and often invited the neighbourhood to visit. Bars and cafés turned from places where men would meet to argue or play cards into miniature cinemas where arguments over what show to watch would break out. Women and children were also more accepted inside the bars due to the lack of men post-war and their need to enter working society. Churches also bought televisions are a means of drawing people to spend time as part of those communities.
The Sanremo Music Festival, until then broadcast exclusively on radio, began television broadcasts in 1955, and since 1956, it carried the Eurovision Song Contest, which was derived from Sanremo.

1960s

In the 1960s, with the advent of the economic boom, television, up until then a luxury item, turned into a mass object. On 4 November 1961, Rai launched its second network while the existing Rai channel was renamed Programma Nazionale.

Rai reforms

The Rai reforms of 1975 introduced new norms related to the television reform: among other things, control of the public service passed from the Government to Parliament, cable broadcasts were regulated and each channel was assigned its own management. Telegiornale, which until then was a single unit that produced bulletins for both networks, was divided into two different newspapers: TG1 for the first channel and TG2 for the second. The first news programs under the new names were broadcast starting from 15 March 1976. On 5 April 1976, the National Program took on the name Rete 1.
The reform also provided for the establishment of the role of network director, guarantor figure for the contents broadcast by the channel, as well as that of the news director; the first directors of Rete 1 and TG1 were respectively Mimmo Scarano and Emilio Rossi, both Christian Democrats, appointed on 2 December 1975.
In 1977, the Carosello strand ended after a 20-year run; in the same year, Rai, after six years of trying, started producing its own programs in color, giving birth to the Italian neotelevisione period.

1980s

After losing its television monopoly at a local scale in the previous decades, Rai lost it at a national scale; in 1980 the broadcasts of Canale 5 began, and in 1982, those of the Italia 1 and Rete 4 began.
Shortly after the launch of Rete 4, the three public channels changed names: on 2 October 1983, the three channels removed the word "Rete", replacing it with the current "Rai". In the same year, the logos for the three networks were created: Rai 1 was represented by a blue sphere. The name change occurred to prevent Rete 4 from being mistaken for a RAI channel.
By early 1988, some 14 million viewers watched TG1, with the vast majority of which remaining with the channel after the main edition ended.

2000s

In 2002, Fabrizio Del Noce, akin to Forza Italia, became the channel's director.

High-definition feed

The channel launched an HDTV 1080i simulcast in September 2013, available nationwide on subscription-television providers and on DTT. Previously, HD programmes used to be aired on Rai HD.

Broadcast in outside Italy

In Slovenia, France, Greece, Austria, Lebanon, Hungary, Switzerland, Croatia, Lithuania, San Marino and Vatican City. The channel is also available to watch on satellite via Hellas Sat 4.
The channel used to be carried terrestrially in northern Tunisia. The secular audience in its catchment area preferred it to Tunisia's two channels, which were religiously charged at the time. It was also included on the legal Israeli cable networks when they started in 1989.
The three main Rai channels distributed over satellite are subject to content restrictions. This issue was criticized by Eurodeputee Gianni Pittella in September 2005, especially following its acquisition of the rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, claiming that the Italian diaspora in Europe was penalized for the blocking.

Directors of Rai 1

From June 2022, as part of a management reorganization of Rai, network management has been abolished in favour of gender ones.

Current programmes

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Game shows

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News and information

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Editing

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Entertainment

Documentaries and culture

Quark Atlante, SuperQuark Saturday afternoon spin-off, focusing on wilderness and adventureLinea Verde, focusing on wilderness, agriculture and rural cooking, hosted by Patrizio Roversi and Daniela FerollaOverland World Truck Expedition, adventure and documentary expeditionsRewind – Visioni private, focusing on TV historyMagazzini Einstein, focusing on arts and culture

TV series

Il Commissario Montalbano, with Luca Zingaretti, produced in HD since Season 9Il giovane Montalbano, with Michele Riondino and Alessio Vassallo, produced in HDDon Matteo, with Terence Hill, Nino Frassica and Natalie Guetta, produced in HD since Season 7Un passo dal cielo, with Terence Hill, produced in HDFuoriclasse, with Luciana Littizzetto, produced in HDChe Dio ci aiuti, with Elena Sofia Ricci, produced in HDDer letzte Bulle, with Henning Baum and, produced in HDProvaci ancora prof, with Veronica Pivetti and Enzo Decaro, produced in HD since Season 5Questo nostro amore, historical drama with Anna Valle and Neri Marcorè, produced in HDUm Himmels Willen, with Fritz Wepper, produced in HD since Season 8Un medico in famiglia, with Lino Banfi, Giulio Scarpati and Margot Sikabonyi, produced in HD since Season 6Una pallottola nel cuore, with Gigi Proietti, produced in HD

Sports

Kids

Past programmes

Events

  • Safety Love
  • La grande Opera Italiana patrimonio dell'umanità

Documentaries

La nostra Raffaella, documentary on Raffaella CarràPerché Sanremo è Sanremo?
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Films

Un amore in Cornovaglia

Early programmes

Until the autumn 1976/77 season, regular broadcasting was in monochrome, with very few exceptions. Regular colour broadcasting began during the winter 1976/77 season.Un due tre... aka 1, 2, 3, satire/variety show starring Raimondo Vianello e Ugo Tognazzi. Considered one of the most influential shows in Italian television history, it was discontinued in 1959 after the duo performed an ironic sketch about then-president of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi.Lascia o raddoppia, a one-hour-long game show hosted by Mike Bongiorno.Primo applauso, early talent show hosted by Enzo Tortora and Silvana Pampanini. The clap-o-metre was introduced to Italian television during this programme. Magician Silvan and singer Adriano Celentano debuted in Primo Applauso.Telematch, variety/game show hosted by Enzo Tortora and Silvio Noto.La macchina per vivere, health care/educational programme about the human body.Il Musichiere, a one-hour-long Italian version of Name That Tune, hosted by Mario Riva until his death.Campanile Sera, a one-hour-long game show, hosted by Enzo Tortora, Mike Bongiorno and Enza Sampò. One of the various games on the show, "il gioco dei prezzi", was an early Italian incarnation of The Price Is Right franchise.Studio Uno, Saturday night variety show, hosted mainly by Mina.L'amico del giaguaro, Saturday night comedy/variety show, hosted by Corrado and starring Gino Bramieri, Marisa Del Frate and Raffaele Pisu. Broadcast during 1961, 1962 and 1964 summer seasons, at 9:00 PM.Giocagiò, daytime half-hour-long Italian version of the BBC children's show Play School L'Odissea, eight one hour episodes of a screenplay of Homer's Odyssey, directed by Franco Rossi and starring Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus and Irene Papas as Penelope. This Italian-German-French-Yugoslavian co-production was broadcast for the first time in Italy from 24 March 1968, on Sunday night, at 9:05 PM. In colour, but the programme was shown in black and white in Italy the first time it was aired.Eneide, seven one hour episodes of a screenplay of Virgil's Aeneid, directed by Franco Rossi and starring Giulio Brogi and Olga Karlatos. This Italian-German-French co-production was broadcast for the first time in Italy from 19 December 1971, on Sundays, at 9:00 PM and in Germany from 5 November 1972. In colour.Le avventure di Pinocchio, five one hour episodes of a screenplay of Collodi's children novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Vittorio De Sica and child actor Andrea Balestri in the main role of Pinocchio. This very successful French-German-Italian coproduction aired for the first time in Italy on Saturday night from 8 April 1972, at 9:00 PM. The French version is about 40 minutes longer and is divided into 6 episodes. In colour.Fatti e fattacci, variety show, hosted by Gigi Proietti and Ornella Vanoni, directed by Antonello Falqui. In colour.Dov'è Anna, drama/giallo miniseries in seven episodes, starring Scilla Gabel and Mariano Rigillo, broadcast on Tuesday, from 13 January 1976, at 8:45 PM.Albert e l'Uomo Nero, drama/giallo miniseries in three episodes, starring Nando Gazzolo, Franco Graziosi and then kid Claudio Cinquepalmi in the title role of Albert. Avant-garde soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi. It was perhaps the last successful Italian black and white drama series, aired on 21 March, 23 March and 28 March nights at 8:45 PM.Bontà loro, one-hour-long late night talk show hosted by Maurizio Costanzo, is considered by some critics to be the first modern talk show on Italian television. In colour from 1977.Non Stop, one-hour-long comedy consisting of a collage of sketches performed by young and unknown comedians – among these, future theatrical actor and director Carlo Verdone and actors Massimo Troisi and Lello Arena. Broadcast for two seasons, on Thursday night, at 8:40 PM.

Monthly share

Auditel data related to the average monthly day on the target of viewers over the age of 4.
Since May 2022, the ratings evaluation criteria have changed.
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear average
201219,22%21,10%19,32%18,31%18,36%19,09%15,84%14,47%17,08%17,99%18,83%18,07%18,09%
201318,59%20,89%19,38%18,47%18,26%16,48%15,98%15,91%16,51%17,22%17,86%16,64%17,81%
201417,58%18,84%17,52%16,83%16,26%17,94%16,63%15,30%16,84%17,95%18,11%17,54%17,35%
201517,33%19,70%16,86%16,84%16,57%15,54%15,34%15,61%16,89%17,50%17,30%17,11%16,96%
201617,60%20,01%17,72%17,31%16,59%17,94%14,97%13,45%15,49%15,85%15,79%15,65%16,63%
201717,19%19,26%17,30%16,95%16,54%15,99%14,99%15,20%16,25%15,90%16,68%16,55%16,64%
201817,22%19,86%17,05%17,09%16,51%14,38%14,59%16,20%17,23%16,36%16,41%16,47%16,70%
201916,86%19,64%16,58%16,60%16,29%15,44%14,31%14,05%15,65%16,20%16,41%16,19%16,28%
202017,12%20,56%16,94%15,76%15,69%15,85%14,55%14,80%15,50%16,55%16,78%16,27%16,36%
202116,41%16,57%19,10%15,76%16,96%18,77%17,05%14,55%16,31%17,15%17,52%17,20%17,13%
202217,32%21,20%17,42%16,69%18,63%17,08%15,89%16,09%18,56%19,01%19,08%20,15%18,18%
202319,34%23,52%18,76%17,90%18,21%16,93%15,98%15,83%17,10%18,48%18,22%17,76%18,28%
202418,55%23,46%19,08%18,34%17,60%18,09%15,83%14,01%17,25%18,01%18,19%18,60%18,19%
202519,42%23,93%19,55%18,93%18,60%17,16%