1983 in Italian television

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This is a list of Italian television related events from 1983.

Debuts

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Variety

• Al Paradise (3 seasons) – directed by Antonello Falqui, with Oreste Lionello. An old-fashioned variety show that gets, that is successful in ratings.
• Ci pensiamo lunedì (We’ll think about it on Monday) – by Romolo Siena, with Renzo Montagnani (who, for the show, creates the character of the hot tempered priest Don Fumino) and Alida Chelli; 2 seasons.

Fininvest

Variety

• OK il prezzo è giusto! – game show, Italian Version of The price is right, hosted by Gigi Sabani, Iva Zanicchi and others; 21 seasons.
• ZigZag - early evening quiz, hosted by Raimondo Vianello ; 3 seasons.

Shows of the year

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Drama

• Flipper – by Andrea Barzini, with Andrea Mingardi, Chrisitan De Sica and (introducing) Margherita Buy,in 2 episodes; the misadventures of a wannabe rock star against the backdrop of an Emilian small-town.

Serial

• Delitto e castigo (Crime and punishment) by Mario Missiroli, script by Tullio Kezich, with Mattia Sbragia; 5 episodes. The serial is wholly shot in studio, to get the claustrophobic atmosphere of the Dostoevskij’s novel.
• Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (That awful mess on Via Merulana) – by Piero Schivazappa, from the Carlo Emilio Gadda’s novel, with Flavio Bucci; 4 episodes.
• Fontamara (extended version for the television) by Carlo Lizzani, with Michele Placido and Ida Di Benedetto; 4 episodes.

Variety

• Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! (Troisi is dead, hail for Troisi) – by Massimo Troisi, with Roberto Benigni and Lello Arena; mockumentary where the Neapolitan actor stages his death, his burials and the hypocritical comments of his colleagues.