Sandokan with Can Yaman he hit the mark. The first episode of the series won 5.7 million viewers, with a 33.9% share. The return of the pirate, created by the pen of Emilio Salgari, who fights to steal from the rich and free his people from the oppression of the English, has annihilated the competition of the Big Brother (still at 14%).
The first episode ended with Marianna’s kidnapping by Sandokan and with the escape of the pirates from Labuan. This evening, at 9.30pm, meet up Rai 1 with the second episode of the international fiction. Yanez has been injured and Lady Mary will save him. James Brooke is on the trail of the consul’s daughter, willing to pay a large ransom to hug his daughter again. The audience will learn about Sandokan’s past and his relationship with his mother
Sandokan second episode, plot and previews 8 December on Rai 1 and RaiPlay
Sandokan (Can Yaman) and his pirate friends managed to escape from the island of Labuan after a clash with the English consul’s men. Yanez (Alessandro Preziosi) was seriously injured. Lady Mary (Alanah Bloor) and her servant were also forced onto the enemy ship. But it will be Marianna who saves Yanez’s life with an infusion of medical herbs.
The crew’s destination is the antimony mines and the mission is to free the English slaves. However, Captain James Brooke is on their trail (Ed Westwick), determined to bring his beloved Marianna home. Brooke and Sandokan find themselves face to face, saber against pistol.
Thanks to a subterfuge, the pirates manage to escape and leave for Singapore where they will agree on the price that the British consul will have to pay to see his daughter again. Lady Mary refuses to eat. Sandokan’s mother convinces her to return in strength, telling her the story of her son and how he became a pirate..
The past of Yanez and Sandokan. The cast
In the second episode of the series, live Jan Maria Michelini And Nicola Abbatangeloviewers will learn about Sandokan’s past and that of his friend Yanez. Before he became a pirate, they called him “the Barbarian”. Sandokan fought clandestinely. It was the only way to earn some money and help his mother recover from tuberculosis.
The meeting with Yanez will change his life: it really was him to propose that he join his crew of “gentlemen of luck”. At first the idea doesn’t convince him. Then when he realizes that pirates never lack money, he decides to set sail with them. Yanez, on the other hand, was a servant of God. «I lost my faith when I called on God, he didn’t answer me», he reveals to Marianna.
Can Yaman in “Sandokan” (Rai)
Sandokan goes in search of his own identity and origins
Sandokan kidnaps Marianna to get the ransom from the English consul. During tonight’s episode the pirate’s perspective changes completely when he finds out from his mother a secret about his life. The pirate begins a totally different path: now he is in search of his own identity and the people to whom his origins belong.
Sandokan 2025: where it was filmed
The new series of Sandokan it was filmed in Calabria. Our region has been transformed into colonial portsin indigenous villages and in Malaysian landscapes. Lamezia Terme becomes the English colony of Labuan. Punta delle Castella is one of the defensive outposts of the series, while Tropea and Capo Vaticano they have become locations for action scenes and chases.
The troupe was also in France, on the island of Réunion, magically transformed into Borneo, and in Thailand, whose natural backgrounds were integrated into the studio sequences.