TOAlberto Angela and Christmasan unmissable appointment. Tonight at 9.30pm on Rai 1 and RaiPlay broadcasts one of its specials around the world: the stage of this year it is Tonight to... And Turinthe city where he was father Piero was born in 1928. Lo special will be broadcast in 4K Ultra HD.
Alberto Angela Tonight in Turin tonight 25 December on Rai 1 and RaiPlay: time, previews, guests
Capital of Piedmont, Turin is the absolute protagonist of the Rai 1 evening starting at 9.30pm. Among the streets of the city, Alberto Angela will “ferry” the viewers in a journey to symbolic places. From the Royal Palace of Venaria to the Egyptian Museum up to Piazza San Carlo with the buildings that have marked the political and cultural history of the country.
Also stop at the longest portico in Europe – 18 kilometres, of which 13 are continuous –, the halls of Royal Museums (with the Chapel of Shroud and the famous self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci), the Cinema Museum and the Rai Centre of via Verdi where high definition was invented and which today houses an interesting Museum of Radio and Television. To conclude this night of “wonders”, the Christmas greeting of the Teatro Regio Choir.
During the evening, also a visit to the Museum of Antiquities with the oldest perfume in the worldpreserved in a long-tailed blown glass dove, e also a visit to the Inalpi Arena where the ATP Finals are played of tennis. Among the curiosities insteadAlberto Angela will tell you that Turin is the home of the breadstick, invented in the seventeenth century by the court baker because King Vittorio Amedeo had digestive difficulties.
Alberto Angela in “Tonight in Turin”. (Photo by Barbara Ledda)
From Alessandro Del Piero to Luciana Littizzetto
As always, many encounters punctuate the specials of the program. It starts with Alessandro Del Piero, former Juventus champion, which will retrace the fundamental stages of his life and his sporting career in the city that welcomed him from a very young age. The comedian Luciana Littizzetto, instead, a Turin native, will accompany Alberto Angela to discover traditions, curiosity and authentic values.
Giancarlo Giannini, now a permanent presence in the format, is unmissablewho will play the role of Fred Buscaglione to whom Francesco Gabbani will dedicate a musical tribute in the Stupinigi hunting lodge. Together with the scientific communicator also Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum that he will tell what the ancient Egyptians gave themselves for the new year. That is, water, but kept in a very elegant bottle.
Alberto Angela and his relationship with Turin
In an interview withHANDLEthe popularizer saida few days ago, the very close bond which it has with the Piedmontese capital. «My parents are from Turin, my grandparents were from Turin, the Rai headquarters is now also dedicated to my fatherwith the large mural in via Verdi”.
Alberto Angela he then continued: «Shooting there was a great emotion, I found the settings of my childhood, my grandparents’ housethe cinema where they took me as a child with my sister. Turin pampers me, talks to me about my pastI rediscover it together with the viewers.”
Currently in bookstores with the best-seller Caesar – The conquest of eternitydedicated to the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, Alberto Angela will be back on TV soon, as he always revealed in the interview. «We are already working on the new season of Ulysses where we will travel between East and West.”