Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This historical footage of the Mille Miglia [thousand miles] car race from Brescia to Rome and back includes a cameo appearance by Ingrid Bergman.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Documentary in three parts, of the famous Italian car race La Mille Miglia (the one thousand miles) with historical shots of some of the greatest drivers in the world and their cars. Fasten your seatbelts for the first part of three.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Diego is very knowledgeable about his collection of women's shoes and handbags, all made in Tuscany, exclusively in genuine leather. He proposes models that are beautifully fashionable, but are at the same time comfortable enough to wear every day.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika take you to a special shoe store that sells only Italian footwear, and only women's shoes.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Francesca and her travelling companion have just gotten a flat tire. Learn the steps for changing a tire along with Francesca.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Naples soccer team is the most popular team in Southern Italy, having won a very high number of games. They have an estimated four million fans worldwide, many of whom come to this shop to buy jerseys.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Learn Italian and how to tango at the same time! Adriano, with the help of his girlfriend, Vladi, a professional dancer, explains the basic steps of this dance, which has its origins in the ghettos of Buenos Aires.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sara reads in a newspaper that there is a ferocious killer fish that is wandering about the city, ready to eat little fish in fish tanks. The family becomes suspicious of Palla, the newly arrived fish, but fortunately the TV news says the story is false.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
That's Italy allows us to discover different aspects of Italian style. This first episode features Basilicata, a region offering places of astonishing beauty that few know and few appreciate.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
As a joke, Captain Russo explains the new safety rules adopted on gondolas beginning in 2011, and she shows what to do in case of an emergency.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy Lucano
Antonio tells us about the two islands off Calabria. The Isola di Dino is the larger of the two and he tells us the legend of how the island was named. Isola della Cirella is the other island.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
Inspector Barreca gets to where the Italo-Australian has been stopped and fiddles with something without being seen. In the locker room of the stadium, Del Vento enjoys his victory shower, a moment he always looks forward to. Then he sets out towards Calabria to visit some relatives.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
We're at a police station, where the printer is acting up and a phone call comes in from a patrol car. We also hear what happens after the soccer game when the president of the Teramo Calcio comes to congratulate the team.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
Fulvio and Fabia take turns reading an extract from the book, Crimine infinito (Infinite Crime). The novel is based on the true story of a soccer player who gets involved in the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organized crime syndicate.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
L'Eredità [Inheritance] is an immensely popular daily quiz show on the RAI [pronounced rye], the Italian public TV and radio network. This episode benefits the Telethon Foundation, which provides funds for research into genetic diseases, and is based on Jerry Lewis's Telethon. To understand the play on words they use at a certain point, see the various meanings of macchina here. Learn more about this Italian game show here.
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