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.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
A beautiful but functional modern distillery near Bassano del Grappa designed by Massimiliano Fucsas, and a look at one of the latest fashion shows in Italy, characterized by the bizarre and geometric.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Fashion shows are not only a way to let the world know about new collections. They also show off the creativity and genius of designers who, in addition to creating new styles in clothing, create the staging and music for their shows.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Silvano Lattanzi, from the Marches region of Italy, makes shoes to be worn by heads of state and celebrities. The shoes are carefully handcrafted and can cost up to five thousand euros a pair.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Monica Bellucci is an Italian fashion model and movie actress who is now a naturalized French citizen. She talks about her career and about what contributed to her being so highly successful.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
The Basilicata region of Italy has, until recently, been overshadowed by the more popular areas of the country, but now, more and more, its very special and unique characteristics have sparked the interest of all sorts of people, from tourists to filmmakers.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo provides the contestants with a set of four dates and they have to link important events to the dates. Carlo spends a fair bit of time making funny sounds.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Rossella, a new contestant, is presented with list of animals and she has to respond whether they're carnivores or herbivores.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Valerio is the new contestant. Carlo provides him with a list of countries and he has to reply whether they're republics or monarchies.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo provides Francesco with the names of tools and Francesco has to supply the name of the profession where the tool is used. Lara gets the same question format, but has to answer whether celebrities are over or under 1.7 meters (about 5'-6").
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo asks Massimiliano to name the stars for a list of films and Francesco, a new contestant, is introduced.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Carlo introduces us to his teacher assistants, and as its Christmastime, they're wearing Santa-inspired costumes. Alessandra and Massimiliano are the two contestants.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're in the final phase of the game. Will Francescopaolo have written the right word?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's one contestant left, but the questions keep on coming.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Famous battles, movie roles, and 60s pop songs are some of the subject that the contestants get quizzed about.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sara, an attractive girl from the province of Perugia, is up next. In the pairing game, she has to determine whether a traditional dish is cooked or raw.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Francescopaolo, the contestant, is presented with a long list of Italian winners of either a Nobel Prize or an Academy Award Oscar, and has to choose which prize they were awarded.
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.
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