On the trail of the Etruscans

S00 E01 • Saturday, Nov 25, 2000 • Nov 25 • 1h 53m

A special recorded on the occasion of the exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice dedicated to one of the most fascinating and mysterious civilizations of the past. An evening to explore the way of living, working and creating of this extraordinary people, thanks also to reconstructions of scenes of daily life specially created with actors: clothes, cuisine, jewellery, beauty care and banquets; a series of services also allows us to delve into many aspects of the life of this people who dominated much of central Italy for almost half a millennium: the techniques for melting iron, the surprising granulation of gold, navigation, the cruelty of certain rites.

Leonardo, the hidden face - Chronicle of an investigation

S00 E02 • Saturday, Feb 28, 2009 • Feb 28 • 1h 27m

Piero Angela will tell us about a discovery he personally made of an authentic drawing by Leonardo in sanguine, never seen before. During the episode the presenter will try to understand who that man drawn with light eyes, long hair, a chin adorned with a light beard and a thoughtful look is, which is hidden between the words of the tenth page of his Flight Code of birds and will reconstruct the ways in which he came to see what no one else before him had seen.

The world of the Riace Bronzes

S00 E03 • Sunday, Feb 9, 2014 • Feb 9 • 53m

The Riace Bronzes in a special episode of Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta. With images shot exclusively by the RAI crews, Alberto Angela guides us to discover the many secrets still to be revealed about the two statues

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: survivors tell their stories

S00 E04 • Sunday, Aug 9, 2015 • Aug 9 • 1h 4m

Among the contents of the special episode of Ulisse there will be the testimonies that Alberto Angela collected in Japan among the survivors of the bombs, 70 years later. We understand the importance of the unique and unrepeatable testimonies of the few survivors.

Waiting for Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery

S00 E05 • Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 • Sep 22 • 30m

Waiting for Ulisse... Spartacus - The rebel slave

S00 E06 • Monday, Apr 3, 2017 • Apr 3 • 5m

Waiting for Ulisse. Tsar - Glory and fall

S00 E07 • Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017 • Apr 4 • 5m

What happens on the set of Ulisse during filming? How do Alberto Angela, the director, the operators, the assistants, the authors and the guests who were interviewed work? We tell it in the preview of "Tsar: glory and fall", the second episode of "Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta"

Waiting for Ulisses... A journey in the name of the rose

S00 E08 • Wednesday, Apr 5, 2017 • Apr 5 • 6m

The third episode of Ulysses, on April 22nd, will follow the thread of the story of one of the most important Italian novels of all time: The Name of the Rose.

Waiting for Ulisse... A journey into the world of the Mona Lisa

S00 E09 • Thursday, Apr 6, 2017 • Apr 6 • 5m

Waiting for Ulisse... A heritage to defend

S00 E10 • Friday, Apr 7, 2017 • Apr 7 • 5m

The last episode is dedicated to the protection of our Cultural Heritage, in particular in the countries of Central Italy tragically affected by the recent earthquake. Let's see the interventions of all those who work to defend our precious historical and artistic heritage.

Waiting for Ulisse 2017

S00 E11 • Thursday, Oct 5, 2017 • Oct 5 • 30m

Waiting for Ulisse 2018

S00 E12 • Thursday, Apr 5, 2018 • Apr 5 • 30m

That night on the Moon

S00 E13 • Saturday, Jul 20, 2019 • Jul 20 • 2h 17m

The emotions of the moon landing will be relived. Piero and Alberto Angela will talk about that historic night at the end of the 1960s and many curiosities about this epochal event.

That night on the Moon (second version of the July 20, 2019 special)

S00 E14 • Saturday, Nov 2, 2019 • Nov 2 • 2h 18m

The emotions of the moon landing will be relived. Piero and Alberto Angela will talk about that historic night at the end of the 1960s and many curiosities about this epochal event.

Shoah special - Journey of no return (second version of the regular episode of October 13, 2018)

S00 E15 • Thursday, Jun 3, 2021 • Jun 3 • 2h 4m

Alberto Angela recounts the long journey of no return of the Jewish women, children and men who on 16 October 1943 were captured in Rome by the SS and taken by train to Auschwitz and other extermination camps.

The Windsor crown

S00 E16 • Wednesday, May 3, 2023 • May 3 • 2h 9m

On the occasion of the coronation of Charles III of the United Kingdom, we retrace the history of the Windsor family and British coronations, the last of which dates back to seventy years ago, when the crown of Saint Edward encircled the head of the young Elizabeth II.

Piero Angela - A lifelong journey

S00 E17 • Thursday, May 25, 2023 • May 25 • 2h 11m

Alberto Angela retraces all the stages of Piero Angela's seventy-year career: a pioneer, a visionary who, always with rationality and scientific rigor, told us about the complexity of the world, the progress of science and technology, but also, prematurely, the consequences of accelerating progress, ethical and environmental problems. An intellectual who knew how to speak to everyone, explaining sometimes very complex things with simple and clear words.

Pompei: una grande scoperta

S00 E18 • Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 • Feb 26 • 17m

In Regio IX of Pompeii a new unexpected discovery: a large fresco, a megalograph with a Dionysian theme. Alberto Angela shows exclusively a sumptuous banquet hall with extraordinary frescoes, witnesses of rites, art and life in the ancient city.

Episode 19

S00 E19 • Monday, Jun 3, 2024 • Jun 3 • 2h 10m

Episode 20

S00 E20 • Monday, Feb 17, 2025 • Feb 17 • 1h 58m

Versailles in a single shot

S00 E21 • Monday, Mar 2, 2026 • Mar 2 • 2h 45m

Alberto Angela hosts an episode filmed in the Palace of Versailles with a single sequence shot: a unique opportunity to admire works of art, monumental halls, and discover the secret passages and most inaccessible areas of the building.