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Passato e Presente

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.

Oct 10, 20177 seasons663 episodesReturning SeriesIT

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Paolo Mieli

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Seasons

Season 1

144 episodes

Premiered Oct 10, 2017

Season 2

130 episodes

Premiered Oct 29, 2018

Season 3

115 episodes

Premiered Nov 11, 2019

Season 4

104 episodes

Premiered Nov 16, 2020

Le storie di Passato e Presente

40 episodes

Premiered Oct 11, 2021

Season 6

75 episodes

Premiered Dec 9, 2021

Season 7

55 episodes

Premiered Dec 5, 2022

Episodes

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Ep 1

The Defeat of the Dardanelles

Oct 10, 2017

40m

Episode dedicated to the Gallipoli campaign, that took place during World War I.

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Ep 2

Nicolaj II, the Last Tsar

Oct 11, 2017

40m

Episode dedicated to the life and death of Nicolaj II, the last Tsar of Russia: from his initial attempts at solving the needs of the people, passing through the tragic choice to join WWI, up to his arrest and execution, together with his family, by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

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Ep 3

The Trains of the Sun: Italy's Internal Migration in the 1950s

Oct 12, 2017

40m

Episode dedicated to the phenomenon of Italy's internal migration, from Southern Italy to the North that took place during 1950s and 1960s, recounting the reasons behind and the effects this phenomenon had on Italian society.

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Ep 4

Duce and America

Oct 13, 2017

40m

Episode dedicated to the relations between Fascist Italy and the United States: from the initial harmony between the American democracy and the dictatorial regime, passing through the 1936 Italo-Ethiopian War and the approach to Nazi Germany, until 1940 (the date on which Italy enters World War II alongside the Axis).

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Ep 5

Charlemagne

Oct 16, 2017

40m

Episode dedicated to Charlemagne, historical leader and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: from his rise to power to the relations with the Arab and Byzantine world, passing through the creation of what became the core of modern Europe.

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Ep 6

Caporetto: Before the Battle

Oct 17, 2017

40m

First of three episodes dedicated to the centenary of the Battle of Caporetto (1917): an analysis of how Italy and Austria-Hungary approach the clash, from the internal to the military situation on the field, passing through the reconstruction of the 1917 war events.

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