Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery — Season 21
About this season
Alberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A historical, archaeological, informative story, with the presence of some protagonists of the Italian cultural or artistic scene.
Episodes (5)
1. The Seven Wonders of Imperial Rome
Aired 21 April 2021 • 127 min
In this episode Alberto Angela celebrates Rome's Christmas by accompanying viewers on a fascinating journey through the wonders of imperial Rome: the Rome of the Caesars. Starting from the Mausoleum of Augustus - just reopened to the public after a restoration lasting 14 years - we retrace the fundamental stages that characterized the birth and expansion of one of the greatest empires of all time and we discover how and why the city of Rome in that period reached its maximum splendor.
2. Six Queens For Henry VIII
Aired 28 April 2021 • 128 min
An exciting journey into 16th century England through the intricate events of King Henry VIII and his six wives, some repudiated, others beheaded. A story of tyranny, blood and betrayal that led to the separation of England from the Church of Rome. We will discover that an epidemic, not too different from the one we are experiencing, kept King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his lover at the time, separated for a long period, and we will reveal the contents of some handwritten letters from the king to his beloved which are kept today in the Vatican Apostolic Library.
3. Etruscans - Journey into a Lost World
Aired 5 May 2021 • 126 min
More than twenty years after the first episode of Ulisse, dedicated to the Etruscans, Alberto Angela takes up the thread of that story, accompanying us on the discovery of the places that saw the origins of our history and our civilization. The Etruscans were a refined population, a people of travelers and traders capable of expanding across Italian territory in an organized way and of whom today we can still admire absolute masterpieces as evidence of their greatness.
4. Francesco and Chiara - Saints and Rebels
Aired 27 May 2021 • 122 min
The fourth episode of this new series of episodes tells the life of Saint Francis and Saint Clare: two boys destined to inherit the honors of their social status but who will realize that that way of life does not satisfy them and will choose a new path: their .
5. A Wonderful Planet - The Future To Save
Aired 3 June 2021 • 125 min
What is the state of health of the Earth, this planet so small, so fragile and vulnerable? What damage have we caused to the environment with our behaviors? How many natural resources do we consume in daily life and above all do we still have time to remedy this? And how? These are some of the questions that we will try to answer with Alberto Angela in this special episode of Ulisse which sees the extraordinary participation of Piero Angela.