1982 in Italian television

• Pimpa – cartoon, by Francesco Tullio Altan.[1]

• Maurizio Costanzo show (Rete 4, later Canale 5) – talks show hosted by Maurzio Costanzo, again on air (with a break-up from 2009 to 2015). The most long-living, popular and controversial Italian talk show, during the years sometimes has faced social questions with commendable commitment, more often has given in to sensationalism and trash.[2]

• 22 September - Voltron (Canale 5) (1984-1985)
• Marine Boy (1969-1971)

• Panagulis vive (1981) (Panagoullis lives) – biopic by Giuseppe Ferrara, with Stathis Giallelis; 4 episodes

RAI answers to the spread of American fictions on the private networks with three miniseries of prestige, realized in international coproduction and trusted to renowned movie directors.

• La certosa di Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) – by Mauro Bolognini, from the Stendahl’s novel, with Andrea Occhipinti, Marthe Keller and Gian Maria Volontè; in 6 episodes.[3]
• Marco Polo – by Giuliano Montaldo, with Ken Marshall in the title role, Denhom Elliott and Burt Lancaster as Pope Gregory X; 8 episodes. It’s one of the most sumptuous RAI serials, realized in collaboration with NBC and the Chinese TV, that, for the first time, takes part to a Western production; the productive effort is repaid by an extraordinary public success in Italy and abroad. The serial is broadcast in 47 countries and wins three Emmy Awards.[4]
• The life of Verdi – by Renato Castellani; with Ronald Pickup in the title role and Carla Fracci as Giuseppina Strepponi; 9 episodes. The serial is appreciated for the accurate historical reconstruction but criticized for the miscasting of the protagonist.[5]

• L’indizio- 5 inchieste per un commissario (The clue – Five enquiries for a superintendent) – by Andrea Camilleri, with Lino Troisi, as a Neapolitan police superintendent in service in Turin, and Ida Di Benedetto.[6]

• Attore, amore mio (Actor, my love) – Gigi Proietti’s one-man show, directed by Antonello Falqui.[7]