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Melevisione (1999)

Melevisione poster
Original title
La Melevisione
Genre
children's television program
Country
Italy
Length
17 seasons, 1441 episodes
Rating
9.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Italian children's show features fairy tale characters like elves, princes, and witches having adventures. The main host was Tonio Cartonio, later replaced by Milo Cotogno.

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What happens

Melevisione (Italian pronunciation: [meleviˈzjoːne]; portmanteau from mele, "apples", and televisione, "television") is an Italian children's television program that aired in the early afternoon between 1999 and 2015, mainly on Rai Tre with the latter seasons broadcast on Rai Yoyo. It focuses on the adventures of fairy tale characters: elves, princes, witches etc. The main character was Tonio Cartonio (played by Danilo Bertazzi) until 2004, then followed by Milo Cotogno (Lorenzo Branchetti). The episode entitled "Chi ha paura del lupo cattivo?" was also dubbed in English with the title "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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