Splendida cornice - Season 5

First aired: 1/9/2025 13 episodes

Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 1/9/2025

First episode of the new season for the people show hosted by Geppi Cucciari. Guests include the musician and composer Dardust with the new album "Urban Impressionism", Renzo Rubino, the singer-songwriter Sergio Caputo, the Spanish actress Angela Molina, Lina Sastri accompanied by the pianist Adriano Pennino, the journalist and essayist Marco Brando and, connected from Greenland, the Italian writer, explorer and mountaineer Robert Peroni. And also Paolo Conticini, the art expert Alessandro Rosa, the art collector Ada Egidio and the radio host and member of the Gialappa's Band, Giorgio Gherarducci. At the lamp of Splendida Cornice the cartoonist and illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti. As always, interacting with the studio audience, the "experts," including the first female aerospace engineer Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the linguist Giuseppe Antonelli, the civil lawyer Ester Viola and Giampaolo Perna, full professor of psychiatry.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 1/16/2025

Guests of the new episode Valentina Lodovini, Lino Guanciale, one of the protagonists of the series "The Count of Montecristo", the musician and composer Paolo Jannacci, the actors Germano Lanzoni and Yoon C. Joyce and the economist Carlo Cottarelli. With them Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone, protagonists of "L'abbaglio", together with the director Roberto Andò. And then the director Davide Livermore, together with the producer Paolo Gep Cucco and the soprano Mariam Battistelli. At the lamp of Splendida Cornice, this week, the Italian champion of the Computer Science Olympics, Matteo Arcari. Finally, space for the live performances with the singer and musician Alessio Caraturo and Luca Guadiano, accompanied by the ballet company of the Teatro Sistina of Rome.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 1/23/2025

Among the protagonists of the episode is the writer Erri De Luca, with his latest work "L'età sperimentale", which has also become a documentary written and performed by the author himself and available from January 25 exclusively on RaiPlay. Geppi Cucciari's guest is also Bruno Voglino, one of the greatest television authors and talent scouts, the actors Carla Signoris, Marcello Cesena, Filippo Nigro, and the journalist Giovanna Botteri. And again, from the world of music, the singer-songwriter and musician Renzo Rubino and the singer-songwriter Nathalie. Also connected from Gaza, the young chef Renad Attallah, and, always the connection, the MArRC - National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, famous for the permanent exhibition of the "Bronzi di Riace".

4. Episode 4

Aired: 1/30/2025

An episode full of guests, starting with Serena Rossi, beloved social worker in the Rai1 fiction, "Mina Settembre". And also, Claudio Santamaria and the actress Cristina Donadio. Completing the audience, the actor and singer-songwriter Paolo Rossi, Eduardo Scarpetta, the philosopher Luciano Floridi and the musicians Antonio Stragapede, guitarist and mandolinist, and Seydou Dao, bongo player. Also connected from Naples, the Istituto del Dramma Napoletano, while under the lamp of Splendida Cornice there is the famous Argentine illustrator and cartoonist José Muñoz. Finally, space for live performances with the evocative "Queer Tango" by Enrico Berni and Mattia Sala.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 2/6/2025

This week's guests are Pietro Castellitto and Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, the writer Francesco Piccolo and Francesco Russo, in the cast of the series "M-the son of the century". Also present are Tony Saccucci, the journalist Antonio Caprarica and the writer Licia Troisi. And again, space for live performances with the performances of the first dancers of the Teatro Alla Scala, Virna Toppi and Nicola Del Freo, of Le Sorelle Marinetti and Neri per Caso. Connected from Turin is Rachela Baroni, "the teacher in line" with her student in order to get her a residence permit, Roberto Mercadini this week is in Marradi, in the province of Florence, for his knowledge pills, while at the lamp of Splendida Cornice there is Francesca Baerald, artist cartographer.

6. Episode 6

Aired: 2/20/2025

An episode full of guests starting with Carlo Conti, fresh from his triumph at Sanremo, Willie Peyote with the song "Grazie ma no grazie", the master of Italian rap Frankie hi-nrg mc, D'Avena and Pasquale Finicelli, unforgettable Licia and Mirko of Bee Hive in the historic series "Love Me Licia". Also present are Emanuela Fanelli and Claudia Pandolfi, among the protagonists of "Follemente", the new film by Paolo Genovese, as well as journalists Giovanna Botteri and Sabrina Giannini, tenor Valentino Buzza and singer-songwriter and guitarist Giua. Finally, space for dance with a performance by the French artistic duo Claire et Antho.

7. Episode 7

Aired: 2/27/2025

Geppi Cucciari's guests this week: the director of "L'Arte della Gioia", Valeria Golino, with two of the protagonists of the series, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Guido Caprino. And then Angela Finocchiaro and Maurizio Nichetti, at the cinema with "Amiche mai", while Vanessa Scalera and Massimiliano Gallo, together every Sunday on Rai 1 with the series "Imma Tataranni", are the protagonists of the "Rai Finzioni" column. The singer Syria and Gigliola Cinquetti will be present, and during the evening there will also be space for Beppe Severgnini, the Beatles' secretary Freda Kelly, and the designer Bruno Bozzetto. And again, there will be a performance moment with the performance of the king of Flamenco, Sergio Bernal.

8. Episode 8

Aired: 3/6/2025

Among the protagonists of the episode are the Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Rossi Stuart among the protagonists of the miniseries "The Leopard", and Serena Dandini with her latest book "C'era la luna". Directly from "Beverly Hills, 90210" the cult series of the 90s, Ian Ziering, alias Steve Sanders, the writer Chiara Valerio and the musician and singer-songwriter Renzo Rubino. The famous Argentine cartoonist José Muñoz stops by the lamp of "Splendida Cornice". There is also space for live performances, with the dance of Pablo Valentin Moyano and Pasquale La Rocca, accompanied by the suggestive melodies of Pierpaolo Vacca's accordion.

9. Episode 9

Aired: 3/13/2025

Guests of the new episode: the director Gabriele Muccino, Veronica Pivetti, Daria Bignardi and Sabrina Ferilli, protagonist of the Splendida Cornice column "Rai Finzioni". Also present are the Nobel Prize for Physics Giorgio Parisi, the writers Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado and the actors Paolo Camilli and Pippo Santonastaso, together with his son Andrea Santonastaso, guest this week at the lamp of "Splendida Cornice". And again, space for dance with the performance of Tommaso Parazzoli, Fabio Stroscio and Adriano Micali.

10. Episode 10

Aired: 3/20/2025

Geppi Cucciari presents the people show that combines culture, art and current affairs with irony and lightness.

11. Episode 11

Aired: 3/27/2025

Valerio Mastandrea, Angelo Pintus and Alessandro Siani, among the faces of the next season of "LOL", the writer and performer Claudio Morici, the sports journalist Gianluca Di Marzio and the journalist and presenter Sabrina Giannini are the guests of Geppi Cucciari in the new episode of "Splendida Cornice". Also in the studio are Elio, the journalist and radio host Gino Castaldo and, under the lamp of Splendida Cornice, the cartoonist Giudo Silvestri, aka Silver. And again, connected from Gaza, the operator of Doctors Without Borders Chiara Lodi, while the actors Filippo Nigro, Valeria Morosini, Claudio Colombo and the entrepreneur and television personality Paride Vitale intervene with a video contribution. Then there is space for live performances with the dance of Emanuela Bianchini and Damiano Grifoni of the company "Mvula Sungani Physical dance".

12. Episode 12

Aired: 4/3/2025

Guests of the episode: The star Roberto Bolle, Dargen D'Amico, Greta Scarano, accompanied by Matilda De Angelis and Yuri Tuci. With them Manuel Agnelli, together with the director Valter Malosti, the mentalist Andrea Rizzolini, the cartoonist Beatrice Tassone and, connected from Kiev, the trumpeter Paolo Fresu. At the "lamp" station of "Splendida Cornice" Valerio Lundini, who from April 10 will be online again on RaiPlay with the second season of "Faccende Complicate".

13. Episode 13

Aired: 4/10/2025

Guests of the last episode of the season are Mahmood, Cristina Donadio, Filippo Nigro, the journalist Giovanna Botteri, Pino Strabioli, the real estate agent Gianluca Torre and Chiara Galiazzo. Connected from the United Kingdom are the actress Christine Tremarco, the essayist and psychoanalyst Vittorio Lingiardi, the writers Edoardo Camurri and Paolo Di Paolo and the actress Federica Fracassi. In addition, at the "lamp" station there is the game designer Spartaco Albertarelli. Then there is the live performances with the dance of Daniil Simkin in the exhibition of "Les Bourgeois" and of Antonella Albano, prima ballerina of the Teatro alla Scala, Massimo Garon and Guido Pistoni in "La Strada".