Scripted

Rai also presented its new autumn fiction line-up in Ancona, with Rai Fiction Director Maria Pia Ammirati outlining a slate that includes as many as 12 new titles — a unique volume in the European landscape — alongside three returning sequels.

La famiglia Panini – L’avventura delle figurine

Production: Indigo Film in collaboration with Rai Fiction

Cast: Serena Rossi, Simone Liberati, Federico Cesari, Benedetta Cimatti, Luca Di Sessa, Samuele Teneggi, Irene Girotti, Beatrice Lotti, Cosima Centurioni, Edoardo Pesce
Format/Genre: 6x50’ period drama
Synopsis: Inspired by the story behind the Panini sticker empire, the series follows the Panini family as they leave the countryside for Modena after World War II. Guided by Olga, the visionary mother, the family turns a small newsstand into the starting point of an entrepreneurial adventure that will transform football stickers into a national and international phenomenon.

177 giorni – Il rapimento di Farouk

Production: Rai Fiction – Bim Produzione, a Wild Bunch company
Cast: Marco Bocci, Antonia Desplat, Rosa Diletta Rossi, Domenico Diele, Mauro Addis, Rose Aste, Enrico Inserra, Giacomo Fadda, Giulia Bellanzoni, Leonardo Capuano, Andrea Tedde, Martina Tore, Filippo Papa, Anna Chiara Fattore, Alessandro Gazale, Fabrizio Sabatucci
Format/Genre: 6x50’ true crime
Synopsis: The series reconstructs the kidnapping of seven-year-old Farouk Kassam, abducted from his family home in Costa Smeralda in January 1992. The 177-day ordeal shook Italy and placed extraordinary pressure on the family, investigators and institutions.

Doc – Nelle tue mani 4

Production: Lux Vide, a Fremantle company, in collaboration with Rai Fiction
Cast: Luca Argentero, Matilde Gioli, Pierpaolo Spollon, Marco Rossetti, Gabriele Falsetta, Laura Cravedi, Alessandro Piavani, Elisa Wong, Giovanni Scifoni, Elisa Di Eusanio, Sara Lazzaro, Giacomo Giorgio
Format/Genre: 16x50’ medical drama
Synopsis: After a year away, Andrea Fanti returns to the Policlinico Ambrosiano, only to find the Internal Medicine department weakened by budget cuts and staff reductions. His fight to save the ward threatens both his professional mission and his relationship with Giulia.

I casi di Teresa Battaglia – Figlia della cenere

Production: Rai Fiction – Publispei
Cast: Elena Sofia Ricci, Gianluca Gobbi, Giuseppe Spata, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Sara Drago
Format/Genre: 8x50’ crime
Synopsis: Teresa Battaglia investigates a new series of murders marked by extreme post-mortem violence. As she tracks a serial killer connected to a hidden secret, her past resurfaces through the return of her former husband, forcing her to face both professional danger and personal trauma.

Libera 2

Production: 11 Marzo Film in collaboration with Rai Fiction
Cast: Lunetta Savino, Matteo Martari, Monica Dugo, Claudio Bigagli, Daisy Pieropan, Neva Leoni, Roberto Citran, Gaetano Bruno
Format/Genre: 6x50’ legal drama
Synopsis: Judge Libera Orlando presides over a high-profile murder trial involving a young rapper accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. The arrival of a key witness reopens the case and destabilizes Libera’s family, mixing courtroom tension with personal conflicts.

Tutto l’amore che resta

Production: Rai Fiction – Fabula Pictures
Cast: Raoul Bova, Giulia Bevilacqua, Gloria Harvey, Francesco Leo, Anna Favella, Adriana Savarese, Fiorenza Pieri, Federica Pagliaroli
Format/Genre: 8x50’ drama
Synopsis: Based on the French series Lycée Toulouse-Lautrec, the drama follows Vittoria, a 17-year-old from an affluent Roman family who moves to the province when her autistic brother joins a school supporting students with disabilities. Through this new world, she confronts prejudice, friendship, adolescence and a hidden event from the past.

Una finestra vista lago

Production: Rai Fiction – Alexandra Cinematografica, in association with Elysia Productions – Rai Com, in collaboration with Palomar, a Mediawan company
Cast: Antonio Folletto, Giulia D’Aloia, Domenico Centamore, Claudia Potenza, Vincenzo Nemolato, Dario Vergassola, Gianmarco Vettori, Leo Besozzi, Paola Minaccioni, Antonio Catania
Format/Genre: 8x50’ mystery comedy
Synopsis: Set in the 1930s and based on Andrea Vitali’s novels, the series follows young marshal Ernesto Maccadò as he takes his first command in a small lakeside town in Northern Italy. Coming from Calabria with his wife, he must navigate local secrets, prejudices and a community that is not easy to enter.

Una piccola formalità

Production: Clemart in collaboration with Rai Fiction
Cast: Pilar Fogliati, Lorenzo Richelmy, Stefano Rossi Giordani, Alessio Boni, Martina Iacomelli, Alice Bortolani, Carlotta Natoli
Format/Genre: 6x50’ comedy
Synopsis: Based on Alessia Gazzola’s novel, the series follows Rachele, a 30-year-old journalist in Milan whose dream is to move from lifestyle journalism to investigative reporting. An unexpected inheritance draws her into family secrets and reconnects her with a former classmate, now a notary, turning a bureaucratic procedure into a journey of self-discovery.

Livatino – Il giudice e i suoi assassini

Production: Rai Fiction – Goldenart Production – Rai Com
Cast: Giuseppe De Domenico, Leonardo Maltese, Nino Frassica, Michela De Rossi, Ninni Bruschetta, Brenno Placido
Format/Genre: 4x50’ biographical miniseries
Synopsis: Directed by Michele Placido, the miniseries tells the story of magistrate Rosario Livatino and the rise of the Stidda in 1980s Sicily. The narrative follows the parallel paths of justice and organised crime up to Livatino’s assassination in 1990, portraying him as a symbol of the fight against the mafia.

Estranei

Production: Rai Fiction – Eagle Original Content – Rai Com
Cast: Elena Radonicich, Ricky Memphis, Marco Cocci, Kelum Giordano, Valentina Carnelutti, Sebastian Herrera, Maurizio Donadoni, Eleonora Giovanardi, Giulio Scarpati, Isabella Ferrari
Format/Genre: 8x50’ thriller
Synopsis: Set in Correggio, home to one of Italy’s largest Sikh communities, the thriller begins with the disappearance of two young lovers, Camilla and Manraj. A police negotiator returning to care for her ill father leads the investigation, uncovering secrets, prejudice and tensions between the Italian and Sikh communities.

TV MOVIES

Giovannino Guareschi – Non muoio neanche se mi ammazzano

Production: Anele in collaboration with Rai Fiction
Cast: Giuseppe Zeno, Benedetta Cimatti, Maurizio Donadoni, Andrea Roncato, Salvatore Striano
Genre: Biographical TV movie
Synopsis: The film portrays Giovannino Guareschi as a combative and passionate intellectual, while also exploring his intimate world: his love for his wife Ennia and his deep bond with the Bassa Padana, the landscape that inspired Mondo Piccolo and the enduring characters of Don Camillo and Peppone.

La promessa di Patrizio

Production: Rai Fiction – CinemaFiction Formazione e Produzione
Cast: Ciro Minopoli, Antonia Truppo, Fortunato Cerlino, Erasmo Genzini, Azzurra Mennella, with the friendly participation of Patrizio Oliva
Genre: Biographical TV movie
Synopsis: Set in Naples from 1969, the film tells the early life of boxer Patrizio Oliva. After the death of his brother Ciro, Patrizio enters the boxing world to honour a promise, shaped by discipline, family pain and his mother’s strength, until he begins the career that will make him one of Italy’s great boxing legends.

Sul cammino di Francesco – La vita di Biagio Conte

Production: Anele in collaboration with Rai Fiction
Cast: Alessio Vassallo, Donatella Finocchiaro, with the special participation of Antonio Catania
Genre: Biographical TV movie
Synopsis: The film follows Biagio Conte, a young man from Palermo’s bourgeoisie who gives up everything to serve the poor. Inspired by Saint Francis, he founds the Missione di Speranza e Carità under the arcades of Palermo station, turning a personal vocation into a collective project of solidarity.