TG1 (Telegiornale 1) is the flagship television newscast produced by Rai 1, the main channel of state-owned Italian public broadcaster RAI. It is the longest-running programme in the history of television in Italy as it has been broadcast daily since 3 January 1954.
It is shown domestically on Rai 1 and across the world on Rai Italia several times throughout the day. Gian Marco Chiocci is the current editor-in-chief. It was launched as simply Telegiornale, which was later renamed as TG1 in 1975–76. From 1992 to 1993 it was named Telegiornale Uno before reverting to the TG1 name.
Programme format The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader but with additional newsreaders for the sports. Most items are made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by the correspondent reporting live from the scene. The programme is followed by a weather report known as Meteo and a financial news report, known as TG1 Economia.
Criticism and controversies The Undersecretary to Communications Paolo Romani, member of The People of Freedom, in an interview with the newspaper Il Tempo, has defined that the TG1 "seems politically affiliate with the Centre-left".
However it was criticized by the newspaper la Repubblica for political bias in favour of The People of Freedom party and its leader Silvio Berlusconi, when the politician Antonio Di Pietro requested the dismissal of the editor in chief of TG1 Augusto Minzolini, comparing him to Emilio Fede, editor-in-chief of a newscast broadcast by one of Berlusconi's networks.
Opening theme The opening theme for the newscast has been done by an orchestra since its debut in 1952, although the arrangement has been modernised several times, most recently on 8 October 2023.
Directors Name Directors Time Notes Telegiornale Vittorio Veltroni 1954 – 1956 Massimo Rendina 1956 – 1959 Leone Piccioni 1959 – 1961 Enzo Biagi 1961 – 1962 Giorgio Vecchietti 1962 – 1965 Fabiano Fabiani 1965 – 1967 Villy De Luca 1967 – 1976 TG1 Emilio Rossi 1976 – 1980 Franco Colombo 1980 – 1981 Emilio Fede 1981 – 1982 ad interim Albino Longhi 1982 – 1987 Nuccio Fava 1987 – 1990 Bruno Vespa 1990 – 1992 Telegiornale Uno 1992 – 1993 Albino Longhi 1993 ad interim Demetrio Volcic 1993 TG1 1993 – 1994 Carlo Rossella 1994 – 1996 Nuccio Fava 1996 – 1997 Rodolfo Brancoli 1997 Marcello Sorgi 1997 – 1998 Giulio Borrelli 1998 – 2000 Gad Lerner 2000 Albino Longhi 2000 – 2002 Clemente J. Mimun 2002 – 2006 Gianni Riotta 2006 – 2009 Andrea Giubilo 2009 ad interim Augusto Minzolini 2009 – 2011 Alberto Maccari 2011 – 2012 ad interim 2012 Mario Orfeo 2012 – 2017 Andrea Montanari2017 – 2018Giuseppe Carboni2018 – 2021Monica Maggioni2021 – 2023Gian Marco Chiocci2023 – present
Key people Director: Gian Marco Chiocci
Central managing editor: Maria Luisa Busi
Chief editor: Daniele Valentini
Deputy chief editor: Alessandra Mancusco
Editions and presenters
TG1 Mattina This airs from 6 to 8 am with interruptions for TG1 newscast at 6:30 am and 7:00 am. Micaela Palmieri Maria Soave
TG1 ore 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, L.I.S. The L.I.S. broadcast airs at 9:00 am on weekends and on weekends, it airs between 9:30 and 9:35 am. On weekends there is no 6:30 am newscast. However, there is a 9:00 newscast on weekends with the same presenter that does the 7:00 and 8:00 newscast. Gabriella Capparelli Perla Dipoppa Giuseppe Rizzo Mariasilvia Santilli Virginia Volpe
TG1 ore 13:30
Valentina Bisti Barbara Capponi Paola Cervelli Roberto Chinzari Isabella Romano Sonia Sarno
TG1 ore 16:55
Alessandra Barone Francesca Grimaldi Cecilia Primerano Gianpiero Scarpati Virginia Volpe
TG1 ore 20:00
Giorgia Cardinaletti Laura Chimenti Emma D'Aquino Alessio Zucchini
TG1 Sera This is usually broadcast between 23:00 or early next day (between 00:00-00:10) Barbara Carfagna Giovanna Cucè Susanna Lemma Virginia Lozito Carlo Maria Miele Dania Mondini Monia Venturini (formerly)
Past TG1 Mattina - Rassegna Stampa
Elisa Anzaldo (from 2022 to 2023) Giorgia Cardinaletti (from 2022 to 2023) Alessio Zucchini (from 2022 to 2023) Paola Cervelli (from 2022 to 2023) Laura Chimenti (in 2023) Marco Valerio Lo Prete (from 2022 to 2023) Mariasilvia Santilli (in 2023) Monia Venturini (in 2023) Susanna Lemma (in 2023) Daiana Paoli (in 2023)
TG1 Mattina
Tiziana Ferrario and Lamberto Sposini (every other week) Paolo Giani (from 1986 to 1988, then in 2007, he introduced, the topic of TG in the course of Unomattina) Claudia D'Angelo (from 1986 to 1989) Fabrizio Binacchi (from 1989 to 1991) Manuela De Luca (from 1987 to 1991) Stefano Menghini (from 1988 to 1994) Maria Luisa Busi (from 1991 to 1992) Diletta Petronio (from 1991 to 1993) Stefano Ziantoni (from 1991 to 2003, then from 2009 to 2010 curates the various pages of Unomattina) Cristina Guerra (from 1993 to 2013) Ludovico Di Meo (from 1994 to 1997) Roberto Valentini (from 1994 to 1997) Stefano Campagna (from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2014) Leonardo Sgura (from 2004 to 2007) Francesco Primozich (occasionally in 2006) Laura Chimenti (spring 2006) Piero Damosso (from 2009 to 2010) Alessandra Di Tommaso (from 2010 to 2011) Marco Betello (from 1994 to 2016) Barbara Capponi (from 2010 to 2016) Sonia Sarno (from 2013 to 2019) Mario De Pizzo (occasionally in September 2019) Alessandra Barone (in 2021) Adriana Pannitteri (from 2000 to 2022) Dania Mondini (summer 2013, 2014 and from 2015 to 2022) Susanna Lemma (from 2019 to 2022) Andrea Gerli (from 2022 to 2023) Valeria Cucchiaroni (from 2022 to 2023) Micaela Palmieri (from 2016 to 2022 and occasionally in 2023)
TG1 Flash ore 12:00 (1983-1993) Danila Bonito (from 1983 to 1987) Bruno Modugno (in 1986) Alfredo Meocci (from 1983 to 1987) Marco Ravaglioli (from 1983 to 1989) Filippo Anastasi (from 1984 to 1991) Manuela De Luca (from 1988 to 1992) Stefano Menghini (from 1988 to 1993) Fabrizio Binacchi (from 1989 to 1993) Alessandro Feroldi (in 1991)
TG1 ore 13:30
Bruno Modugno (from 1976 to 1979) Alberto Michelini (from 1976 to 1981) Bianca Maria Piccinino (from 1976 to 1981) Bruno Vespa (from 1976 to 1984) Marcello Morace (from 1976 to 1984) Alberto Masoero (from 1980 to 1983) Claudio Angelini (from 1979 to 1992) Piero Badaloni (from 1981 to 1984) Angela Buttiglione (from 1984 to 1989) Liliano Frattini (from 1984 to 1987) Danila Bonito (from 1987 al 1991) Filippo Anastasi (from 1986 to 1987) Giulio Borrelli (from 1987 to 1992) Manuela De Luca (saltuariamente dal 1989 to 1991) Stefano Menghini (saltuariamente dal 1989 to 1991) Fabrizio Binacchi (occasionally from 1989 to 1991) Lamberto Sposini (occasionally from 1989 to 1991) Paolo Giani (from 1994 to 1997) Lilli Gruber (from 1991 to 1993) Maria Luisa Busi (from 1992 to 1994) Tiziana Ferrario (from 1993 to 2007) Marco Varvello (from 1994 to 1995) Margherita Ghinassi (from 1995 to 1999) Donato Bendicenti (occasionally in 1998) Paolo Di Giannantonio (from 1997 to 2010) David Sassoli (from 1997 to 2000) Francesco Giorgino (from 2000 to 2004 e dal 2006 to 2010) Attilio Romita (from 2003 to 2004) Manuela Lucchini (from 2004 to 2006) Susanna Petruni (from 2004 to 2009) Filippo Gaudenzi (from 2007 to 2011) Nicoletta Manzione (from 2009 to 2013) Laura Chimenti (from 2009 to 2010 and occasionally in July and September 2022) Emma D'Aquino (occasionally in 2013 and 2021) Alberto Matano (occasionally in 2013) Marco Frittella (from 2010 to 2020) Francesca Grimaldi (from 2010 to 2016 and occasionally in 2022) Elisa Anzaldo (from 2013 to 2017) Marina Nalesso (occasionally from 2016 to 2018) Alessio Zucchini (from 2013 to 2020) Maria Soave (from 2016 to 2023) Cecilia Primerano (occasionally in 2018)
Note: From December 1987 to June 1988 the 1.30 pm edition was hosted in pairs, made up of Claudio Angelini and Danila Bonito, and finally Giulio Sciorilli Borrelli and Angela Buttiglione.
Oggi al Parlamento
Jader Jacobelli (from 1976 to 1986) Vittorio Orefice (from 1976 to 1989) Pierantonio Graziani (from 1976 to 1988) Nuccio Fava (from 1977 to 1987) Adalberto Manzone (from 1976 to 1990) Nicoletta Orsomando (from 1976 to 1990) Tiziana Amico (from 1987 to 1991) Rosanna Vaudetti (from 1976 to 1989) Fulvio Damiani (from 1978 to 1993) Roberto Di Palma (from 1984 to 1995) Giuseppe D'Amore (from 1986 to 1992) Giulio Cesare Pirarba (from 1984 to 1995) Pino Berengo Gardin (from 1984 to 1994) Adriana Retacchi (from 1984 to 1994) Alessandra Canale (from 1991 to 1995) Luigi Carrai (from 1991 to 1994) Pierfelice Bernacchi (in 1995) Raffaele Garramone (from 1995 to 1996) Giovanni Miele (from 1995 to 1996)
TG1 Pomeriggio
Marco Ravaglioli (from 1987 to 1990) Alfredo Meocci (from 1986 to 1989) Pino Scaccia (from 1987 to 1990) Filippo Anastasi (from 1987 to 1990) Alessandro Feroldi (from 1987 to 1990) Fabrizio Binacchi (occasionally from 1990 to 1991) Lamberto Sposini (occasionally from 1989 to 1991) Claudia D'Angelo (from 1990 to 1992) Marco Varvello (from 1990 to 1994) Dino Cerri (from 1991 to 1995) Anna Scalfati (from 1992 to 1994) Manuela De Luca (from 1994 to 2004) Paolo Di Giannantonio (from 1994 to 1995) Diletta Petronio (from 1994 to 1995) Donato Bendicenti (from 1995 to 1997) Susanna Petruni (from 1995 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2003) Ludovico Di Meo (from 1997 to 2002) Filippo Gaudenzi (from 2000 to 2006) Stefano Ziantoni (from 2004 to 2009) Marco Franzelli (from 2004 to 2013) Piero Damosso (from 2006 to 2009) Nicoletta Manzione (from 2007 to 2009) Laura Chimenti (from 2009 to 2010) Leonardo Sgura (from 2009 to 2013) Laura Mambelli (occasionally in 2010) Alessio Zucchini (occasionally from 2013 to 2015) Elisa Anzaldo (occasionally in 2013) Barbara Carfagna (from 2010 to 2016) Valentina Bisti (from 2013 to 2016) Maria Soave (from 2013 to 2016) Marina Nalesso (from 2013 to 2019) Gabriella Capparelli (from 2020 to 2022) Barbara Capponi (from 2016 to 2023) Virginia Volpe (from 2022 to 2023)
Note: From the first half of the 80s until 2000 this edition was broadcast at 6 pm. From 2001 until 2014 it was instead brought forward from Monday to Saturday at 5 pm and on Sundays at 4.30 pm. From September 2014 to 2020 it aired Sunday to Friday at 4.30 pm and Saturday at 5 pm; from 2016 to 2020 the Sunday edition was postponed to 5.30 pm. From 2020 until 2022 it aired from Monday to Saturday at 4.45 pm (previously it aired at 4.10 pm and 4.30 pm) and on Sundays at 5.15 pm. From 2022 it will be broadcast Monday to Friday at 4.55 pm, Saturday at 4.45 pm and Sunday at 5.15 pm.
TG1 ore 20:00
Emilio Fede (from 1976 to 1981 and from 1982 to 1983) Massimo Valentini (from 1976 to 1984) Alberto Michelini (from 1981 to 1984) Vittorio Citterich (from 1982 to 1989) Bruno Vespa (from 1983 to 1990) Paolo Frajese (from 1984 to 1994) Angela Buttiglione (from 1989 to 1993) Maurizio Beretta (occasionally from 1989 to 1990) Danila Bonito (occasionally from 1991 to 1994) Piero Badaloni (from 1991 to 1995) Lilli Gruber (from 1993 to 2004) Maria Luisa Busi (from 1994 to 2010) Giulio Borrelli (from 1995 to 1998) Lamberto Sposini (from 1998 to 2000) David Sassoli (from 2000 to 2009) Attilio Romita (from 2004 to 2013) Monica Maggioni (occasionally in 2007) Tiziana Ferrario (from 2007 to 2010) Susanna Petruni (from 2009 to 2013) Alberto Matano (from 2013 to 2019) Francesco Giorgino (from 2004 to 2005 and from 2010 to 2022) Elisa Anzaldo (from 2022 to 2023)
TG1 Sport Fabrizio Maffei Marco Franzelli Donatella Scarnati Fedele La Sorsa Gianpiero Galeazzi Jacopo Volpi
TG1 Sera/60 Secondi
Enrico Mentana (from 1982 to 1988) Tiziana Ferrario (from 1982 to 1991) Giulio Borrelli (from 1984 to 1987) Liliano Frattini (from 1988 to 1991) Alfredo Meocci (from 1988 to 1991) Lamberto Sposini (from 1988 to 1991) Manuela De Luca (from 1991 to 1994) Manuela Lucchini (from 1991 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2010)