Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.
The story of the 1986-87 "Maxi-trial" against Cosa Nostra in Palermo, Italy. Instructed by the Anti-Mafia pool, led by Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the story of this historical process and of its exceptional numbers is recounted through the real images from court audiences enriched by reconstructions with fictional scenes.
Following the steps of four illustrious vintage travelers (Mary Shelley, the Marquis De Sade, Herman Melville and J.W. Goethe) engaged in the Grand Tour, with the help of British writer Tobias Jones.