Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery: Season 17
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery Season 16.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
Canada - A Five-Thousand-Kilometer Journey (1)
Sep 24, 2016 · 125 min
Endless forests, lakes, whales, bears, boundless and sparsely inhabited spaces. Canada has nature as its absolute protagonist.
Canada - A Five-Thousand-Kilometer Journey (2)
Oct 1, 2016 · 120 min
The Rocky Mountains and the parks of Alberta, majestic and uncontaminated landscapes: the second part of Alberto Angela's trip to Canada starts from here. A five thousand kilometer
Journey to the Borders of Rome
Oct 8, 2016 · 136 min
A leap into the past of almost 2000 years that takes us along the borders of the Roman Empire and shows us how the borders were organized on the borders of a boundless empire.
The King's Metals
Oct 15, 2016 · 138 min
Alberto Angela tells us the history and origin of the Metals of Kings: Gold, Silver and Copper. We begin this journey from the Royal Palace of Turin, the Royal Palace of Savoy: it
The Conquest of the West
Oct 22, 2016 · 140 min
Alberto Angela takes us on a journey to the Wild West: between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast where law and right were unable to guarantee protection to the men of tha
Growing Up... What an Adventure!
Oct 29, 2016 · 134 min
"Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta" brings to life an extraordinary adventure. An adventure that we have all gone through, but which we cannot remember in part, or which we have sp
Augusto - How an Empire is Born (Second Version)
Nov 5, 2016 · 130 min
In this episode of "Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta", Alberto Angela tells us the story of Gaio Giulio Cesare Ottaviano, better known as Augusto, the man who changed history, tra
Hot and Cold - Living Between the Two Extremes (Second Version)
Nov 12, 2016 · 138 min
It is surprising how living beings are able to adapt to the most extreme situations and the most inhospitable places on the planet and even manage to live there: from the fiery des
The Sinking of the Andrea Doria (Second Version)
Nov 19, 2016 · 131 min
This episode retraces the dramatic shipwreck of the largest and most elegant of our transatlantic liners, the Andrea Doria. A story that sixty years later still arouses great emoti
The Thousand Secrets of Naples (Second Version)
Nov 26, 2016 · 136 min
Alberto Angela takes us on an extraordinary journey to discover the thousand secrets of Naples, a city that reserves constant surprises. Between a ride in the most beautiful subway
Charlemagne - Battles and Loves (Second Version)
Dec 3, 2016 · 128 min
Alberto Angela invites us on an extraordinary journey in the footsteps of a protagonist of history, a man who many consider the father of modern Europe: Charlemagne. We are surpris
The Riddles of Civilizations (Third Version)
Dec 10, 2016 · 132 min
Alberto Angela embarks on a great journey through past civilizations and their enigmas, exploring one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in the world, in the heart of t
Spartacus - The Rebel Slave
Apr 8, 2017 · 130 min
The story of the Roman slave Spartacus: the indomitable fighter who decided to rebel against his destiny as a slave is at the center of this episode of "Ulisse: il piacere della sc
Tsar - Glory and Fall
Apr 15, 2017 · 135 min
This episode of "Ulisse" makes us relive the glory and fall of one of the most sumptuous courts of the 19th century: that of the Romanovs. Alberto Angela, in the Royal Palace of Ve
Journey in the Name of the Rose
Apr 22, 2017 · 137 min
This episode of "Ulisse" follows the thread of the story of one of the most important Italian novels of all time: "The Name of the Rose". Who were the scribe monks? Why were they s
Journey into the World of the Mona Lisa
Apr 29, 2017 · 126 min
One of the most famous paintings in the world is at the center of this fourth episode: the Mona Lisa. Who really was the Mona Lisa? Alberto Angela, from the places where Leonardo l
A Heritage To Be Defended
May 6, 2017 · 136 min
This episode of "Ulisse: il piacere della scoperta" is dedicated to the tragic news of recent months: the earthquake that tore through Italy last autumn/winter. Thanks to the Carab
America in Gone With the Wind (Second Version)
May 13, 2017 · 125 min
This episode of "Ulisse: il piacere della scoperta" guides us through the 5 most dramatic years in the history of the United States of America; the years of the Civil War, of the f
Invisible Enemies (Third Version)
May 20, 2017 · 129 min
Invisible but very powerful, microorganisms have always been our life companions. Alberto Angela proposes a journey to discover infinitely small creatures, showing how our life, bu
The Secret Story of Trajan's Column (Third Version)
May 27, 2017 · 126 min
Alberto Angela takes us on a journey to the borders of the Roman Empire to narrate the moment in which the latter reached the peak of power and expansion with the conquest of Dacia