Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery: Season 18
Season 18 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 17.
- 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 18 Progress Shield
Castles Over Time
Oct 7, 2017 · 127 min
From the Castrum of the ancient Romans to the castles of the 17th century. From the first forms of defense and fortification such as the famous walls of Jericho, Troy and Mycenae t
The Normandy Boys (1)
Oct 14, 2017 · 133 min
The most impressive military landing recorded in history: 160 thousand soldiers, 11 thousand planes and almost 7 thousand boats of all types. It's D-Day, the longest day. Thousands
The Normandy Boys (2)
Oct 21, 2017 · 130 min
The most impressive military landing recorded in history: 160 thousand soldiers, 11 thousand planes and almost 7 thousand boats of all types. It's D-Day, the longest day. Thousands
The Colosseum - The Birth of a Myth
Oct 28, 2017 · 134 min
Alberto Angela takes us on a very special journey to discover the most famous monument of ancient Rome: the Colosseum. For almost two thousand years its mighty mass has stood out i
The Secrets of the Islands
Nov 4, 2017 · 134 min
In a truly extraordinary journey, with Alberto Angela, "Ulisse" passes from one island to another: starting from the Isola Maggiore of Lake Trasimeno, the program tells the thousan
Winners and Losers
Nov 11, 2017 · 126 min
"I only followed orders", is the typical excuse advanced by Nazi criminals. And Hermann Göring and Adolf Eichmann, two figures of the Nazi regime responsible for crimes against hum
Love and Power in Papal Rome
Nov 18, 2017 · 129 min
A journey between the Renaissance, the 1600s, the 1700s and the entire 19th century. In this episode of Ulisse we will explore places such as Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Barberini, Vi
The True Story of Moby Dick (Second Version)
Nov 25, 2017 · 125 min
A long journey back almost two centuries, a period in which the sea was still an unexplored world and was believed to be inhabited by extraordinary creatures and populated with myt
50 Years Since the First Heart Transplant (Second Version of "Lives Hanging by a Thread - Dr. Barnard's Challenge")
Dec 2, 2017 · 124 min
50 years after the event that marked the history of medicine, the program dedicates an episode to one of the most shocking medical achievements of the last century: that of allowin
The Secrets of Children From 0 to 2 Years Old (Second Version)
Dec 9, 2017 · 125 min
We cannot remember the most intense period of our lives, that of the most surprising discoveries, of unstoppable progress, of dizzying goals. These are the first two years after bi
Antonio and Cleopatra - The End of a Love Story, the Birth of an Empire (Third Version of "Antonio and Cleopatra")
Dec 16, 2017 · 123 min
Alberto Angela takes us on a grandiose journey into one of the most crucial periods in the history of Rome: the birth of the Empire. Through the images of the film "Il Destino di R
The Wonders and Secrets of Paris (Third Version)
Dec 23, 2017 · 126 min
Paris, its secrets and its wonders. The Bridges of Paris and the Seine have been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. Alberto Angela, aboard a vintage boat, travels along the
Journey into the World of The Betrothed
Apr 7, 2018 · 125 min
Renzo, Lucia and Alberto Angela: "Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta" travels through the pages of I promessi sposi, Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece. It is not a school reading, bu
Challenge the Limits of the Human Body
Apr 14, 2018 · 122 min
In this episode of "Ulisse, il piacere della scoperta", Alberto Angela takes us on a journey to the limits of what the human body can do. Let's try to understand if there are, and
Challenge to the Abyss
Apr 21, 2018 · 127 min
We follow Alberto Angela into the depths of the abyss. The world of the deep sea is still little known and full of surprises. We know the surface of the Moon in more detail than th
Elizabeth I - A Woman in Command
Apr 28, 2018 · 126 min
"I know I have a fragile and delicate woman's body, but I have the stomach and heart of a king, of a king of England." These are the words of Elizabeth I, the virgin queen, protago
Rome Under Rome - The Secrets of the Eternal City (1)
May 5, 2018 · 126 min
Alberto Angela dedicates the first of the two episodes to the beauties of Rome. But this time we will talk about a "hidden" eternal city that centuries and centuries of constructio
Rome Under Rome - The Secrets of the Eternal City (2)
May 12, 2018 · 123 min
Second appointment with the two-episode journey of "Ulisse: il piacere della scoperta" with Alberto Angela among the secrets of underground Rome. A city that never ceases to amaze
Australia - The Continent of Challenges (Third Version)
May 26, 2018 · 125 min
An extraordinary journey by Alberto Angela to the continent furthest from us and perhaps the least known: Australia. Why was it discovered just 250 years ago? Why are there animals