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WHEN OUR PARENTS WERE YOUNG NOT MANY PEOPLE COULD AFFORD TO BUY A TV SET AND THERE FORE IT WAS NOT SO COMMON TO WATCH TV PROGRAMMES. THE ONLY MOMENT WHEN THEY WATCHED IT WAS IN THE EVENING WHEN ALL THE FAMILY GATHERED. THERE WEREN’T MANY PROGRAMMES OR MOVIES AND WHAT THEY LIKED BEST WAS “CAROSELLO”– THE CAROUSEL – WHICH WAS A FIXED TEN- MINUTE ADVERTISING SLOT SCREENED EVERY DAY AT AROUND 8.45PM FROM THE LATE 1950S UNTIL THE MID 1970S THAT PROVIDED SPONSORED ENTERTAINMENT. AND BECAUSE KIDS LOVED WATCHING CAROSELLO JUST BEFORE BEDTIME, ITALIAN ADVERTISING BEGAN TO RESEMBLE KIDDIES’ TV. THESE ADS SHAPED THE NIGHTLY ROUTINE AND SLEEPING HABITS FOR AT LEAST TWO GENERATIONS OF ITALIAN CHILDREN.

WHEN MY MUM WAS A TEENAGER HER FAVOURITE FILM WAS “THE BIRDS” BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK BECAUSE SHE LIKES WELL MADE THRILLERS.

OUR GRANDPARENTS, INSTEAD, DIDN’T HAVE A TV SET BECAUSE ONLY WEALTHY PEOPLE COULD AFFORD IT, AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN GO TO THE CINEMA.NOWADAYS, EVERYBODY HAS GOT A TV SET AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FILMS YOU LIKE, EITHER AT HOME OR AT THE CINEMA.OUR FAVOURITES ARE “MODERN FAMILY” A FUNNY TV SIT-COM AND THE FILM “GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN”, BASED ON THE TRUE, DIFFICULT STORY AS AN ADOLESCENT OF THE RAPPER 50 CENT.