Piero Angela

Piero Domenico Angela Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [ˈpjɛːro ˈandʒela]; 22 December 1928 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian science journalist, television host, and essayist, with a brief early professional career also as a jazz musician and pianist.

He started as a radio reporter, then became a foreign correspondent, and established himself as the host of the RAI newscast. He is best known as the creator and presenter of broadcasting programmes modelled on BBC and David Attenborough documentaries, to whom he has been often compared, and also for his scientific journalism published in numerous publications.

Angela wrote thirty-three books, which sold over three million copies, received many honorary degrees, made over sixty documentaries and hundreds of television episodes, won seven Telegattos, and eight times won the national television directing award.