Thursday 17 March, 10.06am
Pinocchio: the real story of the mischievous wooden puppet
ICI London Director Katia Pizzi, editor and co-author of Pinocchio, puppets and modernity: the mechanical body has been invited by BBC World Service to join a distinguished panel of speakers for an episode of the programme The Forum dedicated to Pinocchio.
Pinocchio’s story has been the subject of many retellings, and his growing nose when he lies has become a way to satirise politicians the world over. But Pinocchio’s origins are largely unknown outside Italy, and couldn’t be more different from his portrayal in the 1940 Disney film. Why has Collodi’s original – one of the most translated books in the world and one of the most adapted– been largely ignored and why should we go back to it?
Katia Pizzi, Cristina Mazzoni (University of Vermont), and Georgia Panteli (University of Vienna and UCL), join BBC’s Bridget Kendall for this programme which will be broadcast on Thursday 17 March at 10.06am (then Friday 18 March at 00.06 and Saturday 19 March at 3.06pm).
More information and how to listen HERE