''Buongiorno Italia'' was an Italian morning television show, broadcast by Canale 5 between 1981 and 1984, and reprised for a final season in 1987–8.

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, Sylva Koscina, Roberto Gervaso,

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. Since the second edition, the show was on air from 7.30 to 9.30 a.m. (to 10.30 on Saturday morning). It was added a final

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'', '' Chobin the Star Child'', ''

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'', '' Lucy May''. Every week the show also included a six-episode journalistic report. The third edition introduced ''Ottoetrenta'' ("Eight and thirty"), a ten-minutes section formed by tests, curiosities and interviews. The last section of the program showed behind-the-scenes from mayor television shows of the Fininvest group. The first theme song of the show was "Buongiorno Italia", composed by

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who also served as orchestral and choir director. From the 1987 edition, the theme song was Fiorella Pierobon's "È l'Italia".

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