''Algo habrán hecho (por la historia argentina)'' (in Spanish, "''They must have done something (for the history of Argentina)'') is a

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for television that narrates the

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. It was created by the Argentine historian

Felipe Pigna Felipe Pigna (born 29 May 1959) is an Argentine historian and writer. He is among the best-selling authors from Argentina. Biography Pigna teaches at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, directing the ''Ver la Historia'' proj ...

, who acted as presenter. In the first two seasons

Mario Pergolini Mario Daniel Pergolini (born July 3, 1964, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine journalist, media producer and businessman, best known as the former main host of the television show '' Caiga Quien Caiga'' (''CQC'') broadcast on Argentina's Telefe. H ...

was a co-presenter of it, but after giving up on all works on television his role in the documentary was taken by Juan Di Natale. Di Natale and Pergolini were by that time co-presenters (as well as Eduardo de la Puente) of the talk show

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. Di Natale pointed that he was not meant to act as if he was Pergolini, but the script writers wrote instead the scripts based on his own personality. The first season, aired in 2005 on Canal 13, narrates the history of Argentina from the

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to the fall of

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during the

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. The second season, aired in 2006 on

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, resumes the narration from that point and continues up to the suicide of

Leandro N. Alem Leandro Nicéforo Alem (born Leandro Alén; 11 March 1841 – 1 July 1896) was an Argentine politician, founder and leader of the Radical Civic Union. He was the uncle and political teacher of Hipólito Yrigoyen. He was also an active Freemaso ...

in 1896. The third one, aired in 2008 on Telefé, resumes as well from the end of previous season and ends with the meeting of

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and

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at the

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during a fund-raising to help after the San Juan earthquake. The documentary uses 3 main styles, jumping from one to the other. One style is the use of actors to represent certain key events or circumstances. A second style is the plain explanation of the things taking place (which could be done by a narrating voice and

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s, by the presenters in some modern day location, or by the presenters at a representation of an event), and a third style was some limited interaction of the presenters with the historical characters portrayed or the social circumstances depicted. The third season had fewer historical reconstructions than the others, and more explanations by Pigna and Di Natale.Con aroma a clase de historia
The documentary earned two

Martín Fierro Awards The Martín Fierro Awards () are awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. History The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the a ...

and one Clarin award.

References

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