Melevisione

{{Short description|Italian children's television program}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Melevisione logo.png

| genre = Children's television

| creator = {{ubl|Mussi Bollini|Bruno Tognolini|Mela Cecchi}}

| writer = {{ubl|Mela Cecchi|Bruno Tognolini|Janna Carioli|Luisa Mattia|Lorenza Cingoli|Martina Forti|Lucia Franchitti|Venceslao Cembalo|Armando Traverso}}

| director = {{ubl|Pierluigi Pantini|Roberto Valentini|Enza Carpignano|Alfredo Franco|Rossella De Bonis|Paolo Severini}}

| starring = {{ubl|Danilo Bertazzi (1999–2004)|Lorenzo Branchetti (2004–2015)}}

| composer = {{ubl|Aldo Valente|Paolo Serazzi|Livio Brescia}}

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| num_seasons = 17

| num_episodes = 2,045

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Danilo Leonardi

| producer = {{ubl|Cristina Cuzzupoli|Donatella Meazza|Donatella Rorro}}

| cinematography = Valter Venturelli

| network = {{ubl|Rai Tre|Rai Yoyo}}

| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|01|18|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2015|05|02|df=y}}

}}

Melevisione ({{IPA|it|meleviˈzjoːne}}; portmanteau from {{lang|it|mele}}, "apples", and {{lang|it|televisione}}, "television") is an Italian children's television program that aired in the early afternoon between 1999 and 2015 on Rai Tre, with the latter seasons broadcast on Rai Yoyo. It focuses on the adventures of fairy tale characters: elves, princes, witches etc. The main character was Tonio Cartonio (played by Danilo Bertazzi) between 1999 and 2004, then followed by Milo Cotogno (Lorenzo Branchetti).

The episode entitled "Chi ha paura del lupo cattivo?" was also dubbed in English with the title "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_nVOU2uc4w "Chi ha paura del lupo cattivo - Who's afraid of the big bad wolf"]