[1] Another of his works, the rivista Tempo di musica, a satire of Italian history from the 1930s to the 1950s, was heavily censored, being first banned and later allowed only after having received heavy cuts.

[1] He directed several successful TV-series, in particular Il segno del comando (1971) and L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini (1976).

[1] His last work, the TV miniseries La ragazza dell'addio was broadcast on RAI posthumously, two months after his death.

[2] He was also active on films, notably working on the screenplay of Michelangelo Antonioni's Story of a Love Affair (1950).

[4] The couple separated (divorce not yet existing in Italy) in 1950 and in 1967 he was prosecuted for concubinage with the actress Luisella Boni, with whom he had had a second daughter, Vittoria Michaela.