Licia Colò (born July 7, 1962) is an
Italian
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TV hostess
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and
journalist
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.
Biography
Colò was born in
Verona
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She began her television career in 1982 as either host or author of various shows for
RAI
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, the Italian state television, and
Mediaset,
Silvio Berlusconi
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's network. Among these, ''L'Arca di Noè'', ''Paese che vai '' and ''La compagnia dei viaggiatori'', which forecast her passion for shows about travels. In 1989 she had a secondary role in the horror movie ''La casa delle anime erranti''.
She has been working exclusively for RAI since 1996, hosting documentary-based shows ''
Geo & Geo'', ''King Kong'' and ''Il pianeta delle meraviglie''. Starting in 2001, she has hosted ''
Alle falde del Kilimangiaro'', dedicated to travel documentaries, on
RAI 3
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. Colò has also written several books documenting her travel experiences.
External links
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Official website
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1962 births
Living people
Mass media people from Verona
Italian television journalists