broadcast La Corrida (Italian for "The Bullfighting") on Canale 5, personal debut on Mediaset. In May of that year, after the death of his father, he temporarily retired from the scene because he was not up for making people laugh. Insinna wrote a book, Neanche con un morso all'orecchio (Italian for "Not even with an ear bite"), released on 21 February 2012, which was reprinted four times in a few weeks. In the same year, he hosted Canale 5's Il braccio e la mente (Italian for "The brains and the brawn"). Since 15 September 2012, he hosted the radio broadcast Per favore parlate al conducente (Italian for "Please talk with the driver"), written by Marco Presta and Franco Bertini, aired on Radiodue on Saturdays and Sundays. On 15 December of that year, he returned to host a RAI broadcast on RAI 1, the charity "marathon" Telethon. On 8 September 2013, Insinna was back to host Affari Tuoi. The broadcast was able to prevail on Striscia la notizia on a daily basis. On 22 November of the same year, he participated as a juror in the TV broadcast Tale e quale show (Italian for "Spitting images show"). On 30 November 2013, Insinna was again a dancer for one night in Ballando con le Stelle, paired with Elena Coniglio: the duo danced a tango that got huge success, leading the jury to award Insinna and Coniglio with the maximum marks (50 points). In 2018, Insinna started hosting L'eredità on Rai Uno. Filmography Films Television Theatre 1986 Certamen Vaticanum 1987 Uccidiamo il chiaro di luna 1988 Folli sempre folli fortissimamente folli 1990 Il desiderio preso per la coda 1990 Che tragedia 1990 Lighea 1990 Tosca 1991 Madre coraggio 1992 Rimozioni forzate 1992 Il campanile 1993 A qualcuno piace caldo 1994 Sotterraneo 1994 Il tramezzo 1995 L'inno dell'ultimo anno 1995 Guardiano di porci 1995 Radio estetica 1996 Rassegna di monologhi inediti 1997 Tunnel 1997 La banda 1997 Fegatelli Awards 2001 - Special award: Prima - Italian guide to actors for his part in the film Guardami; 2004 - award Telegrolla and Premio per l'Europa for his part in the TV series Don Bosco, awarded at the Salerno Film and Fiction festival and Premio internazionale Sant'Antonio for his part as Capitano Anceschi in Don Matteo; 2006 - Premio internazionale Flaiano, Premio di cultura "Città di Marinella" and Telegrolla for the fictional series La buona battaglia