One of Montalbano's most difficult cases begins during one of his habitual morning swims, when he finds a decomposed body floating in the water. The investigation leads him to uncover the unsavoury realities of international child trafficking. In Italian with English subtitles.
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The Catalanotti Method
Montalbano grapples with the murder of Carmelo Catalanotti, the leader of an amateur dramatics company whose devotion to Catalanotti and his peculiar take on theatre borders on ...
27-04-2024
BBC 4
The Safety Net
A Swedish film troupe arrives to shoot a period drama in Vigata. Augello immediately takes a shine to the production's female lead. \n\nWhen Montalbano intervenes in a case of b ...
25-06-2022
BBC 4
Beloved Salvo, My Livia
It's high summer in Vigata and the murdered body of a young woman, Agata Cosentino, is found in the municipal archives where she worked. But the building was supposed to be clos ...
18-06-2022
BBC 4
A Diary From '43
As Vigata celebrates St George’s Day, an elderly man, born locally, returns to Sicily after having lived in America for many years. On the same day a diary dating from WWI ...
20-02-2021
BBC 4
The Other End Of The Thread
While busy dealing with the arrival of boat migrants from across the Mediterranean, and with the harrowing human tragedy that accompanies them, Inspector Montalbano stumbles upo ...
13-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 5: 2. Love
A former prostitute has disappeared. Her sister tells Montalbano that she had recently fallen in love, so the police start their investigation by speaking to her lover, a meek a ...
06-02-2021
BBC 4
Series 5: 1. Carousel
A local shop is burned down in a clear case of arson. Its owner seems to have disappeared into thin air. Montalbano investigates, but is also kept busy by multiple reports of st ...
26-12-2020
BBC 4
Series 4: A Delicate Matter
Drama based on the books featuring the idiosyncratic Sicilian detective. Montalbano is visiting Livia in Boccadasse when he is called back to Vigata to investigate the murder of ...
28-03-2020
BBC 4
Series 1 - Montalbano's Croquettes
Italian police drama. When the chairman of a public works company and his wife are found dead in their car in a ditch, an accident appears the likely cause.
02-01-2020
BBC 4
Series 1 - The Artist's Touch
Montalbano investigates a goldsmith's apparent suicide by electrocution. But he discovers that the dead man's will was forged, leaving everything to his brother.
01-01-2020
BBC 4
The Catalanotti Method
Montalbano grapples with the murder of Carmelo Catalanotti, the leader of an amateur dramatics company whose devotion to Catalanotti and his peculiar take on theatre borders on ...
27-04-2024
BBC 4
Series 1 - The Voice Of The Violin
When a murder case is taken off Montalbano and given to incompetent rival inspector Panzacchi from Montelusa, the investigation risks going badly off course.
05-07-2014
BBC 4
Series 2: 1. Turning Point
One of Montalbano's most difficult cases begins during one of his habitual morning swims, when he finds a decomposed body floating in the water. The investigation leads him to u ...
08-11-2014
BBC 4
Series 1 - The Snack Thief
Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano investigates the murder of a local businessman whose widow suspects that he was killed by his lover, a young Tunisian woman.
25-12-2019
BBC 4