Inspector Montalbano (TV series)

Inspector Montalbano
ItalianIl commissario Montalbano
GenreDetective fiction
Created byAndrea Camilleri
Starring
Country of originItaly
Original languagesItalian
Sicilian
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes37 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time100 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkRAI 1 and RAI 2
Release6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) –
8 March 2021 (2021-03-08)
Related
The Young Montalbano
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The Inspector Montalbano (Italian: Il commissario Montalbano [il kommisˈsaːrjo montalˈbaːno]) television series are Italian police procedural stories. Based on Andrea Camilleri's detective novels, they are located in the imaginary town of Vigàta, Sicily, which is based on Camilleri's native Porto Empedocle. The series protagonist, Salvo Montalbano, is the police chief, or commissario.

The music for the soundtrack was composed by Franco Piersanti.

Inspector Montalbano was produced and broadcast by RAI to critical acclaim.[1] It premiered on Rai 2, and then, since the fourth season, on Rai 1. Over 65 countries have broadcast the series, including on BBC Four in the United Kingdom, MHz WorldView in the United States and SBS in Australia.[2] In 2012, the series generated a spin-off, The Young Montalbano.

  1. ^ Domenico Naso (March 1, 2016). "Il Commissario Montalbano è da record: ecco i 5 motivi per cui il poliziotto di Vigata piace a tutti" (in Italian). ilfattoquotidiano.it.
  2. ^ "Montalbano, la serie italiana che ha conquistato 65 paesi". agvilvelino.it (in Italian). 4 February 2019.