Father Matteo (2000)
Synopsis
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.
First Air Date: 2000-01-07
Last Air Date: 2026-03-19
Number of Seasons: 15
Number of Episodes: 286
Created By: Enrico Oldoini
Networks: RaiPlay, Rai 1
Top Cast
- Terence Hill as Don Matteo
- Nino Frassica as Maresciallo Nino Cecchini
- Nathalie Guetta as Natalina Diotallevi
- Francesco Scali as Pippo Gimignani-Zarfati
- Caterina Sylos Labini as Caterina Cecchini
- Pietro Pulcini as Piero Ghisoni
- Pamela Saino as Patrizia Cecchini
- Giada Arena as Assuntina Cecchini
- Astra Lanz as Suor Maria
- Simone Montedoro as Giulio Tommasi
Seasons
Season 1 (2000)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Foreign Man
In the series premiere, parish priest Don Matteo investigates a young man's apparent suicide.
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Ep. 2: Trivial Operation
The murder of a doctor is investigated.
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Ep. 3: The Courage to Speak
Don Matteo's help is needed by a young woman, whose family is in financial distress and being blackmailed. The citizens, surprised about their priest's meetings with this beautiful woman, start to spread rumours.
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Ep. 4: Anna
Don Matteo investigates a drug ring that attacked an undercover police officer.
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Ep. 5: The Scorpion's Strategy
An inmate is killed in jail. Suspicion falls on a prisoner who claims to be not guilty, although his fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. A scorpion fight, organized by the citizens, points Don Matteo in the right direction.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 7: The Antique Rose
Don Matteo is asked for help: Unfaithful wife Annalisa wants to save her marriage. Soon after this conversation she is found dead, her husband becomes main suspect. Don Matteo finds out that someone observed the victim.
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Ep. 8: The Little Angel
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 9: Awaiting Trial
Police officers find Don Matteo, gun in hand, next to a dead body. What happened? During a fight with the killer, the weapon was pushed in the priest's hands while the real murderer escaped. Imprisoned Don Matteo starts to investigate.
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Ep. 10: Blackmail
A well known entrepreneur is being blackmailed. Suspicion falls on a landlord who had differences with him before. While Don Matteo aids police investigations, the entrepreneur's son is poisoned...
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Ep. 11: The Actor
A film team comes to town. An actor is killed on the set - the gun was loaded with real bullets! The person responsible for the props seems to have a motive...
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Ep. 12: Drunk
An accident occurs during a bus ride. The driver seems to be responsible, tests reveal that he had alcohol in his system. Rumours start to spread in town about the rivalry of two bus enterprises...
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Ep. 13: Academic Crime
Another homicide in town: An employee of the research center is found dead. A fellow worker is suspected to have committed the crime, but Don Matteo's investigations point in a different direction.
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Ep. 14: Ageless Love
Don Matteo prepares for a funeral when he finds out that the man, who passed away in an old people's home, didn't die a natural death. Suspicion falls on the victim's son's girlfriend, who offers to anonymously pay for the funeral.
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Ep. 15: The Fire of the Passion
Mr. Morabito has an affair. He buys a rare diamond as a gift for his lover and hides it from his wife - in an inconspicuous container. Mrs. Morabito gives this container - not knowing what really is inside - to Don Matteo, who plans to host a charity event.
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Ep. 16: The Bad Apple
A police officer who investigates a drug ring - incognito - is obviously discovered and violently punished by the gang. Don Matteo helps investigations.
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