Season 15 • Episode 10
LatestDon 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.
Acting
Terence Hill's eyebrow acting deserves its own Emmy
Writing
Murder mysteries that wrap up neater than confession
Production
Gubbio, Italy: the real star, no green screen needed
Creator
Enrico Oldoini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Hill was already 61 when this started and filmed until 2020 at age 81, making him arguably the hardest-working priest in show business.
This basically invented the 'priest detective' genre that Italy ran with for decades; it aired during prime family viewing slots for 20+ years and became a national ritual.
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