Don Matteo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Its mission: to expose the culprits and to understand that, between Evil and Good, is this the only way to live well with oneself and with altri. Detective the service of God, this is Don Matteo Bondini: not a any priest but a former missionary talent a bit 'special. It possesses an extraordinary intuition that, combined with his deep understanding of the human soul, the driving successfully in the most tortuous meanderings of the crime. Generous, simple, smart, intuitive, intelligent, meticulous, tenacious, informal, without bias: its main task is to raise awareness.

Series details

• Title: Don Matteo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Italian
• Genres: Crime, Family
• Premiere date: 2000-07-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Rai 1
• Network country: Italy
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5349

Cast and credited roles

• Terence Hill — Don Matteo
• Nino Frassica — Maresciallo Cecchini

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-01-14; final listed air date 2000-02-20.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-10-21; final listed air date 2001-12-09.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-09-27; final listed air date 2002-11-15.
• Season 4: premiered 2004-02-19; final listed air date 2004-05-06.
• Season 5: premiered 2006-02-01; final listed air date 2006-03-27.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-01-17; final listed air date 2008-04-10.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-09-10; final listed air date 2009-11-26.
• Season 8: premiered 2011-09-15; final listed air date 2011-12-08.
• Season 9: premiered 2014-01-09; final listed air date 2014-04-10.
• Season 10: premiered 2016-01-07; final listed air date 2016-04-14; episode order: 26.
• Season 11: premiered 2018-01-11; final listed air date 2018-04-19.
• Season 12: premiered 2020-01-09; final listed air date 2020-03-19.
• Season 13: premiered 2022-03-31; final listed air date 2022-05-26.
• Season 14: premiered 2024-10-17; final listed air date 2024-12-19.
• Season 15: premiered 2026-01-08; final listed air date 2026-03-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Don Matteo on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.