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Montalbano on the BBC

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Ragusa Ibla , a sentiment ofttimes used inwards Montalbano
The BBC's determination to exhibit an entire serial of the detective drama Inspector Montalbano is smashing tidings for lovers of the programme , equally good equally for lovers of Sicily. Based on the colourful novels of  Andrea Camilleri , the RAI TV serial Il Commissario Montalbano is hugely pop inwards Italia together with has already been exported to other countries to a greater extent than or less the world. You tin sack purchase DVDs on Amazon alongside English linguistic communication subtitles produced for the USA together with Australia. The BBC has already showed ii episodes inwards the yesteryear yr , to whet viewers' appetites.

The TV serial is filmed to a greater extent than or less south-eastern Sicily , generally inwards the Baroque towns listed yesteryear UNESCO.   Principal filming locations include Ragusa , Scicli together with Modica. These are picturesque small-scale towns which exhibit the really best of Sicily , together with it is no wonder that the TV serial has encouraged tourism inwards the region.  I toured the surface area final yr together with y'all come upwardly across Montalbano wherever y'all acquire - take-aways advertising the 'arancini of Montalbano' , photographs of thespian Luca Zingaretti together with occasionally an official data board describing a cinema location. When nosotros saw some filming inwards Scicli , nosotros were thrilled , together with thus disappointed to larn it wasn't for novel Montalbano.

The detective drama is highly entertaining , alongside lots of colourful Sicilian characters , local dialect , beautiful scenery together with convoluted plots. Like the master copy novels , the TV serial captures the infuriating together with bizarre aspects of Italian - together with Sicilian - culture. From Montalbano's beloved of nutrient  - banking concern agree out the meals he enjoys lone at domicile - to the perpetually unfaithful spouses , the predatory women , corrupt politicians together with incompetent professionals , this is an Italia which volition endure familiar to everyone who knows the country.  Some of the characters together with situations are thus hilarious you'd intend they must endure exaggerated... only maybe not. Frequently the detective together with his squad are left alongside  'the Mafia' equally the opposing , faceless protagonist. Montalbano is a decent human being who sees the best together with worst of his immature human being Sicilians equally he investigates baffling crimes , together with makes excuses on the band to his long-distance girl Livia. Through his eyes the viewer tin sack actually relish the breadth , drama together with humor of Sicilian life.

Shop sign inwards Modica
You tin sack picket the offset episode of Inspector Montalbano on BBC4 on Sat 11th Feb 2012 , together with 1 time again on Midweek 15th. DVDs are too available on Amazon.co.uk , equally are the master copy novels yesteryear Andrea Camilleri.

Pour yourself a drinking glass of Nero d'Avola , relish the TV exhibit , together with maybe you'll start daydreaming nearly a vacation inwards Montalbano territory.

> Montalbano locations inwards Sicily

> Ragusa
> Scicli
> Noto
> Siracusa


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