Montalbano's imaginary town, Vigata, is loosely based upon the real coastal town - Camilleri's hometown - Porto Empedocle, and Montelusa, the nearby big town, is based upon Agrigento, famous for its Greek temples. The original Montalbano books, by Andrea Camilleri, are set in fictional locations. In addition to Italy, the tv series was shown in Australia, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and the US, while the Inspector Montalbano novels have been translated into 32 different languages.The BBC series Inspector Montalbano (made by the Italian TV company Rai as Il Commissario Montalbano) is full of stunning Sicilian locations, from sweeping views to picturesque corners and lanes. The final episode of Il commissario Montalbano The entire Montalbano series had been directed by Alberto Sironi, who died suddenly in August 2019, a few weeks after Camilleri, with Zingaretti then stepping in as director. One person commented on Twitter: "It's the trashiest thing I've ever seen" while another described the "unfortunate" decision by RAI to air the episode on International Women's Day. Salvo Montalbano (Luca Zingaretti) with Antonia (Greta Scarano). Montalbano fans took to social media last night to voice their "disappointment" in the central character who betrayed his partner of 20 years Livia (played by Sonia Bergamasco), dumping her over the phone after having a fling with his much younger colleague Antonia, played by Greta Scarano. The series was based on the detective novels of the late Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri who died in Rome two years ago.
The series first aired on Italian television in 1999 and starred Luca Zingaretti as Salvo Montalbano, the police chief of Vigàta, a fictional town in Sicily. Titled Il metodo Catalanotti, it was however only the eighth most-watched episode in the two-decade series which attracted a record 11.2 million viewers in 2018. The final episode of the police television series Il Commissario Montalbano was aired last night on Italy's national broadcaster RAI, attracting an audience of more than nine million viewers.
Nine million people in Italy tuned in to see last episode of Il Commissario Montalbano.
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