Series synopsis
Nero Wolfe is an Italian mystery comedy family television series that premiered on Rai 1 on April 5, 2012. It ended on May 24, 2012. It was created by Piero Bodrato, Grazia Giardiello, Roberto Iannone, Chiara Laudani, Alessandro Sermoneta. It stars Francesco Pannofino, Pietro Sermonti, Giulia Bevilacqua and Andy Luotto.
Interesting modern actualization made by Italian broadcasting service (RAI) of immortal, well-known characters created by the genial American novelist Rex Stout.
Premise
Interesting modern actualization made by Italian broadcasting service (RAI) of immortal, well-known characters created by the genial American novelist Rex Stout.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Francesco Pannofino as Nero Wolfe
- Pietro Sermonti as Archie Goodwin
- Giulia Bevilacqua as Rosa Petrini
- Andy Luotto as Nanni Laghi
- Marcello Mazzarella as Commissario Graziani
- Michele La Ginestra as Spartaco Lanzetta
Guest cast
- Davide Paganini as Maresciallo Bordon
- Maria P. Petruolo as Sara Colombo (as Mary Petruolo)
- Jacopo Venturiero as Lele Borrelli
- Gianluca Cortesi
- Mario Cordova as Arturo Borrelli
- Dajana Roncione as Anna Fiore
- Andrea Lolli as Agente immobiliare
- Pietro De Stefani as Beppe
- Salvatore Langella as Gaspare
- Orfeo Orlando as Ladro auto (as Orfeo Orlandi)
- Giovanni Calcagno as Faber
- Roberto Nobile
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | April 5, 2012 | May 24, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
La traccia del serpente As soon as he arrives in Rome with his faithful assistant Archie Goodwin, the famous American investigator, Nero Wolfe, is contacted by his first client: a woman asks to find a boarder in the hotel where she works, disappeared for days |
April 5, 2012 |
| 2 |
Champagne per uno Recruited as a chaperone at a reception for mothers-girls, Archie Goodwin assists helplessly with the death of one of the two young escorts, Lucia, poisoned with arsenic. The police are sure it is suicide, but Archie is convinced of the opposite, and initially Nero Wolfe suspects the victim's ex-boyfriend, who had been abandoned to the news of the pregnancy and later lost the child. |
April 12, 2012 |
| 3 |
La principessa Orchidea Yu Lan, a young peddler vendor, describes to Nero Wolfe a woman kidnapped in a car: she had a pin with letters C and S and a faith. Without taking it too seriously, the investigator invites Archie Goodwin to deepen, but before the assistant can do it Yu is hit by the same car of the kidnapping and ends up in a coma. |
April 19, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Rai 1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 5, 2012 |
| Last aired | May 24, 2012 |
| Runtime | 100 minutes |
| Status | ended |