Inspector Ricciardi

Inspector Ricciardi (Italian: Il commissario Ricciardi) is an Italian crime drama television series based on the novels by Maurizio De Giovanni. It was first aired on Rai 1 on 25 January 2021.

Inspector Ricciardi
Italian poster
Italian	Il commissario Ricciardi
Genre	Crime drama Detective fiction
Based on	Il commissario Ricciardi series by Maurizio De Giovanni
Directed by	Alessandro D'Alatri Gianpaolo Tescari
Starring	Lino Guanciale Antonio Milo Enrico Ianniello Serena Iansiti Maria Vera Ratti Mario Pirrello Pepe Servillo Marco Palvetti Nunzia Schiano Fabrizia Sacchi Fiorenza D'Antonio Christoph Hülsen
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	98–110 minutes
Production companies	Rai Fiction Clemart
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	25 January 2021 (2021-01-25) – present

Premise

The series takes place in Naples in the 1930s at the height of Fascist Italy. Police Commissioner Luigi Ricciardi holds a powerful secret: he can see the ghosts of people who have died violent deaths and listen to their last thoughts.

Cast

Main

• Lino Guanciale as Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi
• Antonio Milo as Raffaele Maione
• Enrico Ianniello as Bruno Modo
• Serena Iansiti as Livia Lucani
• Maria Vera Ratti as Enrica Colombo
• Mario Pirrello as Angelo Garzo
• Peppe Servillo as Don Pierino Fava
• Marco Palvetti as Falco
• Nunzia Schiano as Rosa Vaglio
• Fabrizia Sacchi as Lucia Caputo
• Fiorenza D'Antonio as Bianca Palmieri di Roccaspina
• Christoph Hülsen as Manfred Kaspar von Brauchitsch

Recurring

• Adriano Falivene as Bambinella
• Massimo De Matteo as Giulio Colombo
• Susy Del Giudice as Maria Tritone
• Roberto Giordano as Camarda
• Veronica D'Elia as Nelide
• Giovanni Allocca as Cesarano
• Nicola Acunzo as Sebastiano Ponte

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	6		25 January 2021 (2021-01-25)	1 March 2021 (2021-03-01)	Rai 1
2	4		6 March 2023 (2023-03-06)	21 March 2023 (2023-03-21)
3	4		10 November 2025 (2025-11-10)	1 December 2025 (2025-12-01)

Season 1

Season 1 premiered on 25 January 2021.^[1]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	1	"Vengeance Will Be Mine" (Il senso del dolore)	104 min	25 January 2021 (2021-01-25)
2	2	"Blood Curse" (La condanna del sangue)	109 min	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
3	3	"Everyone in Their Place" (Il posto di ognuno)	100 min	8 February 2021 (2021-02-08)
4	4	"The Day of the Dead" (Il giorno dei morti)	100 min	15 February 2021 (2021-02-15)
5	5	"Viper" (Vipera)	98 min	22 February 2021 (2021-02-22)
6	6	"At the Bottom of Your Heart" (In fondo al tuo cuore)	108 min	1 March 2021 (2021-03-01)

Season 2

Season 2 premiered on 6 March 2023.^[2]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
7	1	"Fever" (Febbre)	102 min	6 March 2023 (2023-03-06)
8	2	"Souls of Glass" (Anime di vetro)	106 min	13 March 2023 (2023-03-13)
9	3	"Unnamed Serenade" (Serenata senza nome)	103 min	20 March 2023 (2023-03-20)
10	4	"Winter Swallows" (Rondini d'inverno)	110 min	21 March 2023 (2023-03-21)

Season 3

Season 3 premiered on 10 November 2025.^[3]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
11	1	"By My Hand" (Per mano mia)	TBC	10 November 2025 (2025-11-10)
12	2	"The Living and the Dead" (I vivi e i morti)	TBC	17 November 2025 (2025-11-17)
13	3	"The Angel's Purgatory" (Il purgatorio dell'angelo)	TBC	24 November 2025 (2025-11-24)
14	4	"The Cry of Dawn" (Il pianto dell'alba)	TBC	1 December 2025 (2025-12-01)

Production

The series was filmed in various locations around Naples, including the Teatro di San Carlo, the Museo di Capodimonte, Villa Pignatelli, the Royal Palace of Portici, Capua, Castel Volturno, and Nocera Inferiore.^[4]