TV News: Inspector Nardone on True Movies 2

I've just received a press release telling me about a new Italian crime series, Inspector Nardone (Il Commissario Nardone) starring Sergio Assisi. It's already been on in the US (and is available as a R1 DVD) but will debut in the UK on Friday 15 March at 11pm on True Movies 2 (Sky 322, Freesat 303).
The series is twelve episodes long and is being shown in two-episode blocks every night from 15 to 20  March.

From the press release:
"A grey but optimistic post-war Milan is the ideal breeding ground for a new criminal scene, very
different from the one we are used to today: an old fashioned organized crime, made up of thieves and outlaws who share a specific moral code, which absolutely condemns homicide. Mario
Nardone as the new chief officer is assigned to the Milan Police Department, as if to settle a score for having exposed his corrupt colleagues.”

“Based on a real figure, a true legend in Milan during the 50s and 60s. Mario Nardone seems to be a character from Maigret creator Georges Simenon novel."

Romanzo Criminale returning to Sky Arts

The second series of Romanzo Criminale begins on Sky Arts 1 on 18 September at 9pm.

If you can't wait or don't have Sky Arts then you can buy the second series on DVD already, with English subtitles. (It appears that the DVD of series 1 does not have English subtitles.)

Gomorrah out on DVD

Gomorrah is out on DVD (R2) on Monday. Amazon have it at £12.

Blurb: Based on the bestselling exposé of the Neapolitan mafia, by award-winning journalist Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah is an unforgettable and compelling story of power, money and blood.

Five stories are woven together in modern day Naples, set in a brutal world from which there is no escape and no mercy.

Gomorrah is directed by acclaimed and multi award-winning director Matteo Garrone. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2008 and was a multi prize winner at the European Film Academy awards with honours including Best European Film and Best European Director.