

Four literary titans dissect fiction's greatest sleuths — and occasionally roast them.
Season 8 • Episode 12
LatestMAGAZINE - Sherlock Holmes, Commissioner Maigret, Nero Wolfe, Father Brown, Philo Vance: the writers Massimo Carlotto, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Giampaolo Simi and Valerio Varesi tell the great classic detectives in the Rai dramas - by AAVV 2020 ITA
Writing
Writers analyzing writers — meta-commentary at its finest.
Production
Elegant Italian design elevates talking heads to art.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rai's investment in literary programming reflects Italy's unique tradition of treating crime fiction as serious art — giallo elevated to cultural institution.
Carlotto himself was wrongfully imprisoned for murder before becoming a celebrated crime writer, giving his commentary on fictional justice an unsettling autobiographical weight.