
Father Matteo — Season 3
An unique priest and an extraordinary detective.
About this season
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.
Episodes (16)

1. The Secrets of the Heart
Aired 27 September 2002 • 55 min
A laborer is found dead in the cement factory he works in. The suspect is the factory’s supervisor, who had differences with the victim. During research, Don Matteo and the police accidentally uncover a dramatic relationship.

2. Never Too Late in Love
4.0Aired 27 September 2002 • 53 min
The stables of an equestrian center catch fire. Suspicion falls on the old horse groom first, who has a motive to harm his employer. The employer, owner of the stables, might have a motive too - to collect insurance money. With Don Matteo's help and the aid of little boy Simone, the police uncovers the truth.

3. Scandal in the City
Aired 4 October 2002 • 56 min
The manager of a country hotel is found dead. By chance, Don Matteo discovers that the victim blackmailed unsuspecting hotel guests with video recordings. Suspicion falls on a woman who seems to be involved. Her husband accuses himself.

4. The Hostage
7.0Aired 4 October 2002 • 51 min
The young woman Petra (Jacqueline Lustig), on the run from police after supposedly committing a crime, takes Don Matteo hostage. While the police and Don Matteo's 'family' attempt to free him, our protagonist cooks up a plan: In order to escape and to uncover the truth, he tries to become an accomplice to his kidnapper.

5. The Past Return
Aired 11 October 2002 • 56 min

6. Stage Fright
Aired 11 October 2002 • 55 min

7. Beauty Farm
Aired 18 October 2002 • 51 min

8. The Assignment
Aired 18 October 2002 • 49 min

9. Beautiful
Aired 25 October 2002 • 52 min

10. The Mystery of the Convent
Aired 25 October 2002 • 48 min

11. The Witness
Aired 1 November 2002 • 50 min

12. Natalina Is In Love
Aired 1 November 2002 • 50 min

13. Three Weddings and...a Santa Claus
Aired 8 November 2002 • 57 min

14. The King of Chess
Aired 8 November 2002 • 53 min

15. The Anonymous Letter
Aired 15 November 2002 • 51 min

16. The Flight
Aired 15 November 2002 • 51 min