''Carabinieri'' is an Italian television series that aired on

Canale 5 Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...

from March 2002 to 30 July 2008. The series is an action thriller with added elements of comedy, and has been compared to the

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

format. It told the story of the military police (

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...

) barracks located in

Città della Pieve Città della Pieve is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located in Valdichiana a few kilometres from the border between Umbria and Tuscany, and about southwest of Perugia and southeast of Chiusi ...

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Manuela Arcuri Manuela Arcuri (born 8 January 1977, in Anagni) is an Italian actress, model and soubrette. She was the protagonist of two successful TV series, ''L'onore e il rispetto'' and '' Il peccato e la vergogna''. Biography Arcuri was born in Anagni, n ...

: Paola Vitali (s.1–2) *

Ettore Bassi Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter. Biography Having loved magic since he was a child, he decided to study to become a magician and began to work as an anim ...

: Andrea Ferri (s.1–4) *

Andrea Roncato Andrea Roncato (born 7 March 1947 in Bologna) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality. Biography Andrea Roncato has a law degree from the University of Bologna and a solfège diploma from the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Mar ...

: Costante Romanò (s.1–7) *

Alessandro Partexano Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

: Antonio Mura (s.1–7) *

Lorenzo Crespi Lorenzo Crespi (born Vincenzo Leopizzi on 13 August 1971) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Messina, Crespi made his film debut in 1995, in Pappi Corsicato's ''Black Holes''. In 1998 he won the Globo d'oro for b ...

: Tommaso Palermo (s.1) *

Pino Caruso Giuseppe Caruso (12 October 1934 – 7 March 2019), best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality. Life and career Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as dramatic stage actor in his home town in ...

: Giuseppe Capello (s.1–2) *

Martina Colombari Martina Colombari (born 10 July 1975) is an Italian film and television actress, model and television presenter. Biography Colombari was born on 10 July 1975 in Riccione in northern Italy. In October 1991, at the age of 16, Colombari won the Mi ...

:Infermiera Gioia Capello (s.1–2, 6) *

Roberto Farnesi Roberto Farnesi (born 19 July 1969) is an Italian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film ...

: Luigi Testa (s.2–4) *

Alessia Marcuzzi Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host and actress. Career Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...

: Andrea Sepi (s.3–5) *

Luca Argentero Luca Argentero (born 12 April 1978) is an Italian actor, model and television personality. He has appeared in more than 18 films since 2006. Biography Born in Turin to Guido and Agata, Argentero grew up in neighboring Moncalieri. After completin ...

: Marco Tosi (s.4–6) * Walter Nudo: Giacomo Contini (s.6–7) *

Francesca Chillemi Francesca Chillemi (born 25 July 1985) is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. Early life and career At the age of 18, Francesca Chillemi won the Miss Italia 2003 beauty contest. She subsequently sta ...

: Laura Flestero (s.6–7) *

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid G ...

: Giovanni (s.1–5); Padre Paolo (s.7) * Massimo Rinaldi: Maurizio Ranieri (s.1–2) * Francesco Giuffrida: Leonardo Bini (s.1–4) * Giampiero Lisarelli: Carlo Prosperi (s.1–5) *

Vincenzo Crocitti Vincenzo Crocitti (16 July 1949 – 29 September 2010) was an Italian cinema and television actor. Crocitti was born in Rome. He won a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for the role of Mario Vivaldi in '' An Average Little Man''. Selec ...

: Vittorio Bordi (s.1–6) *

Orso Maria Guerrini Orso Maria Guerrini (born 25 October 1942) is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Florence, Guerrini started his career with several small roles in Spaghetti Westerns and genre films. He became ...

: Lorenzo Sepi (s.4–5) * Ines Nobili: Barbara Fulci (s.5–6) * Massimiliano Varrese: Antonio Baldi (s.5–7) *

Roberta Giarrusso ''Roberta'' is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel ''Gowns by Roberta'' by Alice Duer Miller. It features the songs " Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", " Le ...

: Sonia Martini (s.3–7) *

Maurizio Casagrande Maurizio Casagrande (born 4 November 1961) is an Italian actor and film and stage director. Life and career Born in Naples, the son of the actor and director Antonio, Casagrande studied as a baritone at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Maj ...

: Bruno Morri (s.5–7) * Katia Beni: Tina (s.1–6) *

Erika Blanc Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born 23 July 1942), usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc, is an Italian actress. Career Her most notable role was as the first fictional character Emmanuelle in '' Io, Emmanuelle'' (1969). Blanc starred in se ...

: Gemma (s.1–6) *

Dario Vergassola Dario Vergassola (born 3 May 1957) is an Italian comedian, actor, author, singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. Career He has worked with all the main Italian television broadcasters and is known for his participation as a comedia ...

: Pippo (s.1–6) * Eleonora di Miele: Jessica (s. 1–5) *

Katia Ricciarelli Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli (), is an Italian soprano and actress. Biography Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music. ...

: Monica (s.7) *

Lia Tanzi Lia Tanzi (born 3 November 1948) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires to Italian parents, Tanzi moved to Parma at young age. She studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Mil ...

: Margherita (s.6–7) *

Valeria Cavalli Valeria Cavalli (born 1 November 1959) is an Italian actress and model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via ...

: Sara de Nittis (s.5–7) *

Valentina Pace Valentina may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film Television * ''Valentina'' (1993 telenovela), a 1993 Mexican telenovela * Valentina (2013 teleno ...

: Paola (s.6–7) * Alessia Ventura: Roberta Dei Casati (s.7) *

Daniel Emilio Baldock Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

: Venturi

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