S01E01 Episode 1
Mayor Giuseppe Bottazzi , is up for election on the Communist ticket, attends church and opposes his rival and one-time aide in the war against oppression, Catholic priest Don Camillo.
Peppone writes a speech he thinks will bring him fame, but Smilzo loses it. It is found and handed to Camillo who humbles Peppone in front of his congregation, which does not please the Lord.
In a small village in the Po Valley a permanent state of feud exists between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone.
They fight their battles in the cause of the betterment of the Northern Italian community and Camillo comforts himself in his frequent times of crisis with intimate little conversations with the Almighty.