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.
Camillo's old film projector finally gives out and he is at a loss what to do to entertain the villagers on a Saturday night. The alternative for them is the dance held by the Communists at the People's Palace.
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.