Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Seasons
1. Murder in Montmartre
Air Date: 1960-10-31
Maigret investigates the murder of a stripper, finding himself mixing with the low life types of Montmartre.
2. Unscheduled Departure
Air Date: 1960-11-07
A timid man tells Maigret that his wife is trying to murder him. He doesn't believe him until he is found dead.
3. The Burglar's Wife
Air Date: 1960-11-14
During a break in, a burglar finds something he wasn't expecting.
4. The Revolver
Air Date: 1960-11-21
The theft of Maigret's revolver from his home begins a detective story that leads to Maigret travelling from Paris to London to find the young man who stole it, and the woman who is in danger of being his victim.
5. The Old Lady
Air Date: 1960-11-28
Conflicting reports of a maid's death takes Maigret to Normandy to investigate the charming Madame Beeson and her children.
6. Liberty Bar
Air Date: 1960-12-05
No one knows what William Brown does when he visits Cannes every month, but one day he returns with a knife in his back.
7. A Man of Quality
Air Date: 1960-12-12
Emile Gallet was a man who preserved his way of life and provided for his dependants, but he is later found shot in Sancerre.
8. My Friend the Inspector
Air Date: 1960-12-19
A savage murder on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles provides a change of scene for Inspector Maigret.
9. The Mistake
Air Date: 1960-12-26
Professor Gouin, a brilliant surgeon, but a man that 'does not know what makes people tick' is caught in the drama of murder.
10. On Holiday
Air Date: 1961-01-02
When his wife falls ill during their holiday, Maigret ends up investigating the convent hospital.
11. The Experts
Air Date: 1961-01-09
Maigret runs into the tough methods of American gunmen when mafia gangsters arrive in Paris to carry out a hit on an informer.
12. The Cactus
Air Date: 1961-01-16
After one of his men is injured outside an apartment house, Maigret takes up temporary residence so he can investigate undercover.
13. The Children's Party
Air Date: 1961-01-23
Maigret investigates the lives of three seemingly respectable citizens after observing some suspicious behaviour.
1. Shadow Play
Air Date: 1961-10-23
There is a murder and a theft. But the murderer is not the thief and the thief did not benefit from the crime.
2. The Simple Case
Air Date: 1961-10-30
The owner of a bistro is no where to be found when a dismembered corpse is found by the river near his establishment.
3. Death of a Butcher
Air Date: 1961-11-06
An old schoolfriend of Maigret's asks for police protection.
4. The Winning Ticket
Air Date: 1961-11-13
Maigret takes a telephone call from an unknown man claiming to be pursued by assassins. When a murdered body is thrown from a car, Maigret is sure he has found the mystery caller.
5. Inspector Lognon's Triumph
Air Date: 1961-11-20
Maigret finds himself working on a case with the permanently miserable and hard-done-by Inspector Lognon.
6. The Lost Sailor
Air Date: 1961-11-27
A stranger turns up with no memory but plenty of money. How did his head get wounded? Maigret investigates
7. The Golden Fleece
Air Date: 1961-12-04
Based on his novel L'Écluse No 1. Maigret investigates a strange accident, noticing that the men of the Paris canals do not take well to interference.
8. Raise Your Right Hand
Air Date: 1961-12-11
Due to give evidence at a murder trial, Maigret is unable to shake his conviction that the accused is actually innocent.
9. The Liars
Air Date: 1961-12-18
Based on the novel Maigret Goes to School, the inspector travels to a seaside village near to La Rochelle to unravel a mystery involving many local characters, including the innkeeper, the postmistress and the schoolmaster.
10. A Crime for Christmas
Air Date: 1961-12-25
Based on his short story Un Noël de Maigret. Father Christmas displays a strange interest in the floorboards when visiting the house across from the Maigret's.
11. The Reluctant Witness
Air Date: 1962-01-01
Based on his 1959 novel. An old, dilapidated mansion is burgled and Maigret discovers a disturbing reason why a family is reluctant to talk.
12. The White Hat
Air Date: 1962-01-08
A woman in the park persuades Madame Maigret to look after her baby for an hour. The Chief Inspector thinks the strange incident might be connected to his latest murder case.
13. Murder on Monday
Air Date: 1962-01-15
Murders never happen on a Monday - every policeman knows that. But now it is a Monday, and there has been a murder. But who's the victim?
1. Voices from the Past
Air Date: 1962-09-24
Based on his 1960 Novel Maigret et les Vieillards. Maigret is thrown into a world where he must tread delicately when investigating the violent death of Count St Hilaire.
2. The Madman of Vervac
Air Date: 1962-10-01
Based on his 1932 novel Le Fou de Bergerac. Maigret must fall on unconventional methods to catch a madman after being wounded and confined to a hotel bed.
3. The Countess
Air Date: 1962-10-08
Based on his 1932 novel L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. Maigret returns to the village where he was born and becomes convinced he witnessed the Countess of Fiacre's murder.
4. The Wedding Guest
Air Date: 1962-10-15
While visiting a condemned man in prison, he comments to Maigret that he knows someone at a "guinguette a deux sous" (a "tuppenny bar") who is equally deserving of the death penalty.
5. High Politics
Air Date: 1962-10-22
Maigret was called for help by the Minister of Public Works, Auguste Point. This is a political and annoying affair: a month earlier, a sanatorium in Haute-Savoie collapsed, and 128 children died in the disaster.
6. Love from Felicie
Air Date: 1962-10-29
Why was Jules Lapie, known as Jambe-de-Bois, murdered in his home, who was spending a peaceful old age in his new home near Poissy? Maigret felt that Félicie, Lapie's maid, who had gone out to shop at the time of the assassination, knew something, but she remained silent; her behaviour irritated and intrigued the Commissioner, who hardly left her during her investigation.
7. The Dirty House
Air Date: 1962-11-05
An arrogant old lady pays Maigret a visit and tells him about the death of her granddaughter.
8. The Crystal Ball
Air Date: 1962-10-12
Maigret investigates the murder of a fortune teller after the prediction of their own death comes true.
9. The Crooked Castle
Air Date: 1962-11-19
Maigret descends upon a small town north of Paris after a diamond dealer is found murdered in the garage of a house.
10. Death in Mind
Air Date: 1962-11-26
When a rich old woman is murdered with no apparent motive, all fingers point to the delivery man. Maigret isn't so sure and sets out to find the real murderer
11. Seven Little Crosses
Air Date: 1962-12-03
The young son of a murder suspect leads the police on a clever trail. Is he purposely hindering or helping the case?
12. The Trap
Air Date: 1962-12-10
Maigret creates a trap to capture a serial killer who is targeting women in the streets of Montmartre.
13. The Amateurs
Air Date: 1962-12-17
Maigret holds the suspicion that a recently released criminal is responsible for a number of daring holdups in Paris.
1. Poor Cecile
Air Date: 1963-10-01
A spinster with a special fondness for Inspector Maigret is murdered.
2. The Fontenay Murders
Air Date: 1963-10-08
Maigret discovers local prejudices run deep when investigating a series of murders in the town of Fontenay.
3. The Lost Life
Air Date: 1963-10-15
To Inspector Lognon the life lost was just another murder to be solved, but it meant more than that for Maigret.
4. The Cellars of the Majestic
Air Date: 1963-10-22
The French wife of a visiting American millionaire is found murdered in the luxurious Majestic Hotel.
5. A Man Condemned
Air Date: 1963-09-29
Tomorrow a man must die on the guillotine, unless Maigret can demolish the case he himself built up against him.
6. The Flemish Shop
Air Date: 1963-11-05
Maigret discovers similarities between himself and a killer, finding there is only one way to gain a confession.
7. A Taste of Power
Air Date: 1963-11-12
Maigret takes on a mystery surrounding a gunshot in a silent, sleeping house; exposing a ruthless battle for power.
8. The Log of the Cap Fagnet
Air Date: 1963-11-19
A conspiracy of silence protects the murderer of Captain Fallut. Can Maigret find any significant clues?
9. The Judge's House
Air Date: 1963-11-26
The peculiar logic of madness, that haunts the Judge's house, helps Maigret to solve the puzzling murder of a doctor.
10. Another World
Air Date: 1963-12-03
When investigating the murder of millionaire David Ward, Maigret enters another world, where money is lord of all.
11. The Crime at Lock 14
Air Date: 1963-12-10
A yacht and a barge meet in the traffic of the canals, with their passing resulting in murder.
12. Peter the Lett
Air Date: 1963-12-17
Peter the Lett arrives in Paris with a reputation as the most successful confidence trickster in Europe. Inspector Maigret is waiting.
13. Maigret's Little Joke
Air Date: 1963-12-24
A crime of passion which attracts a lot of anonymous letters. The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.
15. Maigret at Bay
Air Date: 1959-04-12
Play of the Month, February 1969. Episode number set to match IMDB
16. L'état de Maigret
Air Date: 1959-04-12
DVD Restoration Process (episode number set to match IMDB)
17. Canadian Christmas Intros
Air Date: 1959-04-12
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Rating
6.9/10
Release Date
1960-10-31
Episodes
52 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
BBC