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COLLECTION · Series · 1960

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.

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* 7.1 (15)CrimeDramaMysteryUnited Kingdom
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC One · BBC
Runtime
50 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
31/10/1960
Score
7.1 / 10 (15)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
13 episodes · 1960
Episode 1. Murder in Montmartre
1960-10-31 · 50 min

Maigret investigates the murder of a stripper, finding himself mixing with the low life types of Montmartre.

Episode 2. Unscheduled Departure
1960-11-07 · 50 min

A timid man tells Maigret that his wife is trying to murder him. He doesn't believe him until he is found dead.

Episode 3. The Burglar's Wife
1960-11-14 · 50 min

During a break in, a burglar finds something he wasn't expecting.

Episode 4. The Revolver
1960-11-21 · 50 min

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.

Episode 5. The Old Lady
1960-11-28 · 50 min

Conflicting reports of a maid's death takes Maigret to Normandy to investigate the charming Madame Beeson and her children.

Episode 6. Liberty Bar
1960-12-05 · 50 min

No one knows what William Brown does when he visits Cannes every month, but one day he returns with a knife in his back.

Episode 7. A Man of Quality
1960-12-12 · 50 min

Emile Gallet was a man who preserved his way of life and provided for his dependants, but he is later found shot in Sancerre.

Episode 8. My Friend the Inspector
1960-12-19 · 50 min

A savage murder on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles provides a change of scene for Inspector Maigret.

Episode 9. The Mistake
1960-12-26 · 50 min

Professor Gouin, a brilliant surgeon, but a man that 'does not know what makes people tick' is caught in the drama of murder.

Episode 10. On Holiday
1961-01-02 · 50 min

When his wife falls ill during their holiday, Maigret ends up investigating the convent hospital.

Episode 11. The Experts
1961-01-09 · 50 min

Maigret runs into the tough methods of American gunmen when mafia gangsters arrive in Paris to carry out a hit on an informer.

Episode 12. The Cactus
1961-01-16 · 50 min

After one of his men is injured outside an apartment house, Maigret takes up temporary residence so he can investigate undercover.

Episode 13. The Children's Party
1961-01-23 · 50 min

Maigret investigates the lives of three seemingly respectable citizens after observing some suspicious behaviour.

Season 2
Season 2
13 episodes · 1961
Episode 1. Shadow Play
1961-10-23 · 50 min

There is a murder and a theft. But the murderer is not the thief and the thief did not benefit from the crime.

Episode 2. The Simple Case
1961-10-30 · 50 min

The owner of a bistro is no where to be found when a dismembered corpse is found by the river near his establishment.

Episode 3. Death of a Butcher
1961-11-06 · 50 min

An old schoolfriend of Maigret's asks for police protection.

Episode 4. The Winning Ticket
1961-11-13 · 50 min

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.

Episode 5. Inspector Lognon's Triumph
1961-11-20 · 50 min

Maigret finds himself working on a case with the permanently miserable and hard-done-by Inspector Lognon.

Episode 6. The Lost Sailor
1961-11-27 · 50 min

A stranger turns up with no memory but plenty of money. How did his head get wounded? Maigret investigates

Episode 7. The Golden Fleece
1961-12-04 · 50 min

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.

Episode 8. Raise Your Right Hand
1961-12-11 · 50 min

Due to give evidence at a murder trial, Maigret is unable to shake his conviction that the accused is actually innocent.

Episode 9. The Liars
1961-12-18 · 50 min

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.

Episode 10. A Crime for Christmas
1961-12-25 · 50 min

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.

Episode 11. The Reluctant Witness
1962-01-01 · 50 min

Based on his 1959 novel. An old, dilapidated mansion is burgled and Maigret discovers a disturbing reason why a family is reluctant to talk.

Episode 12. The White Hat
1962-01-08 · 50 min

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.

Episode 13. Murder on Monday
1962-01-15 · 50 min

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?

Season 3
Season 3
13 episodes · 1962
Episode 1. Voices from the Past
1962-09-24 · 50 min

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.

Episode 2. The Madman of Vervac
1962-10-01 · 50 min

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.

Episode 3. The Countess
1962-10-08 · 50 min

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.

Episode 4. The Wedding Guest
1962-10-15 · 50 min

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.

Episode 5. High Politics
1962-10-22 · 50 min

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.

Episode 6. Love from Felicie
1962-10-29 · 50 min

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…

Episode 7. The Dirty House
1962-11-05 · 50 min

An arrogant old lady pays Maigret a visit and tells him about the death of her granddaughter.

Episode 8. The Crystal Ball
1962-10-12 · 50 min

Maigret investigates the murder of a fortune teller after the prediction of their own death comes true.

Episode 9. The Crooked Castle
1962-11-19 · 50 min

Maigret descends upon a small town north of Paris after a diamond dealer is found murdered in the garage of a house.

Episode 10. Death in Mind
1962-11-26 · 50 min

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

Episode 11. Seven Little Crosses
1962-12-03 · 50 min

The young son of a murder suspect leads the police on a clever trail. Is he purposely hindering or helping the case?

Episode 12. The Trap
1962-12-10 · 50 min

Maigret creates a trap to capture a serial killer who is targeting women in the streets of Montmartre.

Episode 13. The Amateurs
1962-12-17 · 50 min

Maigret holds the suspicion that a recently released criminal is responsible for a number of daring holdups in Paris.

Season 4
Season 4
13 episodes · 1963
Episode 1. Poor Cecile
1963-10-01 · 50 min

A spinster with a special fondness for Inspector Maigret is murdered.

Episode 2. The Fontenay Murders
1963-10-08 · 50 min

Maigret discovers local prejudices run deep when investigating a series of murders in the town of Fontenay.

Episode 3. The Lost Life
1963-10-15 · 50 min

To Inspector Lognon the life lost was just another murder to be solved, but it meant more than that for Maigret.

Episode 4. The Cellars of the Majestic
1963-10-22 · 50 min

The French wife of a visiting American millionaire is found murdered in the luxurious Majestic Hotel.

Episode 5. A Man Condemned
1963-09-29 · 50 min

Tomorrow a man must die on the guillotine, unless Maigret can demolish the case he himself built up against him.

Episode 6. The Flemish Shop
1963-11-05 · 50 min

Maigret discovers similarities between himself and a killer, finding there is only one way to gain a confession.

Episode 7. A Taste of Power
1963-11-12 · 50 min

Maigret takes on a mystery surrounding a gunshot in a silent, sleeping house; exposing a ruthless battle for power.

Episode 8. The Log of the Cap Fagnet
1963-11-19 · 50 min

A conspiracy of silence protects the murderer of Captain Fallut. Can Maigret find any significant clues?

Episode 9. The Judge's House
1963-11-26 · 50 min

The peculiar logic of madness, that haunts the Judge's house, helps Maigret to solve the puzzling murder of a doctor.

Episode 10. Another World
1963-12-03 · 50 min

When investigating the murder of millionaire David Ward, Maigret enters another world, where money is lord of all.

Episode 11. The Crime at Lock 14
1963-12-10 · 50 min

A yacht and a barge meet in the traffic of the canals, with their passing resulting in murder.

Episode 12. Peter the Lett
1963-12-17 · 50 min

Peter the Lett arrives in Paris with a reputation as the most successful confidence trickster in Europe. Inspector Maigret is waiting.

Episode 13. Maigret's Little Joke
1963-12-24 · 50 min

A crime of passion which attracts a lot of anonymous letters. The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.

Cast by season
Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies
Chief Inspector Maigret
Ewen Solon
Ewen Solon
Lucas
Henry Oscar
Henry Oscar
Inspector Lognon
Helen Shingler
Helen Shingler
Madame Maigret
Neville Jason
Neville Jason
Lapointe
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Victor Lucas
Torrance
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