Maigret
Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, getting to know everyone on his list of suspects until someone makes a slip or breaks down and confesses.
Cast: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway
6 episodes
1. The Patience of MaigretMaigret's patience is tested when the crime boss he has investigated for years, Manuel Palmari, commits another jewellery heist. But when Palmari himself is murdered, Maigret works with the criminal's shady mistress, Aline, to find the killer.12CC1 h 0 minFeb 9, 1992
2. Maigret and the Burglar's WifeAlfred Jussiaum is a safecracker. While he's on the job he finds the dead body of a woman in the house he's robbing. Afraid, he leaves town and asks his wife Ernestine to go to inspector Maigret and report the murder. Maigret goes to the house and the owner a dentist who lives with his mother denies there ever was a robbery much less a murder. Maigret is not convinced and he soon finds out that the doctor's wife who supposedly travelled to Holland the day of the murder hasn’t reached her destination and is nowhere to be found. Someone is lying!12CC1 h 0 minFeb 16, 1992
3. Maigret Goes to SchoolA schoolmaster from a small fishing village arrives at Maigret's office claiming he's about to be wrongly arrested for murdering the town's disliked postmistress. Maigret travels to the village and discovers a conspiracy of vast proportions amid surly, distrusting villagers.12CC1 h 0 minFeb 23, 1992
4. Maigret and the Mad WomanAn old lady believes that there has been an intruder in her apartment, but before Maigret has a chance to investigate, he learns that she has been murdered in her apartment.12CC1 h 0 minMar 2, 1992
5. Maigret on Home GroundMaigret responds to a warning that a crime is to be committed in the church in his home town during the first mass on All Soul's Day.12CC1 h 0 minMar 9, 1992
6. Maigret Sets a TrapMaigret sets out to catch a serial killer.12CC1 h 0 minMar 16, 1992
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Maigret
Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, getting to know everyone on his list of suspects until someone makes a slip or breaks down and confesses.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Georges Simenon
- Studio
- Granada Television
