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Maigret

Maigret

★ 7.6/10•1992•1h 0m•12•Drama•Crime
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 9, 1992

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Patience of MaigretE160m

The Patience of Maigret

Maigret'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.

Feb 9, 1992

Episode 2 - Maigret and the Burglar's WifeE260m

Maigret and the Burglar's Wife

Alfred 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!

Feb 16, 1992

Episode 3 - Maigret Goes to SchoolE360m

Maigret Goes to School

A 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.

Feb 23, 1992

Episode 4 - Maigret and the Mad WomanE460m

Maigret and the Mad Woman

An 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.

Mar 2, 1992

Episode 5 - Maigret on Home GroundE560m

Maigret on Home Ground

Maigret 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.

Mar 9, 1992

Episode 6 - Maigret Sets a TrapE660m

Maigret Sets a Trap

Maigret sets out to catch a serial killer.

Mar 16, 1992

Actors

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Chief Inspector Maigret

Geoffrey Hutchings

Geoffrey Hutchings

Sgt Lucas

Jack Galloway

Inspector Janvier

James Larkin

James Larkin

Inspector LaPointe

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