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Jules Maigret (French: [ʒyl mɛɡʁɛ]), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a commissaire ("commissioner") of the Paris Brigade Criminelle (Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres), created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret. [3]
Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. [ 1 ] Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon , the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role.
Death of a Harbour Master (other English-language titles are Death of a Harbormaster, Maigret and the Death of a Harbor Master and The Misty Harbor; French: Le Port des brumes) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
A BBC TV version of the book first aired on November 6, 1961, under the title Death of a Butcher with Rupert Davies playing Maigret. [2] Jean Richard played Maigret in the 1987 French TV version [ 3 ] and Bruno Cremer in the 2003 adaptation.
In September 2024, the main cast and creative team were revealed along with the news that production had commenced in Budapest, where several previous Maigret adaptations have been shot. The six-episode series will air on PBS under their Masterpiece Mystery banner whilst global distribution will be handled by Banijay Rights .
To Any Lengths (other English-language titles are Maigret and the Fortuneteller and Signed, Picpus; French: Signé Picpus) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
The Death of Monsieur Gallet (other English-language titles are Maigret Stonewalled and The Late Monsieur Gallet; French: Monsieur Gallet, décédé) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is one of the earliest novels by Simenon featuring the detective Jules Maigret.
Maigret is unable to find this tuppenny bar, but later he chances to overhear a man mention it; following him, Maigret discovers he is M. Basso, a businessman, married and with a mistress, who leads him to a party at an inn on the Seine at Morsang. Mingling with the crowd, Maigret is invited to join the party by James, an English bank clerk ...