Season 4 • Episode 13
LatestA crime of passion which attracts a lot of anonymous letters. The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.
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.
Acting
Rupert Davies IS Maigret—Simenon approved personally.
Production
BBC's meticulous 1960s Paris recreation on a shoestring.
Writing
Simenon's psychological depth in tight 50-minute packages.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Georges Simenon attended Davies' first day of filming and sent a letter declaring him 'the perfect Maigret I have been waiting forty years to see.'
This BBC adaptation predates the 'prestige detective' boom by decades, yet influenced every slow-burn investigator from Morse to Wallander.
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