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Maigret is a British television series from ITV. It is an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret, played by Rowan Atkinson.[3] The series is set in France in the mid-1950s.[4] Its first episode aired on 28 March 2016 and the second on Christmas Day, 2016. A second series (also of two episodes) aired during 2017. It was reported in 2018 that the series had been cancelled.[1][2]
Rowan Atkinson, who plays Jules Maigret, is a notable fan of the books saying, "I have been a devourer of the Maigret novels for many years and I'm very much looking forward to playing such an intriguing character at work in Paris during a fascinating period in its history."[6][7]
Prior to the second episode's airing on 17 June 2016 and after the popularity of the first, ITV commissioned two further episodes, production of which took place between November 2016 and February 2017.[10]
Based on Maigret Sets a Trap.
Maigret is under heavy pressure from his superiors and the press because he has failed to catch a serial killer of women with no common feature, except their hair. Maigret sets a trap using undercover police women. The trap yields a clue to a suspect with a wife and mother, both very possessive, just as the decision to replace him as lead investigator brings the pressure to a boiling point.
Based on Maigret's Dead Man.
One morning an agitated man calls the Police judiciaire asking for Maigret. He claims he's being followed by someone trying to kill him. Before Maigret can get the details he hangs up, calls back again from various cafs until the calls finally stop. That night his body is found, his face badly beaten and has been stabbed to death. Riddled with guilt for not having saved "his" dead man, Maigret is determined to find the murderer.
Based on Maigret at the Crossroads.
The body of one Jewish jeweller is found in the car of a Danish national who lives with his sister. When the man is taken in for questioning, he denies all knowledge of the murder, but establishing his true identity is problematic. Maigret attends the funeral of an old colleague, and then works with another old colleague on the case.
Based on Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper.
Arlette, an exotic dancer at the "Picratt Club" comes to the police for help, telling Maigret about a "countess" who is in grave danger, but she then flees distrustful and afraid. Soon afterwards she is found murdered; then the countess's body is discovered. Maigret must discover the link between the two women, as he and his men hunt for the killer in Montmartre's streets.
Although staying largely true to the storyline of the books, the series featured only three of Maigret's team of detectives (the "faithful four"[3]), omitting any casting for Janvier, although the character is mentioned in several episodes.
The choice of Davies to play Maigret was enthusiastically approved by Simenon himself. Remembering the role in a 1964 interview Davies said "When Andrew Osborn, the producer of the show, offered me the part on Good Friday in 1960, I knew very little about Maigret. I knew he was a famous French fictional detective, but that was all." Rather than read the books to get the feel for the character, Davies thought it would be better to meet Maigret's creator and hear from him how he saw the character. The BBC agreed and a meeting was arranged between Davies and Simenon in Lausanne.[4]
"The moment Simenon saw me he shouted: "C'est Maigret, c'est Maigret. You are the flesh and bones of Maigret!" Davies later remembered. "That was a wonderful beginning. Then he drove us to his lovely chteau in the village of chandens, where I met his wife. Later he began to coach me in Maigret's idiosyncrasies."[4]
Directing was similarly shared by sixteen directors, with Gerard Glaister and Terence Williams responsible for eight each, Andrew Osborn seven, and Eric Tayler six.Each episode was shot in black-and-white and lasted 50 minutes, and (as it was made for the BBC) was intended to be screened without commercial breaks. It was shot mainly in studio, though many of the exteriors were filmed on location in Paris. Interior set designer Eileen Diss spent months scouring France for French items to be used on set, including furniture, ornaments, posters, and cigarette packets; she noted in a 1961 interview that, "Half these things may never be in sharp focus on the screen. But when in a close-up you see a terribly French door-knob behind someone's left ear, it does make just that much extra difference."[6]
On Sunday, February 9, 1969, BBC One London aired Maigret at Bay as part of its series BBC Play of the Month.[10] This feature-length movie was based on the 1964 novel Maigret Defends Himself (Maigret se dfend), and featured Rupert Davies, Helen Shingler, and Neville Jason reprising their series roles of Commissaire Maigret, Madame Maigret, and Lapointe, respectively.[11]
The DVD set of 14 discs does not include the booklet found in the Blu-Ray edition. Sleeve notes inform that the series has been "remastered from original film elements", most likely meaning Kinescope films as distributed world-wide, "original fullscreen TV format".
The series was first shown in 1991 and ran until 2005, over some 54 episodes. Having read the novels, Bruno Cremer was, for me, the incarnation of Maigret. Others have said they preferred Jean Gabin or Jean Richard in the role, but Cremer had the tall, heavy build needed, and I think he made the role his own.
Born in the French countryside, he originally plans to become a doctor and begins his medical training, but changes in family circumstances mean he is forced to take up an occupation, so he chooses the police. He rises up through the ranks, ending as Commissaire in the Police Judiciaire at 36 quai des Orfvres in Paris, specialising in murders and serial crimes such as jewellery heists. Sometimes he is called in to investigate crimes in the French provinces.
Occasionally, Maigret allows natural justice to take its course and he lets off someone who should strictly have been convicted, since it is only he who possesses all the evidence. His understanding of human frailty leads him to be compassionate towards those who have been led into crime against their inclinations.
I do love this detective genre based in a period more than 50 years ago. There is an older, French Maigret series, with Jean Richard in the title role. I must see if I can get hold of some episodes of that.
Little has been revealed about the new show, except that it will be English language and that Playground holds the rights to all 75 novels and 28 short stories based on the highly-skilled French detective.
The move comes three years after ITV cancelled the most recent Maigret adaptation, which ran for four film-length episodes over two series between 2016 and 2017. Rowan Atkinson starred as the titular French detective, with Torchwood actress Lucy Cohu as Madame Maigret and Doctor Who's Shaun Dingwall as Inspector Janvier.
The Maigret books have sold over 600 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages, and follow ingenious Parisian detective Jules Maigret as he solves crimes while sporting his iconic bowler hat, thick overcoat and pipe.
A: The second season consisted of eight episodes, which premiered on USA last August and September. Those episodes are available on Amazon, iTunes and other services. You can find out more at usanetwork.com/thesinner/cast#where-to-watch. The first season is also available on Netflix, DVD and Blu-ray.
The second season consisted of eight episodes, which premiered on USA in August and September. Those episodes are available on Amazon, iTunes and other services. You can find out more at www.usanetwork.com/thesinner/cast#where-to-watch. The first season is also available on Netflix, DVD and Blu-ray.
French police inspector Jules Maigret has enjoyed a long and colorful career since he was first introduced by Belgium novelist Georges Simenon in 1930's The Case of Peter Lett (Pietr-le-Letton). The patient, pipe-smoking detective's dogged determination, keen eye for detail and impeccable logic help him unravel the thorniest of puzzles and catch the cleverest of criminals.
Simenon wrote 75 novels and 28 short stories about Maigret with the last one being Maigret and Monsieur Charles (Maigret et Monsieur Charles) in 1972. And much like his British counterpart Sherlock Holmes, he has had a broad range of TV, film and radio incarnations. He's been portrayed by actors from all over Europe and in Japan.
On British TV, Rupert Davis set the standard for Maigret with his long-running portrayal in the early '60s, and Richard Harris also played the character in the late 1980s. But what is now considered the definitive version is the 1992-93 series, which starred Michael Gambon (Hogwarts' headmaster Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter fans). It aired in the U.S. on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! There is now talk that he may be brought back to revive his role in new episodes.
Maigret's cases are as eclectic as the crooks he collars. In "The Patience of Maigret," after seven years of trying to nail the mastermind of a jewelry theft ring, he winds up investigating a murder when his chief suspect is shot. "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife" finds him looking into the disappearance of a woman the burglar claims he saw dead when he broke into a doctor's estate. In "Maigret and the Night Club Dancer," a stripper who reports overhearing a murder plot at the club winds up dead shortly thereafter. "Maigret and the Hotel Majestic" has him trying to figure out why a wealthy American's murdered wife has a gun in her purse. The detective gets help in solving his various head-scratchers from a sharp crew of less-senior policemen and the gentle nudging of his wife, Louise (Ciaran Madden).
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