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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
Maigret investigates the murder of a stripper, finding himself mixing with the low life types of Montmartre.
Directed by Andrew OsbornWritten by Georges Simenon, Giles CooperGuest stars Aubrey Woods, Freda Jackson, Thomas Gallagher, Joan Young, Ernst Ulman, April Olrich, Maria Antippas, Linda Castle
Episode 2
A timid man tells Maigret that his wife is trying to murder him. He doesn't believe him until he is found dead.
Directed by Eric TaylerWritten by Georges Simenon, Giles CooperGuest stars Peter Copley, Pamela Brown, Alex Gallier, John Barrett, Charmian Eyre
Episode 3
During a break in, a burglar finds something he wasn't expecting.
Directed by Julian AmyesWritten by Roger Burford, Georges SimenonGuest stars Hugh Burden, Noel Hood, Andrée Melly, Jean Marlow, Jack Rodney, Stuart Hutchison, Henry Kay
Episode 4
The theft of Maigret's revolver from his home begins a detective story that leads to Maigret travelling from Paris to London to find the young man who stole it, and the woman who is in danger of being his victim.
Directed by Chloe GibsonWritten by Roger Burford, Georges SimenonGuest stars Margaretta Scott, Dandy Nichols, Peter Stephens, Harold Scott, David Webb, Campbell Singer, Susan Burnet, Cecil Brock
Episode 5
Conflicting reports of a maid's death takes Maigret to Normandy to investigate the charming Madame Beeson and her children.
Directed by Eric TaylerWritten by Margot Bennett, Georges SimenonGuest stars Neil McCarthy, Marie Ney, Jane Barrett, Anthony Newlands, Kevin Brennan, Stanley Van Beers, John Barrard, Nan Marriott-Watson
Episode 6
No one knows what William Brown does when he visits Cannes every month, but one day he returns with a knife in his back.
Directed by Andrew OsbornWritten by Margot Bennett, Georges SimenonGuest stars Erik Chitty, Paul Eddington, Colin Douglas, Renée Houston, Diana Beaumont, Blanche Fothergill, David Lander, Annette Carell
Episode 7
Emile Gallet was a man who preserved his way of life and provided for his dependants, but he is later found shot in Sancerre.
Directed by Gerard GlaisterWritten by Georges Simenon, Giles CooperGuest stars Wilfrid Brambell, Jean Anderson, Peter Barkworth, Charles Lloyd Pack, Maurice Denham, Richard Warner, William Sherwood, Gareth Davies
Episode 8
A savage murder on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles provides a change of scene for Inspector Maigret.
Directed by Eric TaylorWritten by Margot Bennett, Georges SimenonGuest stars Pete Murray, Alex Scott, Charles Farrell, Marian Spencer, Leslie French, Toke Townley, Arnold Marlé, Avril Fane
Episode 9
Professor Gouin, a brilliant surgeon, but a man that 'does not know what makes people tick' is caught in the drama of murder.
Directed by Andrew OsbornWritten by Roger Burford, Georges SimenonGuest stars John Robinson, Eric Thompson, Roger Boston, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Annabel Maule, Valerie White, John Salew, Ilona Ference
Episode 10
When his wife falls ill during their holiday, Maigret ends up investigating the convent hospital.
Directed by Eric TaylerWritten by Margot Bennett, Georges SimenonGuest stars Nanette Newman, Griffith Jones, Bernard Kay, Gordon Gostelow, Patsy Smart, Perlita Neilson, Gladys Boot, Barbara Cavan
Episode 11
Maigret runs into the tough methods of American gunmen when mafia gangsters arrive in Paris to carry out a hit on an informer.
Guest stars Bruno Barnabe
Episode 12
After one of his men is injured outside an apartment house, Maigret takes up temporary residence so he can investigate undercover.
Guest stars Sheila Burrell, Stratford Johns, John Abbott
Episode 13
Maigret investigates the lives of three seemingly respectable citizens after observing some suspicious behaviour.
Directed by Gerard GlaisterWritten by Giles CooperGuest stars Alan Tilvern, Gerald Cross, Richard Burrell, Allan McClelland, Denis Holmes, Arthur Lawrence, Michael Golden, Norman Mitchell
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
Rupert DaviesChief Inspector Maigret
Ewen SolonLucas
Henry OscarInspector Lognon
Helen ShinglerMadame Maigret
Neville JasonLapointe
Aubrey WoodsPhilippe Mortemartre
Edwin Richfield
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