Maigret TV Drama Series (2016-2017)

This crime drama is based on Georges Simenon's world-renowned fictional French detective Jules Maigret. Rowan Atkinson plays the legendary detective who features in 75 books written by Simenon. Other leading cast members include Fiona Shaw, Lucy Cohu, Shaun Dingwall and Rufus Wright. The first episode is based on the story `Maigret Sets a Trap', in which the detective investigates the murder of four women found dead in the Montmarte region of Paris, during the summer of 1955. After setting up an elaborate trap, Maigret is able to uncover crucial details of the events.

 
 
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Maigret Sets a Trap (2016) ITV

  • Director: Ashley Pearce

  • Producers: Barnaby Thompson, John Simenon, Paul Aggett, Stuart Harcourt, Ben Latham Jones

  • Writer: Stewart Harcourt based on the novel by Georges Simenon

  • Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall

  • Synopsis: After a succession of murders in Montmartre, Maigret sets a trap to catch the serial killer.



 
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Maigret’s Dead Man (2016) ITV

  • Director: Jon East

  • Producers: Barnaby Thompson, John Simenon, Paul Aggett, Jeremy Gwilt, Stuart Harcourt, Ildiko Kenemy, Benjamin Latham, David, Minkowski, Simon Mosley

  • Writer: Stewart Harcourt based on the novel by Georges Simenon

  • Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall

  • Synopsis: Maigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld after a series of vicious, murderous attacks on three wealthy farms in Picardy hit the national headlines and the elite Brigade Criminelle at the Quay Des Orfevres is called upon to lend its expertise in tracking down the brutal gang responsible for the slaughter. 

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Maigret Night At The Crossroads (2017) ITV

  • Director: Sarah Harding

  • Producers: Barnaby Thompson, John Simenon, Paul Aggett,, Stuart Harcourt, Ildiko Kenemy, David, Minkowski, Simon Windsor, Suzanne McAuley,

  • Writer: Stewart Harcourt based on the novel by Georges Simenon 

  • Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall

  • Synopsis: Maigret investigates the murder of jeweller Isaac Goldberg who leaves Antwerp with a cache of stolen diamonds but his body is found in a small French village