Maigret | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Based on | Novels by Georges Simenon |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Nigel Hess [1] |
Composer | Nigel Hess |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
Sally Head Arthur Weingarten Rebecca Eaton (1992) |
Producers | Jonathan Alwyn Paul Marcus |
Running time | 49–51 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 9 February 1992 18 April 1993 | –
Maigret is a British television series that ran on ITV for twelve episodes in 1992 and 1993. [2] It is an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret. [3] It aired in the United States on Mystery!. [4]
The programme was filmed in Budapest [5] which doubled for post-WWII France. [1] Airing in two seasons, each of the episodes was based on a single book. The series covered only 12 of Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories about the detective. [3]
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | " The Patience of Maigret" [3] | James Cellan Jones | Alan Plater | 9 February 1992 |
2 | 2 | " Maigret and the Burglar's Wife" [4] | John Glenister | Alan Plater | 16 February 1992 |
3 | 3 | " Maigret Goes to School" [4] | James Cellan Jones | William Humble | 23 February 1992 |
4 | 4 | " Maigret and the Mad Woman" [5] | John Glenister | William Humble | 1 March 1992 |
5 | 5 | " Maigret on Home Ground" [4] | James Cellan Jones | Robin Chapman | 8 March 1992 |
6 | 6 | " Maigret Sets a Trap" [5] | John Glenister | Douglas Livingstone | 15 March 1992 |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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7 | 1 | " Maigret and the Night Club Dancer" [4] | John Strickland | Douglas Livingstone | 14 March 1993 |
8 | 2 | " Maigret and the Hotel Majestic" [3] | Nicholas Renton | William Humble | 21 March 1993 |
9 | 3 | " Maigret on the Defensive" [4] | Stuart Burge | William Humble | 28 March 1993 |
10 | 4 | "Maigret's Boyhood Friend" [4] | John Strickland | William Humble | 4 April 1993 |
11 | 5 | "Maigret and the Minister" [4] | Nicholas Renton | Bill Gallagher | 11 April 1993 |
12 | 6 | " Maigret and the Maid" [4] | Stuart Burge | Douglas Livingstone | 18 April 1993 |
Reviewing the debut episode, Variety called it "clever and soaked with procedure and atmosphere" and noted that the production values were "first class." [1] Two decades later, USA Today called the program "the definitive version" when reviewing the DVD collection. [2] The New Yorker agreed calling this adaptation "the best". [7]
Maigret | |
---|---|
Genre | Crime drama |
Based on | Novels by Georges Simenon |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Nigel Hess [1] |
Composer | Nigel Hess |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
Sally Head Arthur Weingarten Rebecca Eaton (1992) |
Producers | Jonathan Alwyn Paul Marcus |
Running time | 49–51 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 9 February 1992 18 April 1993 | –
Maigret is a British television series that ran on ITV for twelve episodes in 1992 and 1993. [2] It is an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret. [3] It aired in the United States on Mystery!. [4]
The programme was filmed in Budapest [5] which doubled for post-WWII France. [1] Airing in two seasons, each of the episodes was based on a single book. The series covered only 12 of Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories about the detective. [3]
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | " The Patience of Maigret" [3] | James Cellan Jones | Alan Plater | 9 February 1992 |
2 | 2 | " Maigret and the Burglar's Wife" [4] | John Glenister | Alan Plater | 16 February 1992 |
3 | 3 | " Maigret Goes to School" [4] | James Cellan Jones | William Humble | 23 February 1992 |
4 | 4 | " Maigret and the Mad Woman" [5] | John Glenister | William Humble | 1 March 1992 |
5 | 5 | " Maigret on Home Ground" [4] | James Cellan Jones | Robin Chapman | 8 March 1992 |
6 | 6 | " Maigret Sets a Trap" [5] | John Glenister | Douglas Livingstone | 15 March 1992 |
No. overall |
No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 1 | " Maigret and the Night Club Dancer" [4] | John Strickland | Douglas Livingstone | 14 March 1993 |
8 | 2 | " Maigret and the Hotel Majestic" [3] | Nicholas Renton | William Humble | 21 March 1993 |
9 | 3 | " Maigret on the Defensive" [4] | Stuart Burge | William Humble | 28 March 1993 |
10 | 4 | "Maigret's Boyhood Friend" [4] | John Strickland | William Humble | 4 April 1993 |
11 | 5 | "Maigret and the Minister" [4] | Nicholas Renton | Bill Gallagher | 11 April 1993 |
12 | 6 | " Maigret and the Maid" [4] | Stuart Burge | Douglas Livingstone | 18 April 1993 |
Reviewing the debut episode, Variety called it "clever and soaked with procedure and atmosphere" and noted that the production values were "first class." [1] Two decades later, USA Today called the program "the definitive version" when reviewing the DVD collection. [2] The New Yorker agreed calling this adaptation "the best". [7]