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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
agreed and a meeting was arranged between Davies and Simenon in
''Maigret'' is a
and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963.
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...Maigret
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stories of Georges Simenon
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, the series starred Rupert Davies
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Life and career
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in the title role.
Unlike most BBC series produced in the 1960s, all episodes (bar the pilot) have survived intact, and are available as a complete set on DVD and blu-ray.
In 2022 the series was broadcast by UK television channel Talking Pictures TV
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.
Cast
The series starred Rupert Davies as the Police Judiciairedetective
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Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney
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Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit ''Romance'' by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in t ...
, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue.
The main cast were:-
* Ewen Solon
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At the outbreak of World War II, Solon became a member of the First Echelon, 2nd NZEF that sa ...
as Lucas
* Neville Jason
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Jason was born Neville Jacobson in London in 1934. His grandfather, Carl, was one of the six original shareholders of Marks & Spencer. In 1943, at age ...
as Lapointe
* Victor Lucas as Torrence
* Helen Shingler
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as Madame Maigret
Episodes included such well-known faces as Stratford Johns
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, Leon Cortez, Terence Alexander
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, Roger Delgado
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, William Franklyn
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, Michael Goodliffe
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Goodliffe was ...
, and Barry Foster, among others.Maigret: full cast and crewat
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; retrieved 17 May 2016
Although staying largely true to the storyline of the books, the series featured only three of Maigret's team of detectives (the "faithful four"), 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 #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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.Maigret (1960)on ''Television Heaven'' "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
château
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in the village of Échandens
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, where I met his wife. Later he began to coach me in Maigret's idiosyncrasies."
Simenon himself said of Davies "At last, I have found the perfect Maigret!"
Production
The series was written by a set of ten writers, each contributing individual episodes; the most prolific being Giles Cooper, credited with nineteen episodes, and Roger East, with twelve. Directing was similarly shared by sixteen directors, withGerard Glaister
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and Terence Williams responsible for eight each, Andrew Osborn seven, and Eric Tayler
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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.
Theme music and various incidental music was composed by Ron Grainer
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for which he won an Ivor Novello award
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. Apart from the pilot, all 52 episodes remain within the BBC's archives.
Episodes
(with dates of first broadcast on BBC TV)Home media
In May 2021, Network Distributing announced the Blu-Ray release of the series (to be released August 2021), with a DVD release soon to follow.References
Sources
* *External links
*''Maigret'' on Whirligig
* Georges Simenon novels (French Wikipedia) {{DEFAULTSORT:Maigret (1960 TV Series) 1960 British television series debuts 1960s British crime television series 1960s British drama television series 1963 British television series endings BBC television dramas Black-and-white British television shows British drama television series Detective television series English-language television shows Television shows based on works by Georges Simenon Serial drama television series Television shows based on Belgian novels