About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Poor Cecile
Aired 1 October 1963 • 50 min
A spinster with a special fondness for Inspector Maigret is murdered.
2. The Fontenay Murders
Aired 8 October 1963 • 50 min
Maigret discovers local prejudices run deep when investigating a series of murders in the town of Fontenay.
3. The Lost Life
Aired 15 October 1963 • 50 min
To Inspector Lognon the life lost was just another murder to be solved, but it meant more than that for Maigret.
4. The Cellars of the Majestic
Aired 22 October 1963 • 50 min
The French wife of a visiting American millionaire is found murdered in the luxurious Majestic Hotel.
5. A Man Condemned
Aired 29 September 1963 • 50 min
Tomorrow a man must die on the guillotine, unless Maigret can demolish the case he himself built up against him.
6. The Flemish Shop
Aired 5 November 1963 • 50 min
Maigret discovers similarities between himself and a killer, finding there is only one way to gain a confession.
7. A Taste of Power
Aired 12 November 1963 • 50 min
Maigret takes on a mystery surrounding a gunshot in a silent, sleeping house; exposing a ruthless battle for power.
8. The Log of the Cap Fagnet
Aired 19 November 1963 • 50 min
A conspiracy of silence protects the murderer of Captain Fallut. Can Maigret find any significant clues?
9. The Judge's House
Aired 26 November 1963 • 50 min
The peculiar logic of madness, that haunts the Judge's house, helps Maigret to solve the puzzling murder of a doctor.
10. Another World
Aired 3 December 1963 • 50 min
When investigating the murder of millionaire David Ward, Maigret enters another world, where money is lord of all.
11. The Crime at Lock 14
Aired 10 December 1963 • 50 min
A yacht and a barge meet in the traffic of the canals, with their passing resulting in murder.
12. Peter the Lett
Aired 17 December 1963 • 50 min
Peter the Lett arrives in Paris with a reputation as the most successful confidence trickster in Europe. Inspector Maigret is waiting.
13. Maigret's Little Joke
Aired 24 December 1963 • 50 min
A crime of passion which attracts a lot of anonymous letters. The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.