Meet Chief Inspector Maigret as he solves Paris’s most complex crimes using unorthodox methods and a fierce sense of justice. To prevail, he must outwit the city’s most ruthless criminals while ...

Penguin Books, First Thus edition, 2014. Author Georges Simenon, 1969. MASTERPIECE on PBS is airing an exciting new adaptation of author Georges Simenon’s iconic Maigret stories, bringing the ...

With his marvelously insightful French Police Inspector Jules Maigret, France’s Georges Simenon ranks alongside Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot and ...

'Wolf Hall' producer Playground is behind the series, which will star Benjamin Wainwright as the French detective. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Simenon published more than 100 novels and ...

Maigret, based on the novels by Georges Simenon, starts production; Playground produces for MASTERPIECE; Banijay Rights to handle worldwide distribution; Benjamin Wainwright and Stefanie Martini star ...

"Maigret," premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled "Maigret," after its main character, Georges Simenon's Paris-based police detective. As I've ...

The original Jules Maigret, detective for the French police based in Paris, was described by his creator, author Georges Simenon, as “a large, powerfully built gentleman [with] a pipe, a bowler hat ...

Colin Callender’s Playground will adapt Georges Simenon’s best-selling detective novels “Maigret” into a television series set to air in the U.S. on PBS under the “Masterpiece” banner. The adaptation ...

Few detective TV dramas dare to strip away the car chases and shootouts, especially in an era when shows like Chicago P.D. and Countdown are the go-to for the genre. MASTERPIECE’s latest series, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Maigret,” premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled “Maigret,” ...