Maigret

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Series title with a silhouette of Maigret against a map of Paris

Genre         Crime drama

Based on    Novels (by Georges Simenon)

Written by   Stewart Harcourt

Starring      

Rowan Atkinson

Lucy Cohu

Shaun Dingwall

Leo Staar

Aidan McArdle

Composer  Samuel Sim

Country of origin  United Kingdom

Original language          English

No. of series        2

No. of episodes   4 (list of episodes)

Production

Executive producers     Paul Aggett

Stewart Harcourt

Ben Latham-Jones

John Simenon

Barnaby Thompson

Producer    Jeremy Gwilt

Production locations     Budapest, Hungary, Szentendre, Hungary

Running time       90 minutes

Production companies  Ealing Studios

Maigret Productions

Original release

Network      ITV

Release      28 March 2016 –

24 December 2017

Maigret is a British television series from ITV. It is an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret, played by Rowan Atkinson. The series is set in France in the mid-1950s. Its first episode aired on 28 March 2016 and the second on Christmas Day, 2016. A second series (also of two episodes) aired during 2017. It was reported in 2018 that the series had been cancelled.

The series premiered in the United States on 31 August 2019 on Ovation.

Rowan Atkinson, who plays Jules Maigret, is a notable fan of the books saying, "I have been a devourer of the Maigret novels for many years and I'm very much looking forward to playing such an intriguing character at work in Paris during a fascinating period in its history."