Maigret (2016)
- Genre
- detective fiction, drama fiction
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 2 seasons, 4 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 89 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Set in 1950s Paris, a detective investigates murders by carefully observing people and places. He works through each case with quiet patience and a sharp eye for detail.
methodicalunderstatedatmosphericintrospectivegrittybleakmeasuredmelancholic
What happens
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, said, "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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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