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Maigret (2016)

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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

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.

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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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