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The Best Episodes of Maigret

Every episode of Maigret ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Maigret!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Maigret Season 3 Episode 12 - The Trap
    8.6/10(43 votes)

    #1 - The Trap

    S3:E12

    Maigret creates a trap to capture a serial killer who is targeting women in the streets of Montmartre.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Maigret Season 3 Episode 6 - Love from Felicie
    8.3/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Love from Felicie

    S3:E6

    Why was Jules Lapie, known as Jambe-de-Bois, murdered in his home, who was spending a peaceful old age in his new home near Poissy? Maigret felt that Félicie, Lapie's maid, who had gone out to shop at the time of the assassination, knew something, but she remained silent; her behaviour irritated and intrigued the Commissioner, who hardly left her during her investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maigret Season 3 Episode 11 - Seven Little Crosses
    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #3 - Seven Little Crosses

    S3:E11

    The young son of a murder suspect leads the police on a clever trail. Is he purposely hindering or helping the case?

    Director:Gerard Glaister
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maigret Season 1 Episode 9 - The Mistake
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #4 - The Mistake

    S1:E9

    Professor Gouin, a brilliant surgeon, but a man that 'does not know what makes people tick' is caught in the drama of murder.

    Director:Andrew Osborn
    Writers:Roger Burford, Georges Simenon

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  5. Maigret Season 3 Episode 5 - High Politics
    8.0/10(43 votes)

    #5 - High Politics

    S3:E5

    Maigret was called for help by the Minister of Public Works, Auguste Point. This is a political and annoying affair: a month earlier, a sanatorium in Haute-Savoie collapsed, and 128 children died in the disaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maigret Season 4 Episode 13 - Maigret's Little Joke
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Maigret's Little Joke

    S4:E13

    A crime of passion which attracts a lot of anonymous letters. The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Maigret Season 2 Episode 5 - Inspector Lognon's Triumph
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #7 - Inspector Lognon's Triumph

    S2:E5

    Maigret finds himself working on a case with the permanently miserable and hard-done-by Inspector Lognon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Maigret Season 2 Episode 10 - A Crime for Christmas
    7.9/10(57 votes)

    #8 - A Crime for Christmas

    S2:E10

    Based on his short story Un Noël de Maigret. Father Christmas displays a strange interest in the floorboards when visiting the house across from the Maigret's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Maigret Season 3 Episode 10 - Death in Mind
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #9 - Death in Mind

    S3:E10

    When a rich old woman is murdered with no apparent motive, all fingers point to the delivery man. Maigret isn't so sure and sets out to find the real murderer

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Giles Cooper

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  10. Maigret Season 2 Episode 8 - Raise Your Right Hand
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Raise Your Right Hand

    S2:E8

    Due to give evidence at a murder trial, Maigret is unable to shake his conviction that the accused is actually innocent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Maigret Season 3 Episode 1 - Voices from the Past
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #11 - Voices from the Past

    S3:E1

    Based on his 1960 Novel Maigret et les Vieillards. Maigret is thrown into a world where he must tread delicately when investigating the violent death of Count St Hilaire.

    Director:Gerard Glaister
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maigret Season 3 Episode 2 - The Madman of Vervac
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #12 - The Madman of Vervac

    S3:E2

    Based on his 1932 novel Le Fou de Bergerac. Maigret must fall on unconventional methods to catch a madman after being wounded and confined to a hotel bed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maigret Season 3 Episode 7 - The Dirty House
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #13 - The Dirty House

    S3:E7

    An arrogant old lady pays Maigret a visit and tells him about the death of her granddaughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Maigret Season 4 Episode 3 - The Lost Life
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Life

    S4:E3

    To Inspector Lognon the life lost was just another murder to be solved, but it meant more than that for Maigret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Maigret Season 4 Episode 4 - The Cellars of the Majestic
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #15 - The Cellars of the Majestic

    S4:E4

    The French wife of a visiting American millionaire is found murdered in the luxurious Majestic Hotel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maigret Season 4 Episode 12 - Peter the Lett
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Peter the Lett

    S4:E12

    Peter the Lett arrives in Paris with a reputation as the most successful confidence trickster in Europe. Inspector Maigret is waiting.

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Giles Cooper

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  17. Maigret Season 1 Episode 12 - The Cactus
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #17 - The Cactus

    S1:E12

    After one of his men is injured outside an apartment house, Maigret takes up temporary residence so he can investigate undercover.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Maigret Season 2 Episode 3 - Death of a Butcher
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Death of a Butcher

    S2:E3

    An old schoolfriend of Maigret's asks for police protection.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Giles Cooper

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  19. Maigret Season 2 Episode 4 - The Winning Ticket
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #19 - The Winning Ticket

    S2:E4

    Maigret takes a telephone call from an unknown man claiming to be pursued by assassins. When a murdered body is thrown from a car, Maigret is sure he has found the mystery caller.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Maigret Season 2 Episode 13 - Murder on Monday
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #20 - Murder on Monday

    S2:E13

    Murders never happen on a Monday - every policeman knows that. But now it is a Monday, and there has been a murder. But who's the victim?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Maigret Season 3 Episode 13 - The Amateurs
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #21 - The Amateurs

    S3:E13

    Maigret holds the suspicion that a recently released criminal is responsible for a number of daring holdups in Paris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Maigret Season 4 Episode 5 - A Man Condemned
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #22 - A Man Condemned

    S4:E5

    Tomorrow a man must die on the guillotine, unless Maigret can demolish the case he himself built up against him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Maigret Season 4 Episode 6 - The Flemish Shop
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #23 - The Flemish Shop

    S4:E6

    Maigret discovers similarities between himself and a killer, finding there is only one way to gain a confession.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Maigret Season 1 Episode 10 - On Holiday
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #24 - On Holiday

    S1:E10

    When his wife falls ill during their holiday, Maigret ends up investigating the convent hospital.

    Director:Eric Tayler
    Writers:Margot Bennett, Georges Simenon

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  25. Maigret Season 2 Episode 1 - Shadow Play
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    #25 - Shadow Play

    S2:E1

    There is a murder and a theft. But the murderer is not the thief and the thief did not benefit from the crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Giles Cooper

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Trap" is the best rated episode of "Maigret". It scored 8.6/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/10/1962. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Love from Felicie".