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The Best Episodes of Maigret

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...

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  1. Background image for The Mistake
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for Maigret's Little Joke
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Inspector Lognon's Triumph
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #3 - Inspector Lognon's Triumph

    S2:E5

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Death of a Butcher
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #4 - Death of a Butcher

    S2:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Raise Your Right Hand
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. Background image for A Crime for Christmas
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Lost Life
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for The Cellars of the Majestic
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #8 - The Cellars of the Majestic

    S4:E4

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

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  10. Background image for A Man Condemned
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for The Flemish Shop
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #10 - The Flemish Shop

    S4:E6

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

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  12. Background image for Peter the Lett
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for The Cactus
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. Background image for The Winning Ticket
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Murder on Monday
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #14 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for A Man of Quality
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #15 - A Man of Quality

    S1:E7

    Emile Gallet was a man who preserved his way of life and provided for his dependants, but he is later found shot in Sancerre.

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  17. Background image for On Holiday
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #16 - On Holiday

    S1:E10

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

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  18. Background image for Shadow Play
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. Background image for The Simple Case
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #18 - The Simple Case

    S2:E2

    The owner of a bistro is no where to be found when a dismembered corpse is found by the river near his establishment.

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  20. Background image for The Burglar's Wife
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    #19 - The Burglar's Wife

    S1:E3

    During a break in, a burglar finds something he wasn't expecting.

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    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #20 - The Liars

    S2:E9

    Based on the novel Maigret Goes to School, the inspector travels to a seaside village near to La Rochelle to unravel a mystery involving many local characters, including the innkeeper, the postmistress and the schoolmaster.

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  22. Background image for The Reluctant Witness
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #21 - The Reluctant Witness

    S2:E11

    Based on his 1959 novel. An old, dilapidated mansion is burgled and Maigret discovers a disturbing reason why a family is reluctant to talk.

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  23. Background image for Murder in Montmartre
    7.4/10(77 votes)

    #22 - Murder in Montmartre

    S1:E1

    Maigret investigates the murder of a stripper, finding himself mixing with the low life types of Montmartre.

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  24. Background image for My Friend the Inspector
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #23 - My Friend the Inspector

    S1:E8

    A savage murder on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles provides a change of scene for Inspector Maigret.

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  25. Background image for A Taste of Power
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #24 - A Taste of Power

    S4:E7

    Maigret takes on a mystery surrounding a gunshot in a silent, sleeping house; exposing a ruthless battle for power.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Unscheduled Departure
    7.3/10(65 votes)

    #25 - Unscheduled Departure

    S1:E2

    A timid man tells Maigret that his wife is trying to murder him. He doesn't believe him until he is found dead.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Mistake" is the best rated episode of "Maigret". It scored 8/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Andrew Osborn and written by Roger Burford, Georges Simenon, it aired on 12/26/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Maigret's Little Joke".