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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 Cactus
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Trap
    8.6/10(42 votes)

    #2 - The Trap

    S3:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Murder in Montmartre
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Unscheduled Departure
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Love from Felicie
    8.3/10(49 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Seven Little Crosses
    8.2/10(45 votes)

    #6 - 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?

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for High Politics
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Inspector Lognon's Triumph
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    #8 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Voices from the Past
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Death in Mind
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #10 - 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

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Death of a Butcher
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #11 - Death of a Butcher

    S2:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for Raise Your Right Hand
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #12 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for A Crime for Christmas
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #13 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Madman of Vervac
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Dirty House
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #15 - The Dirty House

    S3:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Winning Ticket
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #16 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Murder on Monday
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #17 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Amateurs
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #18 - The Amateurs

    S3:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Shadow Play
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #19 - 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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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Simple Case
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #20 - 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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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Crooked Castle
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #21 - The Crooked Castle

    S3:E9

    Maigret descends upon a small town north of Paris after a diamond dealer is found murdered in the garage of a house.

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Liars
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    #22 - 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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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Reluctant Witness
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #23 - 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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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Countess
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #24 - The Countess

    S3:E3

    Based on his 1932 novel L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. Maigret returns to the village where he was born and becomes convinced he witnessed the Countess of Fiacre's murder.

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    Director:Andrew Osborn
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Lost Sailor
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #25 - The Lost Sailor

    S2:E6

    A stranger turns up with no memory but plenty of money. How did his head get wounded? Maigret investigates

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Cactus" is the best rated episode of "Maigret". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/16/1961. This episode scored 1.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Trap".