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The Best Episodes of Maigret

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Network:BBC One

Every episode of Maigret ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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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  • The Trap
    8.6/10(40)
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    #1 - The Trap

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/10/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Love from Felicie
    8.4/10(44)
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    #2 - Love from Felicie

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 10/29/1962

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Seven Little Crosses
    8.1/10(41)
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    #3 - Seven Little Crosses

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 12/3/1962

    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: N/A

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  • The Mistake
    8.0/10(47)
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    #4 - The Mistake

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/26/1960

    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

    Writer: Roger Burford, Georges Simenon

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  • High Politics
    8.0/10(38)
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    #5 - High Politics

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 10/22/1962

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Inspector Lognon's Triumph
    7.9/10(44)
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    #6 - Inspector Lognon's Triumph

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/20/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Death in Mind
    7.9/10(42)
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    #7 - Death in Mind

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 11/26/1962

    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: N/A

    Writer: Giles Cooper

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  • Raise Your Right Hand
    7.8/10(42)
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    #8 - Raise Your Right Hand

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 12/11/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Crime for Christmas
    7.8/10(50)
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    #9 - A Crime for Christmas

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/25/1961

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Voices from the Past
    7.8/10(41)
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    #10 - Voices from the Past

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/24/1962

    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: N/A

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  • The Madman of Vervac
    7.8/10(42)
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    #11 - The Madman of Vervac

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 10/1/1962

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Dirty House
    7.8/10(37)
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    #12 - The Dirty House

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 11/5/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Cactus
    7.7/10(48)
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    #13 - The Cactus

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/16/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Death of a Butcher
    7.7/10(46)
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    #14 - Death of a Butcher

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 11/6/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Giles Cooper

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  • The Winning Ticket
    7.7/10(47)
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    #15 - The Winning Ticket

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 11/13/1961

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Murder on Monday
    7.7/10(41)
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    #16 - Murder on Monday

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/15/1962

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Crooked Castle
    7.7/10(36)
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    #17 - The Crooked Castle

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 11/19/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Donald Bull

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  • A Man of Quality
    7.6/10(48)
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    #18 - A Man of Quality

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 12/12/1960

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

    Director: Gerard Glaister

    Writer: Giles Cooper, Georges Simenon

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  • On Holiday
    7.6/10(46)
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    #19 - On Holiday

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 1/2/1961

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

    Director: Eric Tayler

    Writer: Margot Bennett, Georges Simenon

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  • Shadow Play
    7.6/10(44)
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    #20 - Shadow Play

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 10/23/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Giles Cooper

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    0
  • The Simple Case
    7.6/10(41)
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    #21 - The Simple Case

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/30/1961

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

    Director: Gerard Glaister

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Amateurs
    7.6/10(36)
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    #22 - The Amateurs

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 12/17/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Burglar's Wife
    7.5/10(53)
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    #23 - The Burglar's Wife

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 11/14/1960

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

    Director: Julian Amyes

    Writer: Roger Burford, Georges Simenon

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    0
  • The Liars
    7.5/10(40)
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    #24 - The Liars

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/18/1961

    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.

    Director: Rudolph Cartier

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • The Countess
    7.5/10(41)
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    #25 - The Countess

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/8/1962

    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.

    Director: Andrew Osborn

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Trap" is the best rated episode of "Maigret". It scored 8.6/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/10/1962. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Love from Felicie".