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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. 8.6/10(40 votes)

    #1 - The Trap

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    S3:E12

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

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  2. 8.3/10(46 votes)

    #2 - Love from Felicie

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    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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  3. 8.1/10(42 votes)

    #3 - Seven Little Crosses

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    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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  4. 8.0/10(48 votes)

    #4 - The Mistake

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    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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  5. 8.0/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Maigret's Little Joke

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    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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  6. 7.9/10(44 votes)

    #6 - Inspector Lognon's Triumph

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    S2:E5

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

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  8. 7.9/10(42 votes)

    #7 - Voices from the Past

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    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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  9. 7.9/10(40 votes)

    #8 - High Politics

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    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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  10. 7.9/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Death in Mind

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    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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  11. 7.8/10(43 votes)

    #10 - Raise Your Right Hand

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    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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  12. 7.8/10(51 votes)

    #11 - A Crime for Christmas

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    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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  13. 7.8/10(43 votes)

    #12 - The Madman of Vervac

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    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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  14. 7.8/10(38 votes)

    #13 - The Dirty House

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    S3:E7

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

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  15. 7.8/10(37 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Life

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    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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  16. 7.8/10(38 votes)

    #15 - The Cellars of the Majestic

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    S4:E4

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

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  17. 7.8/10(41 votes)

    #16 - A Man Condemned

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    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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  18. 7.8/10(45 votes)

    #17 - The Flemish Shop

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    S4:E6

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

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  19. 7.8/10(41 votes)

    #18 - Peter the Lett

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    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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  20. 7.7/10(48 votes)

    #19 - The Cactus

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    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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  21. 7.7/10(46 votes)

    #20 - Death of a Butcher

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    S2:E3

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

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  22. 7.7/10(47 votes)

    #21 - The Winning Ticket

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    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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  23. 7.7/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Murder on Monday

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    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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  24. 7.7/10(38 votes)

    #23 - The Amateurs

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    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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  25. 7.6/10(49 votes)

    #24 - A Man of Quality

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    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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  26. 7.6/10(46 votes)

    #25 - On Holiday

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    S1:E10

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

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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 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Love from Felicie".