Maigret: Season 4

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Famously, Simenon was delighted with Davies’s interpretation. Before the series even aired, a meeting in Lausanne was arranged, Simenon telling Davies, “C’est Maigret! C’est Maigret! You are the flesh and bones of Maigret!” Indeed, Davies was so identified with the Commissaire that for the 1992 TV series produced by Britain’s ITV, Michael Gambon seems to have been cast as much for his close resemblance to Davies as his (considerable) acting chops. Gambon, unlike Davies, wore a mustache when he played Maigret, but it was an uncanny resurrection, Gambon even playing Maigret much as Davies had. Theme music and various incidental music was composed by Ron Grainer [6] for which he won an Ivor Novello award. [6] Apart from the pilot, all 52 episodes remain within the BBC's archives. [7] Although staying largely true to the storyline of the books, the series featured only three of Maigret's team of detectives (the "faithful four" [3]), omitting any casting for Janvier, although the character is mentioned in several episodes.

Production [ edit ] Series 1 [ edit ] The Jezsuita Stairs in Budapest doubled as stairs in Montmartre. [8] The series was written by a set of ten writers, each contributing individual episodes; the most prolific being Giles Cooper, credited with nineteen episodes, and Roger East, with twelve. [2] Episodes included such well-known faces as Stratford Johns, Leon Cortez, Terence Alexander, Roger Delgado, William Franklyn, Michael Goodliffe, and Barry Foster, among others. [2] a b "ITV Press Centre - "ITV commissions further Maigret films starring Rowan Atkinson" ". ITV Press Centre. 17 June 2016 . Retrieved 17 June 2016.A few episodes I found more than a little dull, but most are excellent, and Rupert Davies is so wonderful as Maigret that mystery fans should find the series a delight. Highly recommended. a b "Maigret • Rowan Atkinson kann auch ernst (und Krimi!)". Hörzu (in German). 5 June 2018 . Retrieved 20 January 2019. Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. [1] The choice of Davies to play Maigret was enthusiastically approved by Simenon himself. Remembering the role in a 1964 interview Davies said "When Andrew Osborn, the producer of the show, offered me the part on Good Friday in 1960, I knew very little about Maigret. I knew he was a famous French fictional detective, but that was all." Rather than read the books to get the feel for the character, Davies thought it would be better to meet Maigret's creator and hear from him how he saw the character. The BBC agreed and a meeting was arranged between Davies and Simenon in Lausanne. [4] Ismét Magyarországon forgat Mr. Bean, Szentendréből francia kisváros lett". szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu. 16 April 2017 . Retrieved 29 July 2018.

This review largely repurposes material from my review of Maigret—Season 2, reflecting the program’s consistent high quality. Select random episodes from seasons 2-4 and you’ll be hard-pressed to identify which of those seasons they’re from. The first season (or, in British parlance, “series”) did not go to France for exterior shooting as did all the later seasons did, but otherwise Maigret is essentially unchanging throughout its run—no cast changes, no budget fluctuations, no drop in quality. Kino’s release of Maigret—Season 4 offers 13 episodes spread across four Region “A” discs, some 715 minutes of show. (See above for comments about the video quality.)Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role. The series starred Rupert Davies as the Police Judiciaire detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue. [1]