Stars: Michael Gambon, Jack Galloway, Geoffrey Hutchings, Ciaran Madden, Frances Cuka, James Larkin

Director: Stuart Burge

Summary: All twelve episodes from the first two series starring the infamous Belgian detective:- 'The Patience Of Maigret', 'Maigret And The Burglar's Wife', 'Maigret Goes To School', 'Maigret And The Mad Woman', 'Maigret On Home Ground', 'Maigret Sets A Trap', 'Maigret And The Nightclub Dancer', 'Maigret And The Hotel Majestic', 'Maigret On The Defensive', 'Maigret's Boyhood Friend', 'Maigret And The Minister' and 'Maigret And The Maid'.

Starring Michael Gambon as the eponymous Belgian detective in this evocative series based on the novels of Georges Simenon. Contains all 12 episodes from the first two series.

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An absolute must for fans of Georges Simenon's beloved sleuth, Inspector Jules Maigret, this four-volume Maigret Collection is the finest detective series from Granada Television since the late Jeremy Brett gave us his definitive portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s. The masterful Michael Gambon is the latest in a long tradition of familiar leading men (from Jean Gabin to Richard Harris) who have played Simenon's blunt but humane, occasionally whimsical, and magnificently insightful investigator. Yet Gambon is perhaps uniquely suited to the part: a popular star with none of the baggage of a brand-name icon or the self-effacing obligations of a character actor. He captures perfectly Maigret's measured but hardly inscrutable presence in the eruptive underworld of Paris crime.

Among the 12 episodes here is "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife", which does honour to Simenon's compassionate tale of a retiring thief whose accidental encounter with a corpse sets in motion one of Maigret's most intense psychological duels. The equally compelling "Maigret's Boyhood Friend" finds the detective on a case drawing suspicion to an old school chum, while "Maigret Sets a Trap" is a wonderful production of Simenon's puzzler about a serial killer whose patterns of motivation and action must be deciphered before he can be caught. --Tom Keogh

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1992
Release Date:	February 9, 2004
Runtime:	380 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 9934
Keywords:	First, General, Four, Mystery, Series, Second, Maigret, Tv, Drama, Complete, Discs, Whodunnit
Genre:	Mystery/Whodunnit