A new iteration of one of the most beloved detectives in fiction is coming to PBS. The public broadcaster has ordered Maigret ...

Georges Simenon Limited (GSL) has signed a licence and co-production arrangement with Colin Callender’s Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning Playground (“Howards End”) to co-develop with Red Arrow Studios ...

There's a new detective out there, and his name is Maigret! PBS's newest crime-solving series, Maigret, is a modern-day retelling of a classic detective story (originally set in the early 1930s-1970s) ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch / Watch Fridays Dec. 5 - Dec. 19, 2025 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 Meet Chief Inspector Maigret as he solves Paris’s most complex crimes using ...

A new Inspector Maigret series based on the novels of Georges Simenon is in development, four years after ITV cancelled the last version that starred Rowan Atkinson in 2017. The new show will be ...

Maigret, based on the novels by Georges Simenon, starts production; Playground produces for MASTERPIECE; Banijay Rights to handle worldwide distribution; Benjamin Wainwright and Stefanie Martini star ...

For nearly 100 years, one actor after another has taken on the role of Jules Maigret in film and/or television series. Based on the novels written by Georges Simenon, the Jules Maigret series is the ...

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Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean and Johnny English fame has signed on to play the protagonist of Belgian author Georges Simenon’s iconic Jules Maigret detective novels in two feature-length films for the U ...

Although it remains near impossible to watch Rowan Atkinson in any kind of church scene without immediately thinking of his scene-stealer in ‘Four Weddings’, the comedic legend continues to impress ...

'Wolf Hall' producer Playground is behind the series, which will star Benjamin Wainwright as the French detective. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Simenon published more than 100 novels and ...