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Maigret: Collected Cases
Maurice Denham is the famous French detective Maigret and Michael Gough is his creator Georges Simenon in these five classic radio dramatisations.
Parisian detective Jules Maigret first appeared in print in 1931, and went on to feature in 76 novels and 28 short stories. An enduringly popular character, his adventures have been adapted on radio and television, most recently in ITV’s series starring Rowan Atkinson.
In these radio plays, Maigret and Simenon look back over five of their most memorable cases. An anonymous letter sends Maigret back to the village where he grew up, Inspector Lapointe falls in love for the first time – and kills someone for the first time, and a model train seller tells Maigret that his wife is trying to poison him. Plus, how is the death of a Count linked to a collection of love letters? And can Maigret’s carefully prepared plan prevent the latest in a string of serial killings?
First broadcast in 1976 on BBC Radio 4, the episodes included in this collection are:
Maigret Goes Home
Maigret in Montmartre
Maigret has Scruples
Maigret in Society
Maigret Sets a Trap
Classic Radio Crime: presenting vintage detectives for your investigation!
Duration: 3 hours 45 mins
Parisian detective Jules Maigret first appeared in print in 1931, and went on to feature in 76 novels and 28 short stories. An enduringly popular character, his adventures have been adapted on radio and television, most recently in ITV’s series starring Rowan Atkinson.
In these radio plays, Maigret and Simenon look back over five of their most memorable cases. An anonymous letter sends Maigret back to the village where he grew up, Inspector Lapointe falls in love for the first time – and kills someone for the first time, and a model train seller tells Maigret that his wife is trying to poison him. Plus, how is the death of a Count linked to a collection of love letters? And can Maigret’s carefully prepared plan prevent the latest in a string of serial killings?
First broadcast in 1976 on BBC Radio 4, the episodes included in this collection are:
Maigret Goes Home
Maigret in Montmartre
Maigret has Scruples
Maigret in Society
Maigret Sets a Trap
Classic Radio Crime: presenting vintage detectives for your investigation!
Duration: 3 hours 45 mins
4 pages, Audio CD
Published June 1, 2018
About the author
Georges Simenon
2,598 books2,355 followersGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
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October 7, 2021
Really enjoyable stories all 5 of them, but to fit each into a 45 minute audio programme they have truncated far too much of each story and lost the spirit of Maigret.
And if I’m honest Maurice Denham, whilst a great actor is also not Maigret.
And if I’m honest Maurice Denham, whilst a great actor is also not Maigret.
Did Not Finish
May 17, 2021No disrespect to the actors and people involved in this radio play, but I had to turn it off after 10 minutes. I have listened to one other radio play (one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories) and it was just fine, but this one... Maybe Simenon stories just aren't made for radio.
It starts with a completely random conversation between Maigret and Simenon, creator and creation getting chummy and smoking together. Then it moves into the first story.
I am going to be completely honest, I could not follow it. And by that I mean, all of the voices sound the same. Maigret spoke to one of "the boys", who replied, and someone else chimed in, and then I lost track of who was saying what. Eventually, in frustration, I turned it off, and returned the audio to my local library.
Perhaps it would have been more enjoyable had I not been driving, but that would defeat my whole purpose in getting it as an audio. Shortly before this I had listened to "Maigret in Court" as an audiobook during my commute and greatly enjoyed it.
This one? Not so much...
It starts with a completely random conversation between Maigret and Simenon, creator and creation getting chummy and smoking together. Then it moves into the first story.
I am going to be completely honest, I could not follow it. And by that I mean, all of the voices sound the same. Maigret spoke to one of "the boys", who replied, and someone else chimed in, and then I lost track of who was saying what. Eventually, in frustration, I turned it off, and returned the audio to my local library.
Perhaps it would have been more enjoyable had I not been driving, but that would defeat my whole purpose in getting it as an audio. Shortly before this I had listened to "Maigret in Court" as an audiobook during my commute and greatly enjoyed it.
This one? Not so much...
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