Maigret

[HerlockSholmes]

On the subject of tv detective adaptations I’ve recently watched three episodes of the series Maigret starring Michael Gambon. This is another series that I didn’t watch when it was released and I’ve never made any effort to catch up. I did watch, and loved, the recent versions with Roman Atkinson in the title role though so I was interested in comparing the two when I saw the older one being repeated over here.

I was certainly impressed by Gambon’s laid back detective. As you would expect there were lots of parts for actors that made appearances in programmes like Morse and the Grenada Holmes series so it was a case of ‘spot the actor.’ I really enjoyed these three episodes. No car chases or gun battles, just good stories. Well worth a watch. Which one do I prefer? I think that the Roman Atkinson version shades it for me but that might change the more I see of Gambon.

Edited February 8, 2022 by HerlockSholmes
Missed a bit.