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The first known (English language) Maigret radio production was aired by the BBC Home Service on Monday, December 9, 1957. It was "Maigret and the Lost Life", an adaptation of Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret and the Young Girl). (The same novel was adapted for BBC TV and aired on December 6, 1959, starring Basil Sydney as Maigret.)
BBC Home Service
Maigret and the Lost Life
Monday, December 9, 1957, 9:15 pm
90 min
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC | Dec 9, 1957 | Maigret and the Lost Life | 90 min | ? |
In 1970-71 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced what was probably the first radio Maigret outside of Europe. CBC aired a series of 40 30-minute shows which were probably all episodes of eight 5-part serials, five of which are known. They were probably broadcast as part of CBC's Theater 10:30 series.
CBC Radio
Maigret Series I
eight 5-episode, 30-min shows (only 5 identified), 1970-1971
CBC Theater, 10:30 pm
Maigret: Budd Knapp
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| CBC 1 | 1970-71 | Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 150 min (5 episodes) | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 2 | 1970-71 | Maigret and the Safecracker's Wife | 150 min (5 episodes) | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 3 | 1970-71 | Maigret and the Old Lady | 150 min (5 episodes) | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 4 | 1970-71 | Maigret and the Crime At Lock No. 14 | 150 min (5 episodes) | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 5 | 1970-71 | Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | 150 min (5 episodes) | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 6 | 1970-71 | ? | 150 min (5 episodes) | |
| CBC 7 | 1970-71 | ? | 150 min (5 episodes) | |
| CBC 8 | 1970-71 | ? | 150 min (5 episodes) | |
Seven 60-minute Maigret shows aired from 1975 through 1977. Some of these were later released on audio cassette.
CBC Radio
Maigret Series II
seven 60-minute shows, 1975-1977
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| CBC 9 | 1975-77 | Inspector Maigret's Boyhood Friend | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 10 | 1975-77 | Inspector Maigret and the Killer | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 11 | 1975-77 | Maigret Sets A Trap | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 12 | 1975-77 | Maigret in Society | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 13 | 1975-77 | Maigret Hesitates | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 14 | 1975-77 | Maigret's Christmas | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
| CBC 15 | 1975-77 | Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | 60 min | Budd Knapp |
The BBC returned Maigret to the radio in 1976 and 1977 for 19 shows:
BBC Radio 4
Maigret Series I
six 45-minute Saturday shows, Aug 21 - September 25 1976
Maigret: Maurice Denham, Simenon: Michael Gough
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 1 | Aug 21, 1976 | Maigret Goes Home | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 2 | Aug 28, 1976 | Maigret in Montmartre | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 3 | Sep 4, 1976 | Maigret Has Scruples | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 4 | Sep 11, 1976 | Maigret in Society | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 5 | Sep 18, 1976 | Maigret Sets a Trap | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 6 | Sep 25, 1976 | Maigret and the Young Girl | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
BBC Radio 4
Maigret Series II
13 45-minute Sunday shows, May 29 - August 21, 1977
Maigret: Maurice Denham, Simenon: Michael Gough
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 7 | May 29, 1977 | Maigret and Monsieur Charles | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 8 | Jun 5, 1977 | Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 9 | Jun 12, 1977 | Maigret Goes to School | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 10 | Jun 19, 1977 | Maigret's Boyhood Friend | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 11 | Jun 26, 1977 | Maigret at the Crossroads | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 12 | Jul 3, 1977 | Maigret Has Doubts | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 13 | Jul 10, 1977 | Maigret and the Madman of Bergerac | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 14 | Jul 17, 1977 | Maigret and the Minister | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 15 | Jul 24, 1977 | Liberty Bar | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 16 | Jul 31, 1977 | Maigret and the Old Lady | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 17 | Aug 7, 1977 | Maigret Hesitates | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 18 | Aug 14, 1977 | Maigret Takes the Waters | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 19 | Aug 21, 1977 | The Patience of Maigret | 45 min | Maurice Denham |
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Maigret HesitatesAvailable at the BBC Shop
Maigret goes to School, Maigret and the Old Lady, Maigret Hesitates and The Patience of Maigret. |
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Some of these 19 were probably re-broadcast in 1983. In 1984 and 1986, Radio 4 aired two more Maigrets on the Saturday Night Theater:
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 20 | May 5, 1984 | Maigret And The Millionaires | 75 min | Maurice Denham |
| BBC 21 | Mar 22, 1986 | Maigret's Special Murder | 90 min | Bernard Hepton |
In 1998, after a 12-year gap, Radio 4 provided a Maigret for the pre-Christmas Afternoon Play.
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 22 | Dec 21, 1998 | Maigret's Christmas | 45 min | Barry Foster |
Beginning in December of 2002, Radio 4 began Maigret Series III, Tuesday afternoons at 2:15, 45 min, the BBC Afternoon Play.
BBC Radio 4
Maigret Series III
four 45-minute Tuesday shows, Dec 3 - Dec 24, 2002
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 23 | Dec 3, 2002 | A Man's Head | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 24 | Dec 10, 2002 | The Bar on the Seine | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 25 | Dec 17, 2002 | My Friend Maigret | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 26 | Dec 24, 2002 | Madame Maigret's Own Case | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
 | Maigret: A Man's HeadA Man's Head, Maigret: The Bar on the Seine, My Friend Maigret, Madame Maigret's Own Case. |
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BBC Radio
Maigret Series IV
four 45-minute Monday shows, April 19 - May 10, 2004
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| BBC 28 | April 19, 2004
2:15 p.m. | Maigret and the Burglar's Wife | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 27 | April 26, 2004
2:15 p.m. | The Yellow Dog | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 29 | May 3, 2004
2:15 p.m. | Inspector Cadaver | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
| BBC 30 | May 10, 2004
2:15 p.m. | Maigret's Little Joke | 45 min | Nicholas Le Prevost |
 | Maigret's Little JokeThe Yellow Dog, Maigret and the Burglars Wife, Inspector Cadaver and Maigret's Little Joke.
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BBC Radio
Maigret
Feb-March, 2005
| id |
date |
title |
time |
Maigret |
| Episode 1 | February 24, 2005
10:30 a.m. | The Drowned Men's Inn | | Nicholas Le Prevost |
Inspector Maigret investigates a body found in the boot of a sunken car. An idyllic French beauty spot becomes a murder scene. Episode 1 of 2. [Repeat 9:30 p m and Friday, 2:30 a m.]
(Ian Beard confirms (8/5/2012) the appearance of this BBC Radio 7 programme The Drowned Men's Inn, a reading in two parts by Nicholas Le Provost.) |
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