A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Giles Cooper from the novel "Maigret in Montmartre"
Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
Guest star, Freda Jackson
Produced in association with Winwell Productions, Ltd.
(First shown on October 31, 1960)

A strange exotic young woman, moving in the shadows of the night life of Montmartre. What preys on her mind? What are the fears that possess her? Does she lie or speak the truth?
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Your Weekend - Saturday
A Second showing of the popular television series "Maigret" 9.50
There's a familiar aroma of Gauloises and garlic around the Television Centre once again, and the now familiar strains of the Maigret theme music can be heard in the studio.
Producer Andrew Osborn is back in residence. After a week's location filming in Paris, he has returned to start work on a new series of Maigret stories scheduled to be shown in the autumn. He says, 'We're not changing the format. It's very difficult to do that kind of thing once the story is well known. Besides, in the case of Maigret, there's no need to'.
Indeed not. There are no phoney French accents, or ridiculous attempts to transform well-known English faces with moustaches and berets in the hope that this will make them look Parisian.
And among the faces once again will be the expressive one of Rupert Davies, complete with the battered trilby, and the inevitable pipe. To Maigret fans, it's as though an old friend has suddenly returned. And 'the Patron' will once again have Ewen Solon as his faithful assistant, Lucas.
Tonight, you can see the first programme in a repeat showing of the first Maigret series, which was originally shown during last November, December, and January.