Maigret: The Classic BBC Series

M Couchet is found murdered in his office - his safe rifled. There were three women in his life: wife, ex-wife, and mistress. Is the thief the murderer also? Directed by John Harrison, 1961.

Omer Calas had gone to the country to buy wine. He was still away when, in the river a few yards from his bistro, a dismembered corpse was discovered. Can Maigret find Calas? Directed by Gerard Glaister, 1961.

Fumal, an old schoolfellow of Maigret's and now a wealthy meat-trader, asks for police protection: and needs it! Directed by Andrew Osborn, 1961.

A dropped railway ticket... a mud-stained car... a frightened voice on the telephone - these are the clues in a puzzling crime that puts Maigret on the trail of a ruthless gang of murderers. Directed by Harold Clayton, 1961.

A self-evident suicide, that of the jewel dealer who shot himself while telephoning the police. The trouble is, something exactly like it had happened before... Directed by John Harrison, 1961.

Old Joris, a bullet wound in his head, wanders lost and speechless in the maze of Paris. Who shot him? - and who saved his life? Directed by Gerard Glaister, 1961.

The men of the Paris canals are tough and resentful of interference. So Maigret finds when he comes to investigate the mysterious accident to Emile Ducrau, and the dangerous web of relationships that caused it. Directed by Rudolph Cartier, 1961.

The trial of Gaston Meurant is about to start. He is charged with double murder and there seems little doubt of what the verdict will be. Can Maigret uncovers new evidence likely to save Meurant's life? Directed by Andrew Osborn, 1961.

They're all liars, and proud of it, down in the tiny village of St Andre. But old Leonie, the Postmistress, knows too many of their secrets... Directed by Rudolph Cartier, 1961.

It is Christmas and the Maigrets are looking forward to a quiet and peaceful day. But it seems that Father Christmas called the previous night on the little girl across the road, and showed a remarkable interest in the floor boards! Directed by Campbell Logan, 1961.

The tottering Lachaume mansion, with its attendant biscuit factory, had nothing to tempt a burglar. Who, then, was the killer of Leonard Lachaume? Maigret finds a sinister reason for the family's reluctance to talk. Directed by Gerard Glaister, 1962.

Maigret comes into conflict with a defence lawyer intent on scoring points in the media at the police's expense. Mme Maigret has her own problems when she looks after a baby abandoned in a public park. Directed by Gerard Glaister, 1962.

Louis Thouret lives in the suburbs of Paris. He is a henpecked, meek little man who leaves for and returns from work as regular as clockwork. Then one day he fails to return - and Maigret unravels a strange secret life. Directed by Terence Williams, 1962.