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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Episode 2 of Maigret

When adapting Georges Simenon’s Maigret for the screen, lead writer, director, and executive producer Patrick Harbinson wanted to bring the classic character into the modern day. In this conversation, Patrick talks about the decisions he made to showcase Maigret as a younger detective with something to prove, and what we can expect from the rest of the season.

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0:28.3	For our mystery buffs out there, Inspector May Gray is likely a character you've encountered
0:33.1	before. Perhaps you've seen him on screen in one form or another, played by one of over 30 actors,
0:39.2	including Michael Gambon and Rowan Atkinson, or maybe you've come across him in one of
0:43.7	Georges Simonin's 75 novels featuring the talented French detective. But unlike these
0:49.2	May Grays of the past, our new May Grey has ditched his iconic pipe and bowler hat in exchange for a mobile
0:55.5	phone.
0:56.5	However, despite these surface level changes, his moral code remained strong.
1:01.9	Not all crimes are weighed equally in May Gray's eyes.
1:05.5	Murder, for example, will always trump money.
1:08.9	You should concentrate on more urgent cases, which right now are these bank robberies, any leads yet?
1:13.6	Not yet. They're clever.
1:15.6	Three robberies and no leads. It's not exactly impressive, is it?
1:19.6	It won't always be clever.
1:21.6	Besides, it's just money. No one's died.
1:24.6	Not yet.
1:25.6	Often called the Sherlock Holmes of France,
1:28.9	Mae Gray has a knack for solving mysteries,
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