<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which--following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959--ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963 . </P> <P> Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role . </P> <P> The series starred Rupert Davies as the Sûreté detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue . </P>

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