Maigret's little joke

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Four full-cast dramatisations starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Inspector Maigret ‘The Yellow Dog’ sees Maigret upsetting the citizens of Concarneau as he begins his murder investigation.

The mysteries themselves are typical; selfish, smooth-tongued characters complicate the detective's investigations, which are eventually completed and then presented in the climactic scenes. Maurice Denham plays the chief inspector in these four radio dramas produced by BBC Radio: "The Yellow Dog," "Inspector Cadaver," "Maigret's Little Joke," and "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading. A Maigret with a slight difference in that he is on holiday when a crime is committed and his deputy takes up the investigation.How can he keep his promise to Mme Maigret and let Inspector Janvier get on with solving the crime when he is haunted by the question: why was the murdered woman naked? Le petit vieux à barbichette sortait à nouveau de l'ombre de l'entrepôt, à reculons, regardait à gauche et à droite, avec un geste des deux mains comme pour attirer vers lui le lourd camion dont il dirigeait la manœuvre. But you read a Simenon book more for the air, and there's a lot of here, with lovely details of Paris.

Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, including a 1/2" chip to the lower front panel, in Brodart. The stories are The Yellow Dog, Inspector Cadaver, Maigret's Little Joke and Maigret and the Burglar's Wife. He cannot resist playing a few tricks on his colleague Janvier who is running the case and along the way Maigret uncovers something that is crucial to the murderer's discovery. Although Maigret's name appears in the titles of nearly all Georges Simenon's novels about the Inspector, this series usually amended the titles (or altered them completely) so as to leave his name out. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Solid support from the cast (well-known faces Ann Way, who was in masses of TV, and tons of stage work, Barry Letts, Stephanie Bidmead and Michael Goodliffe, amongst others), and a nice joke at the end, when Lucas shows that he'd known all along who had been sending the helpful anonymous notes! Georges Simenon's French detective has four more cases to solve in this these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At first, Maigret enjoys following the case as just another member of the public, via newsreels and newspapers, but after awhile it becomes agonising, this staying away from the office.

Light wear only to blue boards with bright gilt titles on the spine, edges are tanned, pages are clean, binding is tight.A full-cast dramatisation starring Maurice Denham as Inspector Maigret and Michael Gough as his creator Georges Simenon The world's best-known French detective, Jules Maigret, talks to his creator Georges Simenon about one of his most intriguing cases in this full-cast dramatisation that has been specially adapted for radio from the original novel. Inspector Cadaver’ sees Maigret dealing with an old enemy - an ex-police officer nicknamed ‘Inspector Cadaver’, who seems to be doing everything in his power to obstruct Maigret in his investigations. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

When a sensational murder takes place in Paris, Maigret is on holiday and must follow the investigation like any member of the public. Barry Letts may be known by some viewers as having been a key figure in the Doctor Who series, producing and directing, also introducing some much-loved characters. He also got accosted by the fiancee of one of the possible suspects, and he therefore does a couple of surreptitious interviews, though trying to stay out of Lucas' way, as it is officially the new Inspector's responsibility. Bright, clean copy with no markings inside and only the very lightest bump to the front lower aqua board. The dramas offer no introduction or background information on Maigret, so a listener unfamiliar with his stories may find the occasional focus on his foibles and mannerisms puzzling.They revisit their old haunts, eat sausages and chips in riverside bistros, and nearly walk Madame's feet off up and down the quays. Wouldn't you know it, there's an intriguing murder that involves a woman's naked body stuffed into a cupboard in the rich part of town! Maurice Denham stars as Maigret with Michael Gough as Georges Simenon in four more of the French detective's most intriguing cases. However a case involving the death of a doctor's wife intrigues Maigret and he assiduously follows its development in the papers.