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With thanks to Peter at Detectives Beyond Borders for the link to a fantastic Maigret resource.
http://www.trussel.com/f_maig.htm
posted by Uriah Robinson at 12:16 PM
Thursday, September 28, 2006
With thanks to Peter at Detectives Beyond Borders for the link to a fantastic Maigret resource.
http://www.trussel.com/f_maig.htm
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6 Comments:
Do you have any idea if the BBC Maigret series with Rupert Davies has been released on DVD or video?
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I think the Rupert Davies series was just about before the time the BBC saved their recordings. They would record over the top of each tape!!!!Which is a great pity, although the Michael Gambon series is available on DVD.
I've seen the Gambon series and enjoyed it. I was hoping that I could enjoy the Davies, then make an enjoyable parlor game of comparing the two. Maybe I'll scout around for any of the Maigret movies that might be available.
Blogger seems to be behaving tonight 21.05 BST, I hope I have not spoken too soon.
I found it incredible that the last Rupert Davies was as long ago as 1969.
They have been showing the Gambon series here on a digital cable station, but I might invest in the DVDs to enjoy them again.
The BBC confirmed to me a year or so ago that they do have all the original masters.
The Gambon series is, in my opinion, morosso, turgid and awful. No comparison with the wonderful Rupert Davies series. Simenon said Davies was the perfect Maigret in any language. He is in perfect character with the original French which I read years ago.
I am inclined to agree Anon but it is so long ago all I can only remember that Rupert Davies and his supporting cast seemed perfect.
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