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‘Maigret’ TV Adaptation Lands At PBS Masterpiece Starring ‘Belgravia: The Next Chapter’s Benjamin Wainwright & Stefanie Martini


A 'Maigret' TV series is coming to PBS Masterpiece starring Benjamin Wainwright and Stefanie Martini, produced by Playgroound.

The long-gestating TV adaptation of Georges Simenon’s Maigret has landed at PBS Masterpiece, with Belgravia: The Next Chapter’s Benjamin Wainwright and Stefanie Martini ( Prime Suspect 1973) playing the eponymous leads. Patrick Harbinson ( Homeland, 24, The Tower) is writing Maigret and the cast includes Blake Harrison(World on Fire, I Hate Suzie Too), Reda Elazouar(Sex Education, Pirates), Kerrie Hayes(The Responder, Criminal Record), Shaniqua Okwok(The Flatshare, It’s a Sin) andRob Kazinsky ( Star Trek: Section 31, Eastenders), with Nathalie Armin ( Showtrial S2, Juice) set to play Prosecutor Mathilde Kernavel. Playground licensed them from Georges Simenon Limited and unveiled the development three years ago, at which point Red Arrow Studios International – which is no longer attached – was co-producing.

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