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PBS Masterpiece has handed detective play Maigret a 2nd season, pinch filming already underway successful Budapest.
Benjamin Wainwright is reprising nan titular role, pinch Stefanie Martini returning arsenic Madame Louise Maigret and Kerrie Hayes, Shaniqua Okwok and Reda Elazouar besides backmost arsenic ‘Les Maigrets,’ nan sleuth’s loyal squad of detectives. Nathalie Armin is besides returning arsenic Prosecutor Mathilde Kernavel, James Northcote arsenic Joseph Moers, and Rob Kazinsky arsenic Inspector Justin Cavre.
New to nan formed is Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries), who plays Maigret’s leader and mentor, Director of Police Xavier Guichard. Suspicious astir Maigret’s increasing fame, he decides to ‘take him down a peg,’ and erstwhile 1 of Maigret’s colleagues leaves and different is transferred, erstwhile Internal Affairs serviceman George Bonfils (Alex Bhat) is named nan replacement and quickly makes himself unpopular pinch Maigret’s team.
This is nan backdrop to nan adjustment of 3 Georges Simonsen novels: The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, Maigret’s Revolver and The Yellow Dog.
Maigret Season 2 is simply a Playground co-production for Masterpiece successful relation pinch Banijay Entertainment and Windhover Films.
Patrick Harbinson returns arsenic showrunner, head and executive shaper for Windhover, pinch nan exec producers for Playground being Colin Callender and David Stern, The bid is further directed by Lisa Clarke and David Evans, and produced by Gina Cronk. Susanne Simpson is nan executive shaper for Masterpiece and Banijay Rights handles world distribution.
Masterpiece Head of Scripted Content Simpson said: “Patrick Harbinson has brought Jules Maigret into modern times pinch heart, joke and humanity. I couldn’t beryllium happier to bring a 2nd play to our Masterpiece audience.”
