When Rupert Davies stepped into the role of Georges Simenon's cerebral Parisian detective Commissaire Jules Maigret for this 1960-1963 BBC offering, the author himself deemed the casting "perfect"-and this long-unseen series has finally surfaced with the episodes newly remastered. Helen Shingler, Ewen Solon, Neville Jason, Victor Lucas also starred.13 episodes on 3 discs. 12 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; featurette.