COMEDIAN Rowan Atkinson turns serious as he takes on the role of Georges Simenon’s Parisian police detective Jules Maigret. He tells TV Editor David Stephenson about how he prepared for the iconic ...

Rowan Atkinson made his debut as Maigret last year. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did you know with a Plus subscription to ...

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Cable network Ovation has headed back to Europe for its latest drama – the Rowan Atkinson-fronted Maigret. The broadcaster, which had success with French drama Versailles and British thriller Riviera, ...

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In the upcoming drama, Atkinson has the lead role as Georges Simenon's sleuth Jules Maigret - a French equivalent of Sherlock Homes. Atkinson joins an esteemed list of actors to have played Maigret, ...

Rowan Atkinson plays it straight in ITV's Maigret - but he originally turned the project down. The Mr. Bean star admitted to press including Digital Spy that he had doubts about playing Georges ...

ROWAN Atkinson never saw Rupert Davies' as the famous Parisian detective in the 1960s – "We didn't have a television at home until I was 14," says the Consett-born 61-year-old – and he confesses that ...

Rowan Atkinson was so believable in Maigret that fans didn’t even expect him to say ‘Wibble’. Did you know with a Plus subscription to Shropshire Star you get full access to our award winning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The series first aired in the U.S. via SVOD service BritBox, which still has streaming rights. Ovation will air both seasons of ...