There is a fabulous TV Series with Michael Gambon as Maigret which has an wonderful atmosphere. Given that they're not actually speaking French the whole thing

There is a fabulous TV Series with Michael Gambon as Maigret which has an wonderful atmosphere. Given that they're not actually speaking French the whole thing creates a very appealing and world to imagine them in and I get the feeling of foreigners speaking English rather than English-speaking people pretending to be foreign as in most of the English repeats of the Scandinavian dramas. It's a great thing to see before reading the books because it feeds your imagination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maigret_(1992_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maigret_(1992_TV_series) You can even find episodes on certain popular internet sites (though I don't know how they survive there).