10: Maigret's Boyhood Friend

First broadcast: Sun 19th Jun 1977, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Adapted for radio by Betty Davies from the translation by Eileen Ellenbogen, with John Moffat as Leon Florentin

When Maigret was a boy at school, the confectioner's son, Leon Florentin, was the clown of the class - always tormenting the masters. Now, years later, he turns up again - with a problem.

Directed by Betty Davies

Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham

Georges Simenon: Michael Gough

Lapointe: John Rye

Janvier: Sean Barrett

Francois Pare: Godfrey Kenton

Fernand Courcel: Peter Tuddenham

Victor Lamotte: John Gabriel

Jean-Luc Bodard: Geoffrey Collins

Madame Blanc: Cecile Chevreau

Madame Maigret: Irene Sutcliffe

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First broadcast: Sun 12th Jun 1977, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Adapted for radio by Edward Bruce, from the translation by Daphne Woodward

Leonie Birard, an old woman whom everyone in the village of Saint-Andre-sur-mer hated, was shot dead. Maigret found the villagers a closed community, determined to pin the murder on the local school-master - because he was a Parisian - not one of them. Even the schoolboys wouldn't talk...

Director: Betty Davies

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The first known (English language) Maigret radio production was aired by the BBC Home Service on Monday, December 9, 1957. It was "Maigret and the Lost Life", an adaptation of Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret and the Young Girl). Maigret was played by Ralph Truman. (The same novel was adapted for BBC TV and aired on December 6, 1959, starring Basil Sydney as Maigret.)

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At Bertram's Hotel is the third of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1995 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

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At Bertram's Hotel is the third of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1995 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

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At Bertram's Hotel is the third of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1995 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

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At Bertram's Hotel is the third of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1995 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

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At Bertram's Hotel is the third of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1995 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

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As Hercule Poirot sifts through his post one particular morning, he alights upon a letter from an elderly and (as it transpires), exceedingly rich spinster—Miss Emily Arundell. She is clearly in great distress and seeking his help, but doesn't say why. Her only specific mention is "the incident of the dog's ball." However, what intrigues Poirot is the date of the communication—it was written two months ago. He persuades Captain Hastings that they must visit the lady with all haste. On arrival they discover that she has died, apparently of natural causes. But Bob, Miss Arundell's devoted wire-haired terrier, knows better. And so, soon, does Poirot. John Moffatt, as ever, stars as Hercule Poirot with Simon Williams as Captain Hastings. With music specially composed by Tom Smail

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As Hercule Poirot sifts through his post one particular morning, he alights upon a letter from an elderly and (as it transpires), exceedingly rich spinster—Miss Emily Arundell. She is clearly in great distress and seeking his help, but doesn't say why. Her only specific mention is "the incident of the dog's ball." However, what intrigues Poirot is the date of the communication—it was written two months ago. He persuades Captain Hastings that they must visit the lady with all haste. On arrival they discover that she has died, apparently of natural causes. But Bob, Miss Arundell's devoted wire-haired terrier, knows better. And so, soon, does Poirot. John Moffatt, as ever, stars as Hercule Poirot with Simon Williams as Captain Hastings. With music specially composed by Tom Smail

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