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Maigret (2016)
Top flight rendition of Maigret
When I first started watching this series,I was so impressed by Rowan Atkinson's rendition of Simenon's character, I at first doubted he was the same actor as the one who played Mr. Bean. First class acting, subtlety and a gift for saying much with a look or a gesture. It was also interesting how the writers included his wife as more of a partner who participated sometimes in his cases, which gave the series a modern touch that was not found in Simenon's novels. The production values and supporting cast added greatly to the series's appeal and I hope we'll see additional sequels in future. Simenon wrote so many engrossing novels and short stories there's plenty for other producers to draw from.
Signora Volpe (2022)
If you love Italy
If you love Italy, especially the beauty of the Perugia and Umbria regions, you'll be enchanted by the settings and compositions of the scenes in this series. The series could otherwise be described as a British soap with a spy-detective plot running through it. The protagonist, Ms Fox (Senora Volpe in Italian), makes a decision to retire early from MI6 and move to a small town in central Italy where she still draws on her intelligence service resources to solve crimes and mysteries. She also seems to have an extensive wardrobe of fashionable clothing at her disposal, as any self-respecting MI6 operative must have. There is also the budding of an implausible romance between Ms Fox and the local head of the Carabinieri, just to add the touch of a love angle. And last but not least, the creators have placed the story squarely in the solid chick flick genre by having Ms Fox buy a tumbledown old farm house to renovate in the "Under the Tuscan Sun" tradition.