Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (i.e. "The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret") is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the police commissaire Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, conducted by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI.Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last season (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers.