24 The Bar On The Seine


(4.9 stars; 16 reviews)

24: The Bar on the Seine Tue 10th Dec 2002, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Dramatised by Alison Joseph.   When a condemned man reveals the whereabouts of an unpunished murderer, Chief Inspector Maigret puts his holiday on hold. His investigation takes him to a bar on the Seine, the Guinguette a Deux Sous, and the old crime is promptly upstaged by a killing. While Mme Maigret awaits him in Alsace, Maigret finds a new drinking companion in this engrossing version of a classic Simenon story. Music by Lucinda Mason Brown   Director Ned Chaillet Maigret: Nicholas Le Prevost Simenon: Julian Barnes Lucas: Ron Cook James: Timothy Watson Basso: Sylvester Morand Feinstein: Jonathan Tafler Mado/Mathilde: Tracy Wiles Mme Basso: Rebecca Egan Police officer: Martin Hyder Taxi driver: Richard Firth Lenoir/Victor: Scott Brooksbank Woman 1: Emma Woolliams Woman 2: Laura Doddington Thirty Days of Maigret    by Georges Simenon.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

24 The Bar on the Seine 44:30

Reviews

Good. Brief interplay between author and main character.


(5 stars)