‘Maigret’ Season 2 Rounds Up a Release Date
'Maigret' and his team uncover a premiere date for Season 2 on PBS.
We were unlucky enough to miss most of Maigret’s first season due to our hiatus brought on by PBS’s defunding in 2025. However, there’s always a spot open for hot blonde men solving crimes on PBS, whether that’s Kenneth Branagh in Wallander, James Norton in Grantchester, or Marc Warren in Van der Valk.
Moreover, Jules Maigret has been a fixture on screens large and small since writer Georges Simenon introduced him to the world in 1931’s Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett). Simenon’s bibliography includes 75 Maigret novels, making it an ideal choice for a long-running mystery series. That’s why his presence on television only really fell off the radar since the early 21st century. So, despite our failure to recap beyond the premiere, it wasn’t really a big surprise when Masterpiece announced that Season 2 was filming in early 2026.
Season 1 covered four of Simenon’s novels: 1961’s Maigret & the Lazy Burglar, 1956’s Maigret’s Failure, and a finale that mashed up the early 1932 The Saint-Fiacre Affair with the much later 1969 Maigret & the Killer. Season 2 will take on three more novels: The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien and The Yellow Dog (both from 1931), and 1952’s Maigret’s Revolver.
Here’s the Season 2 synopsis:
This season sees dramatic changes in La Brigade Criminelle. We introduce Maigret's boss and mentor, Director of Police Xavier Guichard, who has become suspicious of Maigret's growing fame and decides to 'take him down a peg.' One of Maigret's colleagues leaves, another is transferred by Guichard, and replaced by a former Internal Affairs officer, George Bonfils, who immediately makes himself unpopular with Maigret's core team. This internal turmoil is the backdrop for daring new adaptations of three of Georges Simenon’s best-known Maigret novels.
As Maigret investigates cruel and heartbreaking crimes, he will find that the line between guilt and innocence can be impossibly blurred. He will have to reach deep into his heart to work out his own unique form of justice, for victims and perpetrators alike.
Benjamin Wainwright (Belgravia) returns for Season 2 alongside Stefanie Martini (The Gold) as Louise Maigret, Shaniqua Okwok (It’s a Sin) as Inspector Janvier, Nathalie Armin (Showtrial) as Prosecutor Mathilde Kernavel, Reda Elazouar (Sex Education), Kerrie Hayes (The Responder), and Rob Kazinsky (Star Trek: Section 31). Season 2 adds Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries) as Director of Police Xavier Guichard, and Alex Bhat (Marie Antoinette) as George Bonfils.
Patrick Harbinson (The Tower) once again served as lead writer and showrunner. Director David Evans (Domina) split helming duties with Lisa Clarke (Sanditon), and Gina Cronk producing. Harbinson also serves as executive producer alongside Simpson for Masterpiece.
Maigret Season 2 will premiere on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 9 p.m. ET on most local PBS stations, the PBS app, and the PBS Masterpiece Channel. All episodes will be available to binge on PBS Passport for members on premiere day. All episodes of Season 1 are available to stream.
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