'Wolf Hall' producer Playground is behind the series, which will star Benjamin Wainwright as the French detective.

A new iteration of one of the most beloved detectives in fiction is coming to PBS. The public broadcaster has ordered Maigret, a series based on Georges Simenon’s novels about Jules Maigret, a chief inspector for the Paris police. Production on the series, which stars Benjamin Wainwright as the title character, has begun in Budapest; it will air under PBS' Masterpiece Mystery! banner.