Premise: Maigret was a British television series that ran on ITV for twelve episodes in 1992 and 1993. It was an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret. Airing in two seasons, each of the episodes was based on a single book. The series covered only 12 of Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories about the detective.
Hypothesis: Maigret was based on stories.