Rupert ‘Maigret’ Davies is a scheming Welsh councillor going after Daphne Slater, the infirm wife of his nephew (Nigel Stock). Alun Richards’ study of council corruption and small-town ennui was the first completely contemporary drama in the strand.

Rupert ‘Maigret’ Davies is a scheming Welsh councillor going after Daphne Slater, the infirm wife of his nephew (Nigel Stock). Alun Richards’ study of council corruption and small-town ennui was the first completely contemporary drama in the strand.