Bergerac (TV series)
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| Created by | Robert Banks Stewart |
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John Nettles Terence Alexander Sean Arnold Louise Jameson Deborah Grant Cécile Paoli Celia Imrie Thérèse Liotard |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 87 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 50 min (81 episodes), 90 min (6 Christmas Specials) |
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| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 18 October 1981 – 26 December 1991 |
Bergerac is a British television series set in Jersey, which ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who initially is a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers ("The Foreigners' Office", a fictional department dealing with non-Jersey residents), within the States of Jersey Police, but later leaves the force and becomes a private investigator.
The series ran from 1981 to 1991. It was created by producer Robert Banks Stewart after another of his popular detective series, Shoestring, starring Trevor Eve, came to an abrupt end. Like Shoestring, the series begins with a man returning to work after a particularly bad period in his life: Eddie Shoestring from a nervous breakdown; Jim Bergerac from alcoholism and a broken leg.
Bergerac sometimes dealt with controversial topics – for example when an old man was unmasked as a Nazi war criminal his age raised various moral dilemmas. Supernatural elements occasionally appeared in the series, and some episodes ended with unpleasant twists, as in "Offshore Trades" and "A Hole In The Bucket".
The evocative theme tune, composed by George Fenton, featured a reggae and accordion refrain.
The final episode filmed was the 1991 Christmas Special titled "All for Love", set partly in Bath. The final scene provided a strong hint about Bergerac's future, after Charlie Hungerford recommended Bergerac for a new position heading up the Bureau des Étrangers rolled out across the Channel Islands following its success in Jersey.
The show is repeated on channels such as Alibi and Drama. On 24 February 2014 the BBC started a rerun of the series on daytime afternoons on BBC Two.
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