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Bergerac
 UK
/ BBC1 / 81x50m-e 5x90m-e / 1981-91
Creator: Robert Banks Stewart /
Music: George Fenton / Producers: Robert Banks Stewart, Jonathan Alwyn, George
Gallaccio, Juliet Grimm
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drama series set on the idyllic tax haven of
Jersey, the series starred John Nettles as
recovering alcoholic Sergeant Jim Bergerac.
Jim worked for the
for the Bureau Des Estrangers which specialised in dealing with
millionaire tax exiles and tourists and so on.
Originally known jokingly among the press as
"Jersey Five-0" the show was immediately
popular and actually boosted the tourist trade
on the island ten fold.
Jim was divorced but his father in law, the very
rich Charlie Hungerford, appeared in every
episode, over the years the pair had a kind of
love hate relationship but ended up quietly
respecting each other.
During the first season Jim shacked up with the
beautiful French girl Frankie but his most long
term relationship was with estate agent Susan
Young who would later die in very mysterious
circumstances.
Jim also had a very flirtatious thing going with
jewel thief Phillipa Vale played by Liza Goddard
who appeared in several episodes over the years.
 Although
obviously mainly concerning itself with
thievery, murder and the like the was not scared
to occasionally experiment and the odd episode
edged towards horror or the unexplained.
Towards the end of the show Jim fell in love
with a French woman and actually quit the force
and by the final series was working as a private
detective both in Jersey and France.
Other regulars on the show included Jim's boss
Barney Crozier, secretary Peggy Masters and pub
owner Diamante Lil.
Over the years there were five feature length
Christmas specials, the show also attracted a
high calibre of guest stars including a young
Joanne Whalley, Geoffrey Palmer, Liza Goddard,
Greta Scacchi (in season ones The Hood and the
Harlequin), Warren Clarke and many more. Jim
drove a vintage 1959 burgundy triumph roadster.
John Nettles went on to star in the Miss Marple
like Midsomer Murders.
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Cast
JOHN
NETTLES as Jim Bergerac / TERENCE
ALEXANDER as Charlie Hungerford / SEAN
ARNOLD as Barney Crozier / DEBORAH GRANT as Deborah Bergerac / LOUISE
JAMESON as Susan Young / MELA
WHITE as Diamante Lil / NANCY
MANSFIELD as Peggy Masters / JOHN
TELFER as D.C. Willy Petit / DAVID
KERSHAW as D.C. Ben Lomas / CECILE
PAOLI as Frankie(season 1) |
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