Bergerac: Natural Enemies (BBC-1 4 Feb 1989, with Susan Penhaligon)

In Natural Enemies a group of young tearaways are causing trouble in the island. The kids are all in care and are on holiday in the care of psychologist Ruth.

Meanwhile Charlie, who is trying to pull off a big deal for an American consortium, is being targeted by menacing phone calls and weird things arriving in the mail. What Charlie doesn’t know is that the corsortium is a con and he is being set up to lose a least a hundred grand.

The two plot strands seem to come together when one of the girls from the group with Ruth, Jackie, goes missing and Jim discovers that Ruth is not only on the island to give the group a holiday.

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production details
UK / BBC One / 1×50 minute episode / Broadcast 4 February 1989

Writer: J. Andrew Caine / Production Design: Phil Roberson / Director: Geoffrey Sax

Series: Bergerac Season 7 Episode 2

cast
John Nettles as Det Sgt Bergerac
Terence Alexander as Charlie Hungerford
Louise Jameson as Susan Young
Juliet Douglas as Gill
Billy J Mitchell as Bill Loman
Pat Starr as Lucy Loman
Kenneth Cope as Ted Swinton
Simon Talbot as Andy Swinton
Michael Arch as Terry
Chris Chandler as Brian
Kelly George as Dennis
Joanne Bell as Liz
Natalie Abbott as Cheryl
Susan Penhaligon as Ruth
Joanne Mapp as Jacky
Sean Arnold as Crozier
David Kershaw as Ben Lomas
John Telfer as Willy Pettit
Nancy Mansfield as Peggy
Peter Hughes as Bank manager

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