Bergerac (1981)
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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Episode 1 - A Message for the Rich
Release Date: 1983-01-09Two disgruntled ex-employees of Charlie Hungerford kidnap Jim's daughter.
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Episode 2 - Always Leave Them Laughing
Release Date: 1983-01-16A disappointed beauty pageant contestant accuses a popular comic of raping her after voting against her in the beauty contest.
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Episode 3 - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
Release Date: 1983-01-23Lil's ex-husband, a journalist, returns to Jersey on the trail of a big story he believes will embarrass Charlie Hungerford, who's running for a position in the House of Deputies.
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Episode 4 - Prime Target
Release Date: 1983-01-30Bergerac travels to France to investigate the death of a Jersey resident and prematurely reveals the marriage plans of the eccentric heir to an old Jersey family fortune.
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Episode 5 - Almost Like a Holiday
Release Date: 1983-02-06The publicity surrounding the mugging of a lovable old liar endangers a plan to burgle a safe containing a fortune in diamonds.
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Episode 6 - Fall of a Birdman
Release Date: 1983-02-13A Portuguese hang glider pilot hired by Charlie for a TV commercial sails around a deserted cliff face and is later found dead, apparently murdered.
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Episode 7 - Miracle Every Week
Release Date: 1983-02-20Jim must protect an Indian faith healer from con men out to exploit his abilities.
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Episode 8 - A Perfect Recapture
Release Date: 1983-02-27A wheel dropped from a flying plane and a trail of marked francs lead Jim and a dogged mainland detective to a computer embezzler who stole 2 million pounds from the police ten years earlier.
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Episode 9 - The Moonlight Girls
Release Date: 1983-03-06Jim's investigation into the death of a young woman supposed to be working at a local stable reveals a profitable call girl operation.