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 - The Last Interview
Release Date: 1985-10-11An American telejournalist comes to Jersey to interview a retired gangster who has gone into hiding because of a contract on his life.
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Episode 2 - Offshore Trades
Release Date: 1985-10-18Bergerac investigates the death of a scuba diver who washes up on the beach and discovers the disappearance of a French film star's wife.
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Episode 3 - What Dreams May Come True
Release Date: 1985-10-25Anonymous phone calls prompt Jim to re-examine a road accident that had been dismissed as routine.
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Episode 4 - Low Profile
Release Date: 1985-11-01An eccentric old lady's mysterious past is somehow tied to a sunken ship that has attracted many divers, including a world-renowned underwater archaeologist and a notorious gangster.
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Episode 5 - Return of the Ice Maiden
Release Date: 1985-11-08Philippa Vale returns to Jersey planning to recover the jewels she was forced to abandon in a previous encounter with Jim.
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Episode 6 - Chrissie
Release Date: 1985-11-15Jim is under pressure to find a briefcase containing fashion designs and a baby who disappeared with her nurse.
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Episode 7 - The Tennis Racket
Release Date: 1985-11-29Jim is assigned to protect a spoiled tennis star who has received several death threats.
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Episode 8 - Sins of the Fathers
Release Date: 1985-12-13One of the stars of a film being made about the German occupation of Jersey finds his life being threatened.
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Episode 9 - Avenge, O Lord
Release Date: 1985-12-20Jim is assigned to guard a mainland MP who has come to Jersey to study the island's police force.
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Episode 10 - Fires in the Fall
Release Date: 1986-12-26A spiritualist contacts the ghost of a dead arsonist responsible for the death of a young girl at the same time that a new series of fires breaks out resembling his earlier handiwork. Full recap: Charlie asks Jim to investigate Raoul Barnaby, a medium who has gained the favour of Roberta Jardine. Charlie and Roberta's niece, the scheming Pauline, believe that Barnaby is a conman. Barnaby claims to have been contacted by the ghost of a 12 girl who was killed in an arson attack 20 years previously. Soon the child's grave is desecrated and a similar series of arson attacks occur. Jim is charged with a new investigation into the arson attacks and uncovers a link between Roberta Jardine and Jack Plimont, the detective in charge of the case. It appears that Jardine's son was the arsonist and commited suicide by immolation over the unintended death of the girl. Plemont helped to cover up the truth. Meanwhile Susan has sold the former home of the arsonist to Lil and finds ritual fire symbo