"Bergerac" (1981)TV series 1981-1991

Creator:

Robert Banks Stewart

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

18 October 1981 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Alcohol | Jersey | Police | Detective | Murder

Awards:

1 win

Cast

John Nettles	...	Det. Sgt. Jim Bergerac / ... (79 episodes, 1981-1991)
Terence Alexander	...	Charlie Hungerford (59 episodes, 1981-1991)
Sean Arnold	...	Chief Insp. Barney Crozier / ... (54 episodes, 1981-1990)
Mela White	...	Diamante Lil (37 episodes, 1981-1987)
John Telfer	...	DC Willy Pettit (36 episodes, 1988-1991)
David Kershaw	...	DC Ben Lomas (36 episodes, 1988-1991)
Louise Jameson	...	Susan Young (35 episodes, 1985-1990)

Runtime:

50 min (87 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2007)

Filming Locations:

Beach, St Brelade's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands

Company:

7 Network

Trivia:

Annette Badland is said to have disliked her stint on the show.

Quotes:

Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: [Drunk] Let me tell you my good man. The whole world is a sandwich.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "I'm Alan Partridge: A Room with an Alan (#1.1)" (1997)

The watchability of this show

Bergerac is one of the few shows which, on many occasions, had unique plots or plots that had unique twists. It resisted the temptation to jump on any particular bandwagon. The 'hero', Bergerac, was neither hero nor the still-popular anti-hero. The writers often back-referenced with regard to the ongoing arc which took Bergerac from recovering alcoholic to lucky in love, unlucky in love, lucky in his job, unlucky in his job, and eventually back to the bottle again, without twisting him out of character to do it.

In my opinion, this show still stands the test of time and is more watchable than too many of the newer shows on TV today.