"Bergerac" (1981) TV series 1981-1991

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Creator:

Robert Banks Stewart
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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 / ... (55 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)

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Series Directed by
Robert Tronson		(7 episodes, 1983-1988)
Michael Rolfe		(4 episodes, 1983-1991)
Robert Young		(4 episodes, 1983-1987)
Tristan DeVere Cole		(4 episodes, 1988-1991)
Geoffrey Sax		(4 episodes, 1988-1990)
Laurence Moody		(3 episodes, 1981-1984)
Ian Toynton		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Ben Bolt		(3 episodes, 1983-1985)
David Reynolds		(3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Richard Standeven		(3 episodes, 1989)
Henry Herbert		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Martin Campbell		(2 episodes, 1981)
Martyn Friend		(2 episodes, 1981)
Graeme Harper		(2 episodes, 1985-1987)
Brian Farnham		(2 episodes, 1985)
Richard Bramall		(2 episodes, 1987-1990)
Peter Ellis		(2 episodes, 1989)
Ken Grieve		(2 episodes, 1990)
Tony Dow		(2 episodes, 1991)
Terry Green		(2 episodes, 1991)
Colm Villa		(2 episodes, 1991)
Terry Marcel		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Robert Banks Stewart		(12 episodes, 1981-1989)
Rod Beacham		(8 episodes, 1983-1990)
Brian Finch		(6 episodes, 1984-1990)
John Fletcher		(6 episodes, 1985-1991)
John Milne		(6 episodes, 1989-1991)
Nick McCarty		(4 episodes, 1983-1987)
John Collee		(4 episodes, 1988-1990)
Alistair Bell		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Dennis Spooner		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Robert Holmes		(3 episodes, 1983-1987)
Paul Wheeler		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Edwin Pearce		(3 episodes, 1985-1989)
Edmund Ward		(3 episodes, 1988-1990)
Bob Baker		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Leslie Darbon		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Peter Miller		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Bill Craig		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Chris Boucher		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
David Crane		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Cyril Williams		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jeffrey Caine		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Robert Banks Stewart	....	producer (19 episodes, 1981-1983)
Juliet Grimm	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1981)
George Gallaccio	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
George Fenton		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Cinematography by
Alec Curtis		(4 episodes, 1985-1989)
Ian Hilton		(2 episodes, 1981)
Remi Adefarasin		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Walters		(unknown episodes)
Ken Westbury		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Paul Garrick		(12 episodes, 1985-1990)
Bernard Ashby		(4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Graham Walker		(4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Tariq Anwar		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Martin Sharpe		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
Masahiro Hirakubo		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Antony Thorpe		(4 episodes, 1981)
Phil Roberson		(3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Phil Robertson		(3 episodes, 1981)
John Hurst		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Paul Allen		(unknown episodes)
Eric Walmsley		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Pat Fisher		(3 episodes, 1981)
Dorinda Rea		(3 episodes, 1981)
Lisa Benjamin		(2 episodes, 1981)
Romayne Hortop		(2 episodes, 1981)
Nicholas Rocker		(2 episodes, 1983)
Phoebe De Gaye		(unknown episodes)
George W. Ward		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Judy Cain	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1981)
Cheryl Wright	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1981)

Series Production Management
Steve Goldie	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1981)
Ron Jones	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1981)
Hugh Boyle	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Paul Munn	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Capper	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Dez McCarthy	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Kevan Van Thompson	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Graham McCallum	....	graphics designer / graphic designer / ... (12 episodes, 1981-1983)
Sid Sutton	....	title sequence (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Sound Department
John Hale	....	dubbing mixer (64 episodes, 1981-1989)
Martin Sharpe	....	dubbing editor / sound editor (10 episodes, 1981)
Masahiro Hirakubo	....	dubbing editor (9 episodes, 1981)
David Sleight	....	sound editor / supervising sound editor (8 episodes, 1991)
Paul Garrick	....	dubbing editor (6 episodes, 1983)
Bill Chesneau	....	film sound recordist / sound recordist (3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Martyn Clift	....	film sound recordist (2 episodes, 1981)
Alan Cooper	....	film sound recordist (2 episodes, 1981)
Mark Day	....	dubbing editor (2 episodes, 1981)
Jerry Leon	....	dubbing editor (2 episodes, 1981)
Colin March	....	film sound recordist (2 episodes, 1981)
Richard Manton	....	film sound recordist / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1983-1987)
Arthur Chesterman	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)
Gordon Lester	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
John Taylor	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Barrie Tharby	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
John Brace	....	visual effects (5 episodes, 1981)
Mickey Edwards	....	visual effects assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Paul Weston	....	stunt arranger (5 episodes, 1981)
Gareth Milne	....	fight arranger / stuntman (2 episodes, 1981-1988)
Peter Brayham	....	stunt arranger (unknown episodes)
Tracey Eddon	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Richard Hammatt	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Paul Heasman	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Frank Henson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Eddie Powell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Greg Powell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Colin Skeaping	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Bill Weston	....	stunt arranger / stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Banks	....	focus puller (4 episodes, 1985-1989)
Butch Calderwood	....	photographer (2 episodes, 1981)
Elmer Cossey	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
Terry Doe	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
Anthony Jacobs	....	photographer (2 episodes, 1981)
Barry McCann	....	camera operator / film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
Nigel Slatter	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
John Walker	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
Ken Westbury	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1981)
Adrian McCarthy	....	key grip (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
David Hall	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Micky Reeves	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Bernard Ashby	....	chief film editor (9 episodes, 1981-1983)

Series Music Department
Ray Russell	....	musical associate / music associate (12 episodes, 1981-1983)
George Fenton	....	composer: theme music (11 episodes, 1981-1983)

Series Other crew
John Kershaw	....	script editor (10 episodes, 1981)
Brian Roberts	....	production associate (10 episodes, 1981)
Dennis Spooner	....	script editor (8 episodes, 1983)
Stewart Richards	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1981)
John Watson	....	assistant floor manager / location manager (6 episodes, 1981)
Charles Salmon	....	location manager (5 episodes, 1981)
John Dodds	....	assistant floor manager (4 episodes, 1981)
Douglas Mcdonald	....	assistant floor manager (3 episodes, 1981)
Mary Hare	....	assistant floor manager (3 episodes, 1988-1989)
Charlotte Blair	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1981)
Dennis Firminger	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1981)
Gill Partridge	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1981)
Bryan Showell	....	film recordist (2 episodes, 1981)
Michael A. Treen	....	assistant floor manager (2 episodes, 1981)
Michael Bartley	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1983)
Stephen Jeffery-Poulter	....	assistant floor manager (2 episodes, 1983)
Roselyn Parker	....	location manager (2 episodes, 1983)
Terence Banks	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Brian Denton	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Diana East	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Peter Woodward	....	fight arranger (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• 7 Network
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Pan Vision Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)

Runtime:

50 min (87 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

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:

(March 2008) The former children's home at Haut de la Garenne, used as the filming location for the Bureau des Etrangers where Bergerac worked, was at the centre of a police investigation after human remains were found buried there, amid allegations of child abuse at the home.

Quotes:

Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: Jersey is an island. It's nine miles by five. And if you drive *very* slowly, you can take a whole hour to go right round it. But when you get back, there's still the same old restaurants and bars, discos and boutiques. Same sad faces waiting to be faced. Jersey is some kind of prison.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just a Minute: (#3.9)" (1995)

great TV

I really love watching old episodes of this and think it's a shame that UKTV are not showing every episode. I think the first series was great and although the show lost its way a bit for the next few series, it did pick up again in the late 1980s with a few standout shows. I agree with a previous reader that the episode with the mercenary is good, as is the flashback one to WW2, and the one where he goes to London and has a great scene in St paul's cathedral with that Scottish actor who used to be in everything. Also good are the later episodes in France. Strange to see Bergerac's girlfriend from series 1 turning up nearly 20 years later with Sean Bean in Sharpe! Also the production values in the later series were so much higher. All in all great nostalgia and interesting social history of the 1980s, Jim always wakes up with Terry Wogan's breakfast show for example, possibly the only detective to do this. But the fact remains that John Nettles as Jim Bergerac was and is a surprising success story. I like it and so do millions of others but i feel that no one has really ever explained quite why.