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The Best Episodes of Bergerac

Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Every episode of Bergerac ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bergerac!

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...
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  • Ice Maiden
    8.3/10(78)
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    #1 - Ice Maiden

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 12/24/1983

    Jim decides to beef up security at an auction where a famous diamond is to be sold when a notorious jewel thief, Philippa Vale, who has never been caught decides to visit Jersey.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • S.P.A.R.T.A.
    8.3/10(56)
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    #2 - S.P.A.R.T.A.

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 2/7/1987

    Philippa comes to Jim for help when her life is threatened by a right wing organization demanding the return of a notebook that she knows nothings about.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • Old Acquaintance
    8.3/10(39)
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    #3 - Old Acquaintance

    Season 7 Episode 7

    Aired 3/11/1989

    Philippa Vale gives sanctuary to a Canadian Olympic track star whose life has been threatened when he refuses to boycott an international hearing concerning drug abuse by athletes. Jim and Susan break off their relationship.

    Director: Richard Standeven

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • Return of the Ice Maiden
    8.2/10(48)
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    #4 - Return of the Ice Maiden

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 11/8/1985

    Philippa Vale returns to Jersey planning to recover the jewels she was forced to abandon in a previous encounter with Jim.

    Director: Michael Custance

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • Ninety Per Cent Proof
    8.1/10(70)
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    #5 - Ninety Per Cent Proof

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 12/3/1983

    When he goes on a drunken bender after failing to have an arsonist he arrested convicted, no one believes Jim's claims of having been forced to drink and having witnessed a murder.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Brian Clemens

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  • A Horse of a Different Colour
    8.0/10(55)
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    #6 - A Horse of a Different Colour

    Season 6 Episode 3

    Aired 1/16/1988

    Phillipa, out on parole, decides to give Jim some unwanted help in finding a stolen horse.

    Director: Matthew Robinson

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • The Sin of Forgiveness
    8.0/10(45)
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    #7 - The Sin of Forgiveness

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 1/30/1988

    A former Nazi who had been living underground since the end of the war surfaces in Jersey.

    Director: Tristan de Vere Cole

    Writer: John Collee

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  • Burnt
    7.8/10(45)
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    #8 - Burnt

    Season 6 Episode 4

    Aired 1/23/1988

    A business acquaintance of Charlie's is suspected of insider trading.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: John Fletcher

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  • Weekend Off
    7.8/10(44)
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    #9 - Weekend Off

    Season 7 Episode 5

    Aired 2/25/1989

    Jim must delay his weekend off in order to take over escorting a French electronics expert from a special branch officer who has become ill.

    Director: Charlie Nairn

    Writer: John Milne

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  • A True Detective
    7.8/10(46)
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    #10 - A True Detective

    Season 8 Episode 1

    Aired 1/14/1990

    Jim faces his toughest test to date when Susan's dead body is washed up on shore. Jim is convinced that she was murdered, but is he right?

    Director: Richard Bramall

    Writer: John Milne

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  • Tug of War
    7.7/10(56)
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    #11 - Tug of War

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 1/28/1984

    A convict who has just been let out on parole brings his son on holiday to Jersey without telling the boy's mother or his probation officer.

    Director: Laurence Moody

    Writer: Paul Wheeler

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  • Poison
    7.7/10(49)
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    #12 - Poison

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 2/21/1987

    Jim investigates when a mason drops dead in the middle of his initiation ceremony.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: John Fletcher

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  • Tangos in the Night
    7.7/10(47)
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    #13 - Tangos in the Night

    Season 7 Episode 3

    Aired 2/11/1989

    Jim suspects the dancing instructor of a leading Jersey socialite of stealing her diamonds.

    Director: Stuart Urban

    Writer: John Fletcher

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  • When Did You Last See Your Father?
    7.7/10(43)
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    #14 - When Did You Last See Your Father?

    Season 7 Episode 6

    Aired 3/4/1989

    Jim is put under pressure to arrest a scrap dealer who he believes is innocent of assaulting a young girl.

    Director: Alex Kirby

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

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  • A Message for the Rich
    7.6/10(90)
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    #15 - A Message for the Rich

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 1/9/1983

    Two disgruntled ex-employees of Charlie Hungerford kidnap Jim's daughter.

    Director: Alan Grint

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

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  • Winner Takes All
    7.6/10(56)
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    #16 - Winner Takes All

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 1/10/1987

    A millionaire computer expert receives several death threats.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Robert Holmes

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  • Whatever Lola Wants
    7.6/10(59)
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    #17 - Whatever Lola Wants

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 1/2/1988

    Jim is assigned to look after an important gang informant's mother, who is in danger of being kidnapped by a vengeful gang leader.

    Director: Nigel Finch

    Writer: Brian Finch

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  • Trenchard's Last Case
    7.6/10(43)
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    #18 - Trenchard's Last Case

    Season 7 Episode 8

    Aired 3/18/1989

    An eccentric Scotland yard detective arrives in Jersey for a holiday and to harass an island resident whom he considers a villain responsible for crippling his former partner.

    Director: Mike Barnes

    Writer: Brian Finch

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  • All the Sad Songs
    7.6/10(44)
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    #19 - All the Sad Songs

    Season 8 Episode 8

    Aired 3/4/1990

    After a chance meeting at the races Bergerac becomes involved in the dubious world of the cabaret circuit.

    Director: Tim Fywell

    Writer: Rod Beacham

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  • Campaign For Silence
    7.5/10(103)
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    #20 - Campaign For Silence

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 11/8/1981

    A retired Army major and former POW receives death threats, and sees his ghostwriter killed, when he tries to publish his memoirs of the Korean War.

    Director: Martyn Friend

    Writer: Alistair Bell

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  • Late For a Funeral
    7.5/10(85)
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    #21 - Late For a Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 12/6/1981

    Jim investigates the murder of a diver that is tied to the discovery of a downed Nazi pilot and his plane off the Jersey shore.

    Director: Henry Herbert

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

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  • The Company You Keep
    7.5/10(55)
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    #22 - The Company You Keep

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 1/21/1984

    One of Charlie's friends is suspected of tipping off a pair of London thieves who've started a crime spree in Jersey, as to which houses have valuables in them and when the owners will be gone.

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Tony Hoare

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  • The Last Interview
    7.5/10(43)
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    #23 - The Last Interview

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 10/11/1985

    An American telejournalist comes to Jersey to interview a retired gangster who has gone into hiding because of a contract on his life.

    Director: Brian Farnham

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

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  • Chrissie
    7.5/10(41)
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    #24 - Chrissie

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 11/15/1985

    Jim is under pressure to find a briefcase containing fashion designs and a baby who disappeared with her nurse.

    Director: David Reynolds

    Writer: Edwin Pearce

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  • Avenge, O Lord
    7.5/10(48)
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    #25 - Avenge, O Lord

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 12/20/1985

    Jim is assigned to guard a mainland MP who has come to Jersey to study the island's police force.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: John Fletcher

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ice Maiden" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 8.3/10 based on 78 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by Rod Beacham, it aired on 12/24/1983. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "S.P.A.R.T.A.".