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The Best Episodes of Bergerac

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
Episodes
81
Avg. Rating
7.3
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.4
7.6
8.1
7.5
6.8
7.4
7.3
7.0
7.1
7.1
7.3
7.1

Best Episodes Summary

"Ice Maiden" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 8.3/10 based on 77 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.".

  • Ice Maiden
    8.3/10(77)
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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

  • S.P.A.R.T.A.
    8.3/10(55)
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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Sin of Forgiveness
    8.0/10(44)
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    #6 - 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

  • A Horse of a Different Colour
    7.9/10(53)
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    #7 - 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

  • Burnt
    7.8/10(44)
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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tug of War
    7.7/10(55)
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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

  • Whatever Lola Wants
    7.7/10(58)
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    #12 - 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • All the Sad Songs
    7.7/10(43)
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    #15 - 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

  • A Message for the Rich
    7.6/10(90)
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    #16 - 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

  • Winner Takes All
    7.6/10(56)
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    #17 - 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

  • Poison
    7.6/10(48)
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    #18 - 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

  • Trenchard's Last Case
    7.6/10(43)
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    #19 - 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Last Interview
    7.5/10(43)
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    #22 - 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

  • Chrissie
    7.5/10(41)
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    #23 - 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

  • Avenge, O Lord
    7.5/10(48)
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    #24 - 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

  • The Other Woman
    7.5/10(45)
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    #25 - The Other Woman

    Season 7 Episode 4

    Aired 2/18/1989

    Whilst playing golf, Charlie (who else?) finds the body of Graham Hawkesworth buries in a bunker. Investigations show that he was apparently having an affair with an unknown woman. This ‘other woman' is the prime suspect in Hawkesworth's murder and it appears that she is none other than Susan. It transpires that Graham invented the story that he was having an affair and chose Susan as the ‘other woman' in order to make his wife jealous. His wife is the real killer and plans to make Susan the next victim.

    Director: Peter Ellis

    Writer: John Collee