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Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Bergerac Season 3 Episode 4 - Ice Maiden
    10.0/10(98 votes)

    #1 - Ice Maiden

    S3:E4

    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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  2. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 1 - The Last Interview
    10.0/10(56 votes)

    #2 - The Last Interview

    S4:E1

    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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  3. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 5 - Return of the Ice Maiden
    10.0/10(65 votes)

    #3 - Return of the Ice Maiden

    S4:E5

    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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  4. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 5 - The Deadly Virus
    10.0/10(61 votes)

    #4 - The Deadly Virus

    S5:E5

    Animal rights protesters free four monkeys from a research laboratory one of which is infected with the deadly marbury virus.

    Director:Gerry Mill
    Writer:Nick McCarty

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  5. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 6 - S.P.A.R.T.A.
    10.0/10(74 votes)

    #5 - S.P.A.R.T.A.

    S5:E6

    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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  6. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 3 - A Horse of a Different Colour
    10.0/10(74 votes)

    #6 - A Horse of a Different Colour

    S6:E3

    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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  7. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 4 - Burnt
    10.0/10(63 votes)

    #7 - Burnt

    S6:E4

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

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  8. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 5 - The Sin of Forgiveness
    10.0/10(65 votes)

    #8 - The Sin of Forgiveness

    S6:E5

    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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  9. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 7 - Old Acquaintance
    10.0/10(50 votes)

    #9 - Old Acquaintance

    S7:E7

    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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  10. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 8 - Trenchard's Last Case
    10.0/10(52 votes)

    #10 - Trenchard's Last Case

    S7:E8

    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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  11. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 1 - Ninety Per Cent Proof
    9.0/10(91 votes)

    #11 - Ninety Per Cent Proof

    S3:E1

    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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  12. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 8 - The Company You Keep
    9.0/10(71 votes)

    #12 - The Company You Keep

    S3:E8

    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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  13. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 10 - House Guests
    9.0/10(70 votes)

    #13 - House Guests

    S3:E10

    An international financier sets up a meeting of top European moneymen at his Jersey mansion; one of whom is attending the meeting for reasons other than financial gain.

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Bill Craig

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  14. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 3 - What Dreams May Come True
    9.0/10(55 votes)

    #14 - What Dreams May Come True

    S4:E3

    Anonymous phone calls prompt Jim to re-examine a road accident that had been dismissed as routine.

    Director:Ben Bolt
    Writer:Brian Finch

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  15. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 4 - Low Profile
    9.0/10(52 votes)

    #15 - Low Profile

    S4:E4

    An 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.

    Director:David Reynolds
    Writer:Roger Davenport

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  16. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 2 - Winner Takes All
    9.0/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Winner Takes All

    S5:E2

    A millionaire computer expert receives several death threats.

    Director:Robert Young
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  17. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 4 - Desirable Little Residence
    9.0/10(67 votes)

    #17 - Desirable Little Residence

    S5:E4

    Susan is asked to put a small unremarkable bungalow called "Ocean View" on the market. Quickly several parties put down offers and as the price escalates Jim tries to work out why...

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Rod Beacham

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  18. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 6 - A Man of Sorrows
    9.0/10(77 votes)

    #18 - A Man of Sorrows

    S6:E6

    The discovery of a dead body in an empty cottage sparks off a nightmarish case for Jim and his partner, an unorthodox London detective.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  19. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 5 - Weekend Off
    9.0/10(56 votes)

    #19 - Weekend Off

    S7:E5

    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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  20. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 1 - A True Detective
    9.0/10(57 votes)

    #20 - A True Detective

    S8:E1

    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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  21. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 3 - Unlucky Dip
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    #21 - Unlucky Dip

    S1:E3

    Jim faces brutality charges when he investigates a drug courier who had his package lifted by a pickpocket, who's now trying to sell the stuff himself.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Bob Baker

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  22. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 4 - Campaign for Silence
    8.0/10(127 votes)

    #22 - Campaign for Silence

    S1:E4

    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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  23. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 7 - Last Chance for a Loser
    8.0/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Last Chance for a Loser

    S1:E7

    Charlie is one of the victims of a series of well-planned burglaries focused on the wealthiest island homes.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Philip Broadley

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  24. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 9 - Relative Values
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #24 - Relative Values

    S1:E9

    The son of an eccentric millionaire suspects that his father's housekeeper plans to kill her employer for his fortune.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Peter Miller

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  25. Bergerac Season 2 Episode 1 - A Message for the Rich
    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #25 - A Message for the Rich

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Alan Grint
    Writer:Robert Banks Stewart

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ice Maiden" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 10/10 based on 98 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, "The Last Interview".