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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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    Bergerac Season 3 Episode 4 - Ice Maiden
    8.3/10(101 votes)

    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 7 Episode 7 - Old Acquaintance
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    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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  3. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 5 - Return of the Ice Maiden
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    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 6 - S.P.A.R.T.A.
    8.1/10(79 votes)

    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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  5. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 1 - Ninety Per Cent Proof
    8.0/10(95 votes)

    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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  6. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 1 - A True Detective
    7.9/10(58 votes)

    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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  7. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 3 - A Horse of a Different Colour
    7.8/10(77 votes)

    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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  8. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 5 - The Sin of Forgiveness
    7.8/10(66 votes)

    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 5 - Weekend Off
    7.8/10(57 votes)

    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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  10. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 9 - Tug of War
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    S3:E9

    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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  11. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 8 - Trenchard's Last Case
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    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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  12. Bergerac Season 2 Episode 1 - A Message for the Rich
    7.6/10(109 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Alan Grint
    Writer:Robert Banks Stewart

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  13. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 8 - The Company You Keep
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    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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  14. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 4 - Burnt
    7.6/10(65 votes)

    S6:E4

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

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  15. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 3 - Tangos in the Night
    7.6/10(61 votes)

    S7:E3

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

    Director:Stuart Urban
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  16. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 6 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
    7.6/10(54 votes)

    S7:E6

    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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  17. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 8 - All the Sad Songs
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    S8:E8

    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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  18. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 9 - The Assassin
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    S9:E9

    The mysterious Hapgood invites Bergerac to a lonely castle in Brittany. He wishes to hire Bergerac as a bodyguard and also to investigate threats on his life. Full recap: When someone fires a volley of shots at them whilst Hapgood is out painting, the result is the termination of Bergerac's services. Undaunted Jim continues his own investigation and via some gossip from Charlie, he forces Hapgood to admit the truth. He is a former assassin who has ""turned his back on the game."" He is being targeted by his replacement, who wishes to remove him from the game permanently. Hapgood hopes to persuade the assassin to follow his lead and see the light. Late at night the assassin attacks but Hapgood inadvertently kills him during a struggle. When the police arrive the next morning, Hapgood is haunted by Bergerac's earlier words, that he will never know who the next assassin will be.

    Director:Colm Villa
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  19. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 1 - The Last Interview
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    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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  20. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 2 - Winner Takes All
    7.5/10(77 votes)

    S5:E2

    A millionaire computer expert receives several death threats.

    Director:Robert Young
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  21. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 8 - Poison
    7.5/10(72 votes)

    S5:E8

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

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:John Fletcher

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  22. Bergerac Season 7 Episode 4 - The Other Woman
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    S7:E4

    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

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  23. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 10 - Diplomatic Incident
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    S8:E10

    After quitting the force, Jim is called back to Jersey by the Bureau to protect a VIP. However, the problem is that the VIP does not wish to have any protection.

    Director:Ken Grieve
    Writer:David Crane

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  24. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 4 - The Evil That Men Do
    7.5/10(49 votes)

    S9:E4

    Bergerac Private Investigation-- discretion guaranteed. An ad in the local Jersey paper gets Jim a client he would rather not handle and a murder he does not expect. Meanwhile, Charlie gets involved in a charity appeal for a war hero.

    Director:Tristan de Vere Cole
    Writer:John Brown

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  25. Bergerac Season 2 Episode 2 - Always Leave Them Laughing
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    S2:E2

    A disappointed beauty pageant contestant accuses a popular comic of raping her after voting against her in the beauty contest.

    Director:Peter Smith
    Writers:Robert Banks Stewart, Peter Miller

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ice Maiden" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 8.3/10 based on 101 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, "Old Acquaintance".