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The Best Episodes of Bergerac

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...

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  1. Background image for Old Acquaintance
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for A Horse of a Different Colour
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    #2 - A Horse of a Different Colour

    S6:E3

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

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  3. Background image for The Sin of Forgiveness
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #3 - The Sin of Forgiveness

    S6:E5

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

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  4. Background image for A True Detective
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #4 - 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?

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  5. Background image for Burnt
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #5 - Burnt

    S6:E4

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

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  6. Background image for Weekend Off
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Charlie Nairn
    Writer:John Milne
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  8. Background image for When Did You Last See Your Father?
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #7 - When Did You Last See Your Father?

    S7:E6

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

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  9. Background image for Trenchard's Last Case
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Mike Barnes
  10. Background image for All the Sad Songs
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #9 - All the Sad Songs

    S8:E8

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

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    Director:Tim Fywell
  11. Background image for A Message for the Rich
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    #10 - A Message for the Rich

    S2:E1

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

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  12. Background image for Whatever Lola Wants
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #11 - Whatever Lola Wants

    S6:E1

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

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    Director:Nigel Finch
  13. Background image for Tangos in the Night
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Tangos in the Night

    S7:E3

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

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  14. Background image for The Other Woman
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #13 - The Other Woman

    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.

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    Director:Peter Ellis
  15. Background image for The Assassin
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #14 - The Assassin

    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.

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    Director:Colm Villa
  16. Background image for Late For a Funeral
    7.5/10(92 votes)

    #15 - Late For a Funeral

    S1:E8

    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.

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  17. Background image for Under Wraps
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Under Wraps

    S8:E7

    When a retired scientist gets a demand for a million pounds, Bergerac has a race against time to find the extortioner before his threat of destruction is carried out.

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    Director:Geoffrey Sax
  18. Background image for Diplomatic Incident
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #17 - Diplomatic Incident

    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.

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    Director:Ken Grieve
  19. Background image for The Evil That Men Do
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #18 - The Evil That Men Do

    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.

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  20. Background image for Relative Values
    7.4/10(95 votes)

    #19 - Relative Values

    S1:E9

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

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  21. Background image for Always Leave Them Laughing
    7.4/10(86 votes)

    #20 - Always Leave Them Laughing

    S2:E2

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

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  22. Background image for A Perfect Recapture
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    #21 - A Perfect Recapture

    S2:E8

    A wheel dropped from a flying plane and a trail of marked francs lead Jim and a dogged mainland detective to a computer embezzler who stole 2 million pounds from the police ten years earlier.

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  23. Background image for The Moonlight Girls
    7.4/10(66 votes)

    #22 - The Moonlight Girls

    S2:E9

    Jim's investigation into the death of a young woman supposed to be working at a local stable reveals a profitable call girl operation.

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    Director:Michael Rolfe
    Writer:Bob Baker
  24. Background image for Sea Changes
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Sea Changes

    S7:E1

    Jim investigates a dead sailor and drums of an illegal toxic pesticide, both of which were found, washed up on the beach.

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  25. Background image for Roots of Evil
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #24 - Roots of Evil

    S8:E4

    Nigel Carter is being terrorised but he refuses to help the police find the men concerned. Only when his daughter becomes their target does Bergerace begin to unravel the truth.

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  26. Background image for Picking it Up
    7.3/10(196 votes)

    #25 - Picking it Up

    S1:E1

    Jersey detective Jim Bergerac returns from a recuperation leave to find his job in jeopardy and a colleague killed during an investigation into international gun sales to South Africa.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Old Acquaintance" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 8.3/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Richard Standeven and written by Rod Beacham, it aired on 3/11/1989. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Horse of a Different Colour".