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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

Best Episodes Summary

"Picking it Up" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Martyn Friend and written by Robert Banks Stewart, it aired on 10/18/1981. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Nice People Die in Bed".

  • Picking it Up
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    #1 - Picking it Up

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/1981

    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.

    Director: Martyn Friend

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

  • Nice People Die in Bed
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    #2 - Nice People Die in Bed

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/1981

    Jim ruffles many feathers as he investigates the suspicious death of the prominent local leader of an international charity committee.

    Director: Martin Campbell

    Writer: John Kershaw

  • Unlucky Dip
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    #3 - Unlucky Dip

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1981

    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

  • Campaign For Silence
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    #4 - 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

  • See You in Moscow
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    #5 - See You in Moscow

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1981

    A civil servant exposed as a spy tries to flee to Moscow via Jersey.

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: Gerry O'Hara

  • Portrait of Yesterday
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    #6 - Portrait of Yesterday

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1981

    The prominent society wedding of her stepdaughter brings back a dark secret from a woman's past.

    Director: Laurence Moody

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • Last Chance For a Loser
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    #7 - Last Chance For a Loser

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1981

    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

  • Late For a Funeral
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    #8 - 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

  • Relative Values
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    #9 - Relative Values

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1981

    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

  • The Hood and the Harlequin
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    #10 - The Hood and the Harlequin

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/1981

    Jim and Francine quarrel over her relationship with a charming Canadian photographer while Jim tries to keep track of a French gangster's girl friend, hoping she will lead him to the crook.

    Director: Roger Tucker

    Writer: Terence Feely

  • A Message for the Rich
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    #11 - 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

  • Always Leave Them Laughing
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    #12 - Always Leave Them Laughing

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1983

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

    Director: Peter Smith

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart, Peter Miller

  • Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
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    #13 - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1983

    Lil's ex-husband, a journalist, returns to Jersey on the trail of a big story he believes will embarrass Charlie Hungerford, who's running for a position in the House of Deputies.

    Director: Michael Rolfe

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • Prime Target
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    #14 - Prime Target

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1983

    Bergerac travels to France to investigate the death of a Jersey resident and prematurely reveals the marriage plans of the eccentric heir to an old Jersey family fortune.

    Director: Henry Herbert

    Writer: Robert Holmes, Robert Banks Stewart

  • Almost Like a Holiday
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    #15 - Almost Like a Holiday

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/1983

    The publicity surrounding the mugging of a lovable old liar endangers a plan to burgle a safe containing a fortune in diamonds.

    Director: Laurence Moody

    Writer: Alistair Bell

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    #16 - Fall of a Birdman

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1983

    A Portuguese hang glider pilot hired by Charlie for a TV commercial sails around a deserted cliff face and is later found dead, apparently murdered.

    Director: Ben Bolt

    Writer: Paul Wheeler

  • Miracle Every Week
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    #17 - Miracle Every Week

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/1983

    Jim must protect an Indian faith healer from con men out to exploit his abilities.

    Director: Colin Bucksey

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart, Leslie Darbon

  • A Perfect Recapture
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    #18 - A Perfect Recapture

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/1983

    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.

    Director: Paul Ciappessoni

    Writer: Paul Wheeler

  • The Moonlight Girls
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    #19 - The Moonlight Girls

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/6/1983

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

    Director: Michael Rolfe

    Writer: Bob Baker

  • Ninety Per Cent Proof
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    #20 - 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

  • A Hole in the Bucket
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    #21 - A Hole in the Bucket

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/10/1983

    Jim jeopardizes his career to help a couple of women who have come to Jersey.

    Director: Ian Toynton

    Writer: Bill Craig

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    #22 - Holiday Snaps

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/1983

    A French Inspector asks Jim for help in proving a tourist from Jersey killed his wife while on holiday in France.

    Director: Ben Bolt

    Writer: Nick McCarty

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    #23 - 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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    #24 - Come Out Fighting

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/31/1983

    One of the boxers in an European championship match being held on Jersey is plagued by a series of mishaps.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Alistair Bell

  • A Touch of Eastern Promise
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    #25 - A Touch of Eastern Promise

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/1984

    Charlie and a group of Jersey businessmen invite an Arab entrepreneur to the island hoping to get him to invest in a fancy leisure complex they are hoping to build.

    Director: Christopher King

    Writer: Brian Finch