7.4/10172 votes#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
- 6.8/10127 votes
#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
- 7.1/10109 votes
#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
- 7.5/10101 votes
#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
- 7.2/10100 votes
#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
- 7.2/1085 votes
#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
- 7.1/1085 votes
#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
- 7.5/1083 votes
#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
- 7.5/1087 votes
#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
- 7.3/1087 votes
#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
The Best Episodes of Bergerac Season 1
Every episode of Bergerac Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bergerac Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Picking it Up" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Martyn Friend and written by Robert Banks Stewart, it aired on 10/18/1981. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Nice People Die in Bed".