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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!

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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
    Bergerac Season 1 Episode 1 - Picking it Up
    7.4/10(207 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 2 - Nice People Die in Bed
    6.8/10(152 votes)

    #2 - Nice People Die in Bed

    S1:E2

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

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  3. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 3 - Unlucky Dip
    7.1/10(134 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 4 - Campaign for Silence
    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 5 - See You in Moscow
    7.0/10(117 votes)

    #5 - See You in Moscow

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Don Leaver

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  6. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 6 - Portrait of Yesterday
    7.2/10(103 votes)

    #6 - Portrait of Yesterday

    S1:E6

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

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  8. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 7 - Last Chance for a Loser
    7.1/10(100 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 8 - Late for a Funeral
    7.5/10(99 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 9 - Relative Values
    7.5/10(101 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hood and the Harlequin
    7.4/10(104 votes)

    #10 - The Hood and the Harlequin

    S1:E10

    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Picking it Up" is the best rated episode of "Bergerac" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 207 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".