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The Worst Episodes of Bergerac

Every episode of Bergerac ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Dig" is the worst rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 5.5/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by John Collee, it aired on 1/28/1990. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Come Out Fighting".

  • The Dig
    5.5/1048 votes
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    #1 - The Dig

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/1990

    A team of archaeology students are carrying out an excavation on a piece of land reputed to be cursed. Soon one student is attacked by an unseen force and one later turns up dead. Charlie owns the land and suddenly falls ill when the students start to excavate the land. Bergerac refuses to believe that a Viking's curse is at work and works with the expedition leader to find the truth. However in a rather confusing climax as she and Bergerac finally complete the excavation only to be attacked by the same unseen force. Bergerac later awakes where a rational explanation is given for what occurred by a recovered Charlie.

    Director: Geoffrey Sax

    Writer: John Collee

  • Come Out Fighting
    6.4/1059 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • Something to Hide
    6.4/1040 votes
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    #3 - Something to Hide

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1991

    When Jim and Danielle are at a party in France, they witness a shooting, shortly before seeing somebody running off. Jim decides to put his detective skills to use and investigates, desperate to find the missing link.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: Cyril Williams

  • Warriors
    6.6/1033 votes
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    #4 - Warriors

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1991

    When Jim is asked by one of Charlie's friends to find his wife, he tracks her down at a strange sect in England who believe in the existence of Atlantis.

    Director: Terry Green

    Writer: Tony MacNabb

  • Nice People Die in Bed
    6.8/10132 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • A Touch of Eastern Promise
    6.8/1054 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Root and Branch
    6.8/1048 votes
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    #7 - Root and Branch

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1987

    A criminal that Jim arrested in the past is seeking revenge. He starts by trying to drive Debbie insane and eventually holds Debbie, Charlie and Kim hostage in Charlie's mansion in Brittany. Can Jim save the day?

    Director: Baz Taylor

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • My Name is Sgt. Bergerac
    6.9/1052 votes
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    #8 - My Name is Sgt. Bergerac

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/1990

    Who is the scruffy little man and why are so many people chasing him? And why is he claiming to be Detective Sergeant Bergerac?

    Director: Michael Brayshaw

    Writer: John Milne

  • The Dark Horse
    6.9/1036 votes
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    #9 - The Dark Horse

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1991

    Bergerac is summonsed back to Jersey, where Charlie persuades him to help a friend find his missing wife. But there is another player in the game that Jim hasn't counted on.

    Director: Tristan de Vere Cole

    Writer: John Milne

  • On the Rocks
    6.9/1033 votes
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    #10 - On the Rocks

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1991

    Business is not too good for Bergerac, so when Charlie is invited to France to attend the 80th birthday party of an old friend, he accepts the job of chauffeur. When a necklace goes missing, and unwelcome family secrets are uncovered, the party turns out to be more eventful than he imagined.

    Director: Michael Rolfe

    Writer: Christopher Russell

  • The Waiting Game
    6.9/1035 votes
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    #11 - The Waiting Game

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1991

    Employed to look into companies seeking trade licences in Jersey, Bergerac finds more than he expects. Danielle is convinced that his life is in danger but nobody will believe her.

    Director: Colm Villa

    Writer: David Crane

  • Offshore Trades
    7.0/1036 votes
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    #12 - Offshore Trades

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1985

    Bergerac investigates the death of a scuba diver who washes up on the beach and discovers the disappearance of a French film star's wife.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: Nick McCarty

  • Private Fight
    7.0/1040 votes
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    #13 - Private Fight

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1988

    Jim places his career in jeopardy while trying to help Charlie Hungerford.

    Director: Alan Dossor

    Writer: Edmund Ward

  • Unlucky Dip
    7.1/10116 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Portrait of Yesterday
    7.1/1089 votes
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    #15 - 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
    7.1/1088 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
    7.1/1068 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • A Cry in the Night
    7.1/1061 votes
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    #18 - A Cry in the Night

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/1984

    When a couple falls overboard from an international rock star's yacht- leaving the man dead and the woman in serious condition - Jim suspects murder.

    Director: Oliver Horsbrugh

    Writer: Robert Holmes

  • What Dreams May Come True
    7.1/1040 votes
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    #19 - What Dreams May Come True

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1985

    Anonymous phone calls prompt Jim to re-examine a road accident that had been dismissed as routine.

    Director: Ben Bolt

    Writer: Brian Finch

  • The Tennis Racket
    7.1/1040 votes
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    #20 - The Tennis Racket

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1985

    Jim is assigned to protect a spoiled tennis star who has received several death threats.

    Director: Les Chatfield

    Writer: Terry James

  • Entende Cordiale
    7.1/1038 votes
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    #21 - Entende Cordiale

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/1990

    A French private detective is murdered in Charlie's study and Bergerac is sent to Provence to discover why.

    Director: Ken Grieve

    Writer: Jeremy Burnham

  • Snow in Provence
    7.1/1035 votes
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    #22 - Snow in Provence

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1991

    Bergerac is conned by Charlie into looking after a house in Provence and baby-sitting for two willful young girls while their parents are in Milan. He then finds himself caught up in a drug operation.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: John Milne

  • The Lohans
    7.1/1033 votes
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    #23 - The Lohans

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1991

    Charlie recommends that Jim be hired to protect a priceless set of sixteen Chinese figures called Lohans. Despite Jim's vigilance they are stolen and as he investigates their true ownership is brought into question.

    Director: Terry Green

    Writer: Peter Palliser

  • See You in Moscow
    7.2/10104 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • The Deadly Virus
    7.2/1046 votes
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    #25 - The Deadly Virus

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1987

    Animal rights protesters free four monkeys from a research laboratory one of which is infected with the deadly marbury virus.

    Director: Gerry Mill

    Writer: Nick McCarty