5.5/1047 votesLoading...#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
- 6.4/1059 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.4/1040 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.6/1033 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.8/10127 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.8/1054 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.8/1047 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.9/1052 votesLoading...
#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
- 6.9/1036 votesLoading...
#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
6.9/1033 votesLoading...#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
- 6.9/1035 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.0/1036 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.1/10109 votesLoading...
#13 - 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
- 7.1/1085 votesLoading...
#14 - 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
- 7.1/1067 votesLoading...
#15 - 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
- 7.1/1060 votesLoading...
#16 - 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
7.1/1040 votesLoading...#17 - 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
- 7.1/1040 votesLoading...
#18 - 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
- 7.1/1038 votesLoading...
#19 - 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
- 7.1/1035 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 7.1/1033 votesLoading...
#21 - 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
- 7.2/10100 votesLoading...
#22 - 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 votesLoading...
#23 - 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
- 7.2/1046 votesLoading...
#24 - 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
- 7.2/1046 votesLoading...
#25 - Thanks for Everything
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1987
Jim is assigned to find a financier who has disappeared.
Director: Richard Bramall
Writer: Nick McCarty
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 47 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".