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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 Worst Episode
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    Bergerac Season 8 Episode 3 - The Dig
    5.3/10(62 votes)

    #1 - The Dig

    S8:E3

    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

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  2. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 5 - Come Out Fighting
    6.4/10(72 votes)

    #2 - Come Out Fighting

    S3:E5

    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

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  3. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 8 - Warriors
    6.4/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Warriors

    S9:E8

    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

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  4. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 1 - Something to Hide
    6.6/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Something to Hide

    S9:E1

    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

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  5. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 2 - My Name is Sgt. Bergerac
    6.7/10(62 votes)

    #5 - My Name is Sgt. Bergerac

    S8:E2

    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

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  6. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 2 - Nice People Die in Bed
    6.8/10(153 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:John Kershaw

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  7. Bergerac Season 3 Episode 6 - A Touch of Eastern Promise
    6.8/10(67 votes)

    #7 - A Touch of Eastern Promise

    S3:E6

    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

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  8. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 3 - Root and Branch
    6.8/10(59 votes)

    #8 - Root and Branch

    S5:E3

    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

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  9. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 5 - The Deadly Virus
    6.9/10(57 votes)

    #9 - The Deadly Virus

    S5:E5

    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

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  10. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 2 - Crossed Swords
    6.9/10(61 votes)

    #10 - Crossed Swords

    S6:E2

    When members of two feuding families decide to settle their differences with an old-fashioned duel, Jim ends up with a murder to investigate.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Robert Banks Stewart

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  11. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 6 - On the Rocks
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    #11 - On the Rocks

    S9:E6

    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

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  12. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 5 - See You in Moscow
    7.0/10(118 votes)

    #12 - See You in Moscow

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Gerry O'Hara

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  13. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 2 - Offshore Trades
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #13 - Offshore Trades

    S4:E2

    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

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  14. Bergerac Season 6 Episode 7 - Private Fight
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    #14 - Private Fight

    S6:E7

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

    Director:Alan Dossor
    Writer:Edmund Ward

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  15. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 2 - The Dark Horse
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    #15 - The Dark Horse

    S9:E2

    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

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  16. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 3 - Unlucky Dip
    7.1/10(135 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 7 - Last Chance for a Loser
    7.1/10(102 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Philip Broadley

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  18. Bergerac Season 4 Episode 7 - The Tennis Racket
    7.1/10(51 votes)

    #18 - The Tennis Racket

    S4:E7

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

    Director:Les Chatfield
    Writer:Terry James

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  19. Bergerac Season 5 Episode 7 - Thanks for Everything
    7.1/10(60 votes)

    #19 - Thanks for Everything

    S5:E7

    Jim is assigned to find a financier who has disappeared.

    Director:Richard Bramall
    Writer:Nick McCarty

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  20. Bergerac Season 8 Episode 9 - The Messenger Boy
    7.1/10(43 votes)

    #20 - The Messenger Boy

    S8:E9

    Bergerac is caught up in a violent underworld as, single-handed; he tries to solve a case of kidnapping in London.

    Director:Tristan de Vere Cole
    Writer:Cyril Williams

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  21. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 3 - Snow in Provence
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Snow in Provence

    S9:E3

    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

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  22. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 7 - The Waiting Game
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    #22 - The Waiting Game

    S9:E7

    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

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  23. Bergerac Season 9 Episode 10 - The Lohans
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #23 - The Lohans

    S9:E10

    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

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  24. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 4 - Campaign for Silence
    7.2/10(122 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writer:Alistair Bell

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  25. Bergerac Season 1 Episode 6 - Portrait of Yesterday
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #25 - Portrait of Yesterday

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Laurence Moody
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Dig" is the worst rated episode of "Bergerac". It scored 5.3/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by John Collee, it aired on 1/28/1990. This episode scored 1.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Come Out Fighting".