The BEST episodes of Bergerac
Every episode of Bergerac ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bergerac!
Jim Bergerac is a recovering alcoholic, divorcee and father of a young daughter. He is a detective sergeant with the Bureau des Étrangers, a department for non-residents in Jersey, Channel Islands. Jim likes doing things his own way, a true maverick, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations in the traditional manner, the way his boss, Barney Crozier, would have preferred. But Jim's winsome grin and chirpy optimism always win through, and in a way he still manages to remain on fairly good terms with Crozier despite their differences. Jim gets his fair share of women during the series, but more than anything else he is married to his job, which becomes increasingly difficult for some of them. In the later series Bergerac leaves the police to become a private investigator.
#1 - Old Acquaintance
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/1989
Philippa Vale gives sanctuary to a Canadian Olympic track star whose life has been threatened when he refuses to boycott an international hearing concerning drug abuse by athletes. Jim and Susan break off their relationship.
#2 - Burnt
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1988
A business acquaintance of Charlie's is suspected of insider trading.
#3 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/1989
Jim is put under pressure to arrest a scrap dealer who he believes is innocent of assaulting a young girl.
#4 - Second Time Around
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/23/1989
David Mason murders Ted Grob by throwing him into a swimming pool, handcuffed to a patio recliner. Jim returns to duty to solve the murder and is asked by an ex-con who believes he was framed to go back over the details of the robbery of a courier company some years earlier which has a connection with the recent death.
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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.
#6 - A Horse of a Different Colour
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1988
Phillipa, out on parole, decides to give Jim some unwanted help in finding a stolen horse.
#7 - The Other Woman
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/1989
Whilst playing golf, Charlie (who else?) finds the body of Graham Hawkesworth buries in a bunker. Investigations show that he was apparently having an affair with an unknown woman. This ‘other woman' is the prime suspect in Hawkesworth's murder and it appears that she is none other than Susan. It transpires that Graham invented the story that he was having an affair and chose Susan as the ‘other woman' in order to make his wife jealous. His wife is the real killer and plans to make Susan the next victim.
#8 - Crossed Swords
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1988
When members of two feuding families decide to settle their differences with an old-fashioned duel, Jim ends up with a murder to investigate.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Diplomatic Incident
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/18/1990
After quitting the force, Jim is called back to Jersey by the Bureau to protect a VIP. However, the problem is that the VIP does not wish to have any protection.
#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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - S.P.A.R.T.A.
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1987
Philippa comes to Jim for help when her life is threatened by a right wing organization demanding the return of a notebook that she knows nothings about.
#14 - Return of the Ice Maiden
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1985
Philippa Vale returns to Jersey planning to recover the jewels she was forced to abandon in a previous encounter with Jim.
#15 - Natural Enemies
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/1989
Jim enlists the aid of a lady psychologist in tracking down someone who has been anonymously calling Charlie and blaming him for a former business associates death.
#16 - There for the Picking
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/26/1990
Jim is now at the vineyard and it is grape-picking time. One of the young casual workers is English boy Roderick. However, he is also a computer hacking genius who is able to transfer 90% of the previous day's takings on the Tokyo stock exchange into his own account. The son of the wealthy Hargreaves, he also targets Charlie and other Jersey residents. In addition to Roderick's activities Jim is recalled to the island when a consignment of hand grenades is discovered in a cargo of whiskey and a French connection is suspected.
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Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1987
Jim is assigned to find a financier who has disappeared.
#18 - Roots of Evil
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/1990
Nigel Carter is being terrorised but he refuses to help the police find the men concerned. Only when his daughter becomes their target does Bergerace begin to unravel the truth.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Private Fight
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1988
Jim places his career in jeopardy while trying to help Charlie Hungerford.
#21 - Tangos in the Night
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/1989
Jim suspects the dancing instructor of a leading Jersey socialite of stealing her diamonds.
#22 - A True Detective
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/1990
Jim faces his toughest test to date when Susan's dead body is washed up on shore. Jim is convinced that she was murdered, but is he right?
#23 - A Desirable Little Residence
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1987
Susan is asked to put a small unremarkable bungalow called ""Ocean View"" on the market. Quickly several parties put down offers and as the price escalates Jim tries to work out why...
#24 - Retirement Plan (Christmas Special)
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/27/1988
Jim is taken from Jersey to spend Christmas on the Costa Del Sol, where two petty British thugs have been trying to get involved in Charlie's latest business venture. When Jim gets involved, he finds himself in the middle of a local gang war while in Jersey, a group of French thieves wreak havoc and Susan's life is in danger.
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