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18 October 1981 (UK) moreAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Whatever Happened to Blake's 7?
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great TV more (15 total)Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 94)| John Nettles | ... | Det. Sgt. Jim Bergerac / ... (87 episodes, 1981-1991) | |
| Terence Alexander | ... | Charlie Hungerford (85 episodes, 1981-1991) | |
| Sean Arnold | ... | Chief Insp. Barney Crozier / ... (73 episodes, 1981-1990) | |
| Mela White | ... | Diamante Lil (35 episodes, 1981-1987) | |
| David Kershaw | ... | DC Ben Lomas / ... (35 episodes, 1988-1991) |
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50 min (87 episodes)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2007)Fun Stuff
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The car that Jim Bergerac drove was a 1947 Triumph Roadster. It was very temperamental and caused immense problems during filming when it refused to start - or to stop if the brakes failed! The engine sounded so rough that the sound of a Jaguar was dubbed over the top. John Nettles loathed it because he kept scraping his knuckles or banging his knees on the dashboard. After filming on Bergerac had finished, by which time the car was in very poor condition due to its extensive usage, it was auctioned for £34,000 as part of the Children in Need appeal; the new owner later wrote an angry letter to John Nettles complaining about the state of the car. moreQuotes:
Duggie Cowley: Who the hell are you?Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac: Police.
Duggie Cowley: Oh yeah?The law or the pop group?
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Bergerac" (1981)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| New Series | tonyhunt |
| Confirmation of Bergerac finale? | susean |
| Barney Crozier | d_fr |
| The Final Episode | popcornprincess16 |
| inspect bergerac's car | odilBb |
| RIP, Charlie | chuffnobbler |
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I really love watching old episodes of this and think it's a shame that UKTV are not showing every episode. I think the first series was great and although the show lost its way a bit for the next few series, it did pick up again in the late 1980s with a few standout shows. I agree with a previous reader that the episode with the mercenary is good, as is the flashback one to WW2, and the one where he goes to London and has a great scene in St paul's cathedral with that Scottish actor who used to be in everything. Also good are the later episodes in France. Strange to see Bergerac's girlfriend from series 1 turning up nearly 20 years later with Sean Bean in Sharpe! Also the production values in the later series were so much higher. All in all great nostalgia and interesting social history of the 1980s, Jim always wakes up with Terry Wogan's breakfast show for example, possibly the only detective to do this. But the fact remains that John Nettles as Jim Bergerac was and is a surprising success story. I like it and so do millions of others but i feel that no one has really ever explained quite why.