Great series, the final one, with Bergerac now a PI, but with some of the same stalwarts, especially Charlie Hungerford
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Series 9 is alas the last in the BBC TV series Bergerac, based on the fictional Detective Sgt Jim Bergerac of the equally fictional bureau Des Etrangers, a police department dealing with non- Jersey residents and crimes. Set on the island of Jersey the first 8 series featured John Nettles (recently of Midsummer Murders) as the fictional chaarchter Jim Bergerac, series 9 finds Jim out of the Police service but still frequently pulled back into investigating matters either as a favour or as a private investigator. The episodes here as on the other series have guest writers who weave some nicely complex but easy to watch plots and storylines, sadly this was the last series and it would have been interesting to have John Nettles reprise the Beregrac role which did not happen, but one can speculate how this might have been done if you compare that to how John Thaw evolved from Regan in the Sweeney to Inspector Morse, in reality John Nettles evolved into the Ch Insp Barnaby charachter in Midsummer MUrders so I guess you have a sort of logical continuation there. I would reccomend the whole series from 1-9 - if you are nostalgic for the 1980's check out the fashions and the cars! Well worth having to watch if you have a rainy weekend or are recuperating, some great quality TV for you!Read full review
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