As a kid, Sunday nights (not Saturday as the show mentions) before bedtime and the start of the school week happened at the end credits of Bergerac on that peninsula shot - Bergerac being my parents viewing that night. Will never forget it and still watch episodes today.
Must have been regional I watched on Saturday night and never missed an episode and I now have them all on DVD, great series but not too fond of the very last episode.
This is good for anyone into Bergerac. I wasn’t into it at all when I was younger but now I appreciate the whole series and the characters. It has a good cast and obviously the location sells itself. Dreading what they do to the new version.
I ❤ love Bergerac I Watched Bergerac in the 80’s & 90’s when I was So Young & it came out on TV in 1981 the year I was Born. Great Detective Program ever I watch it to this Day Again on TV Still
(6:15) Poor Pat. So close, and yet so far. And they didn't even try to solve the technical problem..just moved on. Pat must've been pretty peeved. Well, I would've been.
heard somewhere the reason got Bergerac was Trevor Eve did not want to do another series of Shoestring so they had the budget for it but no show the writer said here's an idea and this great series was born
Yeah Trevor Eve wanted to do more theatre after 2 series’s of the popular Shoestring (1979 & 1980). The show’s producer Robert Banks Stewart then created Bergerac which debuted in 1981.
Trevor Eve couldn’t deal with suddenly being a star & the pressures of fame (like being approached in public). So he decided no more Shoestring, the producers obviously called it a day & decided to create a new series swapping Bristol for Jersey, & Bergerac was created.
@@therealyogibear2k225 Shoestring was a great series. Hugely popular, gaining audiences of 17-23 million. Akso created by Robert Banks Stewart, who moved location from Bristol to Jersey and Bergerac, when star Trevor Eve quit.
I was in Bergerac from 1986-91 when we finished I played various roles and complied Dialogue & Directed the Scene of the Police Station scene where I spoke My Name is Sgt Bergerac I was never given a name credit although a member of Equity I did put myself forward for the Reboot was totally ignored you would have thought with all my experience nothing!!! Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE The Theme from the Series is Iconic it’s our close connection to France only 14 miles away and is not featured in reboot a big mistake!!!!!!
I remember it as being a very dry and boring detective series as a kid. I bet these days it would be the best crime drama on BBC, there's nothing that appeals to me on right now in that genre despite the plethora of those type. Back then I preferred grittier BBC detective TV shows like 'Shoestring' that strangely as a kid I thought that the main actor was Bob Carolgees from 'Spit The Dog'.
Shoestring was produced by Robert Banks Stewart, who when Trevor Eve decided to quit after just 21 episodes moved the production budget from Bristol to Jersey and created Bergerac as a replacement.
I loved the series. Many famous actors and actresses had parts - being minor or major ones When back then the BBC was at the top of its game A remake is or has been filmed but it won’t be as good as the original
@@davidevans3227 yes they have already shot it earlier this year in Jersey and Devon I read somewhere. It’s a 6 part series with one story line, so not as we would expect it to be.
Sorry I don’t think so it ran from 1981-1991 I was in it from 1986-91 when we finished there was no break so I don’t know where you got your information from Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE 😊
@StevieOceanSKBEPendingKBE Call Me Mister was also created by Robert Banks Stewart. Someone once told me it was seen as a potential future replacement for Bergerac, which was 5 years old by that point. Call Me Mister appeared in the same Friday night Autumn slots that Bergerac had occupied the previous year. However, I now appreciate Bergerac was simply off screen from late December 1985 to Boxing Day 1986, between series 4 and the Christmas special "Fires in the Fall" that lead into 1987's series 5. What was your role on the show?
@@robalexander8065 Several Roles in the show I even did a stunt because the actor couldn’t drive I was the Arab in the episode Susan was Murdered Although a member of Equity never got a name credit and the episode shown recently All For The Love had never ever been screened On Drama they would end the series with The LOHANS which I spoke to Both Drama & Tim Davie at the BBC Personally this was the final Xmas Special we did but nobody got their royalties as it was never ever screened before
Show's these days could only dream of 14 Million viewers these days with all The woke rubbish 😩 on Tv these days, good Uk Actor John Nettles he was Also in Boon, Heartbeat, Midsummer Murders
You have to remember there was 5 Channel ma at the time (BBC1, BBC2, ITV, S4C and C4), Cable and Satellite TV was available so old days of TV was good, today there are some gems.
I was in Bergerac from 1986-91 when we finished I played various roles and complied Dialogue & Directed the Scene of the Police Station scene where I spoke My Name is Sgt Bergerac I was never given a name credit although a member of Equity I did put myself forward for the Reboot was totally ignored you would have thought with all my experience nothing!!! Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE The Theme from the Series is Iconic it’s our close connection to France only 14 miles away and is not featured in reboot a big mistake!!!!!!
Watching Bergerac is like spending time with an old friend.
The theme tune will be in my head all day now. Thanks.
Loved Bergerac as a kid, and I still love it now. On a side note, John's impersonation of Charlie Hungerford at 2:27 is wonderful! 😂😂
As a kid, Sunday nights (not Saturday as the show mentions) before bedtime and the start of the school week happened at the end credits of Bergerac on that peninsula shot - Bergerac being my parents viewing that night. Will never forget it and still watch episodes today.
Must have been regional I watched on Saturday night and never missed an episode and I now have them all on DVD, great series but not too fond of the very last episode.
Series 1 and 2 aired Sunday evenings all regions originally.Series 3 and most other Series aired Saturday evenings.@@JonTheComputerDoctor
@@JonTheComputerDoctor Yes, Saturday nights.
@@SteveHarris-c3u thanks for the info!
@@SteveHarris-c3u Series 4 in 1985, went out on Friday nights.
This is good for anyone into Bergerac. I wasn’t into it at all when I was younger but now I appreciate the whole series and the characters. It has a good cast and obviously the location sells itself.
Dreading what they do to the new version.
One of the many programs I’d sit and watch with my parents
Was living in London for 4 years and they’d broadcast Bergerac and Midsomer Murders. Was interesting to see him in both shows😊
I love Bergerac john nettles and jersey
I ❤ love Bergerac I Watched Bergerac in the 80’s & 90’s when I was So Young & it came out on TV in 1981 the year I was Born. Great Detective Program ever I watch it to this Day Again on TV Still
Johns hard work payed off as I always thought he had great naturalness on screen. Much missed series.
great series great content.
With the national speed limit in Jersey a lively 40mph, I'd say the high speed car chases in Bergerac were absolutely bowel-emptyingly thrilling!
Gran was not the same for some time
The 1947 Triumph roadster was famously slow and the film was actually cranked up to make it appear speedier.
Loved Bergarac , it was one of my favourites.
Thank you for keeping in that dead air segment! So funny, that was the way it was sometimes.
Bergerac was a great series. Liza Goddard's Philippa Vale was a brilliant character too.
(6:15) Poor Pat.
So close, and yet so far.
And they didn't even try to solve the technical problem..just moved on.
Pat must've been pretty peeved.
Well, I would've been.
Luckily, they got the question off pat.
Love Pat’s T-shirt though!
Classic TV series
I just loved Phillippa Vale
heard somewhere the reason got Bergerac was Trevor Eve did not want to do another series of Shoestring so they had the budget for it but no show the writer said here's an idea and this great series was born
Yeah Trevor Eve wanted to do more theatre after 2 series’s of the popular Shoestring (1979 & 1980). The show’s producer Robert Banks Stewart then created Bergerac which debuted in 1981.
Trevor Eve couldn’t deal with suddenly being a star & the pressures of fame (like being approached in public). So he decided no more Shoestring, the producers obviously called it a day & decided to create a new series swapping Bristol for Jersey, & Bergerac was created.
It was a fabulous series. I wish they would put better copies on DVD.
I read somewhere John hated driving that car, said it was an old nail!
John Nettles great Uk Actor
John Nettles also appeared in the first series of robin of sherwood during the 80s.
NETTLES!!!
Yes if you get stung try rubbing a Dock Leaf on the affected area.
Can't remember watching this show even though I am 53, but I do remember an obscure show called shoestring. I remember John more in Midsummer Murders.
* Midsomer *
@@therealyogibear2k225 Shoestring was a great series. Hugely popular, gaining audiences of 17-23 million.
Akso created by Robert Banks Stewart, who moved location from Bristol to Jersey and Bergerac, when star Trevor Eve quit.
I was in Bergerac from 1986-91 when we finished I played various roles and complied Dialogue & Directed the Scene of the Police Station scene where I spoke My Name is Sgt Bergerac I was never given a name credit although a member of Equity I did put myself forward for the Reboot was totally ignored you would have thought with all my experience nothing!!!
Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE The Theme from the Series is Iconic it’s our close connection to France only 14 miles away and is not featured in reboot a big mistake!!!!!!
Charlie Hungerford great character got on my bike and earned it lad
I remember it as being a very dry and boring detective series as a kid. I bet these days it would be the best crime drama on BBC, there's nothing that appeals to me on right now in that genre despite the plethora of those type. Back then I preferred grittier BBC detective TV shows like 'Shoestring' that strangely as a kid I thought that the main actor was Bob Carolgees from 'Spit The Dog'.
My mum loved Trevor Eve. I don't think her heart fluttered in quite the same way for Bob.
Shoestring was produced by Robert Banks Stewart, who when Trevor Eve decided to quit after just 21 episodes moved the production budget from Bristol to Jersey and created Bergerac as a replacement.
@@robalexander8065great connection you highlight thanks!
They obviously didn't do mix-minus audio back in 1988.
I’m 55 now, I think Mum liked the show , much like Lovejoy, because of the hunky alpha male.
poor pat ☹☹☹
I loved the series.
Many famous actors and actresses had parts - being minor or major ones
When back then the BBC was at the top of its game
A remake is or has been filmed but it won’t be as good as the original
I thought about moving there back in the day, but with all that crime there I decided against it lol
Did you move to Midsomer instead?
What happened in "that" special? I don't recall.
Pat Kidd
@BBC Archive from 8:52 the video garbles for ages. Any chance of a reupload please? 🙏
I didn’t know that there’s so much crime on a small island like jersey .
Well their is a lot less murders that on Guadeloupe
More now....
There wasn’t it was all fiction I know was in the series from 1986-91
when we finished. Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE 😊
British answer to Hawaii Five O.
Powell looked a right sneaky git
are they making a new version?!
@@davidevans3227 yes they have already shot it earlier this year in Jersey and Devon I read somewhere.
It’s a 6 part series with one story line, so not as we would expect it to be.
I believe Bergerac was briefly replaced in 1986 by Call Me Mister, which didn't get such good ratings, so Bergerac was brought back.
Sorry I don’t think so it ran from 1981-1991 I was in it from 1986-91 when we finished there was no break so I don’t know where you got your information from
Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE 😊
@StevieOceanSKBEPendingKBE Call Me Mister was also created by Robert Banks Stewart. Someone once told me it was seen as a potential future replacement for Bergerac, which was 5 years old by that point. Call Me Mister appeared in the same Friday night Autumn slots that Bergerac had occupied the previous year.
However, I now appreciate Bergerac was simply off screen from late December 1985 to Boxing Day 1986, between series 4 and the Christmas special "Fires in the Fall" that lead into 1987's series 5.
What was your role on the show?
@@robalexander8065 Several Roles in the show I even did a stunt because the actor couldn’t drive I was the Arab in the episode Susan was Murdered Although a member of Equity never got a name credit and the episode shown recently All For The Love had never ever been screened On Drama they would end the series with The LOHANS which I spoke to Both Drama & Tim Davie at the BBC Personally this was the final Xmas Special we did but nobody got their royalties as it was never ever screened before
...and all because Trevor Eve didn't want to continue with Shoestring.
Type cast John nettles Nah inspector barnaby 🤣🤣🤣
Johnathan Powell on location? Anything to enjoy a freebie on the BBC gravy train.
Sack the soundman for the echo!
It was the 80s!
Show's these days could only dream of 14 Million viewers these days with all
The woke rubbish 😩 on Tv these days, good Uk
Actor John Nettles he was
Also in Boon, Heartbeat,
Midsummer Murders
Agreed. Happened to catch 5 minutes of stenders in a hotel the other night nearly slit my wrists . If you want to catch a good show get into Industry
You have to remember there was 5 Channel ma at the time (BBC1, BBC2, ITV, S4C and C4), Cable and Satellite TV was available so old days of TV was good, today there are some gems.
What are you on about? Low viewer numbers are because of so many more alternatives, not woke rubbish. Now people are just watching brain rot online.
I was in Bergerac from 1986-91 when we finished I played various roles and complied Dialogue & Directed the Scene of the Police Station scene where I spoke My Name is Sgt Bergerac I was never given a name credit although a member of Equity I did put myself forward for the Reboot was totally ignored you would have thought with all my experience nothing!!!
Stevie Ocean SKBE Pending KBE The Theme from the Series is Iconic it’s our close connection to France only 14 miles away and is not featured in reboot a big mistake!!!!!!