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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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Checked Jul 23, 2026
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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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Episode 1
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?
Directed by Richard BramallWritten by John MilneGuest stars Louise Jameson, Philip Whitchurch, Julian Wadham, Sue Wallace, Juliet Douglas, Lisa Climie, Joseph Mydell, Louis Mahoney
Episode 2
Who is the scruffy little man and why are so many people chasing him? And why is he claiming to be Detective Sergeant Bergerac?
Directed by Michael BrayshawWritten by John MilneGuest stars Barry Jackson, Sue Lloyd, Tony Robinson, John Bluthal, Ronald Allen, Derren Nesbitt, Johanna Hargreaves, Toni Palmer
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Geoffrey SaxWritten by John ColleeGuest stars Susan Wooldridge, Gordon Gostelow, George Sweeney, Trevor Cooper, Anna Mottram, Tushka Bergen, Sukie Smith, Akim Mogaji
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Richard SpenceWritten by Brian FinchGuest stars Lynsey Baxter, Geoffrey Palmer, Struan Rodger, Denis Holmes, Steve McFadden, Pete Gallagher, Gary O'Brien
Episode 5
A French private detective is murdered in Charlie's study and Bergerac is sent to Provence to discover why.
Directed by Ken GrieveWritten by Jeremy BurnhamGuest stars Jack Watling, John Abineri, Lisa Climie, Thérèse Liotard, Michael Cronin, Celia Gore-Booth, Andrew Bailey, Peter Kelly
Episode 6
When a fugitive from South Africa appeals to Karen Markham for help, she finds herself caught up in something she cannot control.
Directed by Jeremy AncockWritten by John ColleeGuest stars Thérèse Liotard, Brenda Bruce, Clive Merrison, Michael Mellinger, Tyrone Huggins, Shaun Scott, Robin Chandler, Don Crera
Episode 7
When a retired scientist gets a demand for a million pounds, Bergerac has a race against time to find the extortioner before his threat of destruction is carried out.
Directed by Geoffrey SaxWritten by Edmund WardGuest stars Jerome Flynn, Alfred Lynch, Greg Hicks, Cathryn Harrison, Geoffrey Chater, Paula Jacobs, Lindy Whiteford, Kate McKenzie
Episode 8
After a chance meeting at the races Bergerac becomes involved in the dubious world of the cabaret circuit.
Directed by Tim FywellWritten by Rod BeachamGuest stars Gary Bond, Thérèse Liotard, Diane Langton, James Booth, Julia Ford, Rod Culbertson, Dinesh Shukia, Bobby Bragg
Episode 9
Bergerac is caught up in a violent underworld as, single-handed; he tries to solve a case of kidnapping in London.
Directed by Tristan de Vere ColeWritten by Cyril WilliamsGuest stars Deborah Grant, Bruce Payne, Andrew Burt, Cheryl Prime, Maggie Norris, Guy Fithen, Alec Sabin, Diane Holland
Episode 10
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.
Directed by Ken GrieveWritten by David CraneGuest stars Thérèse Liotard, Lisa Climie, Michael Mellinger, Julian Glover, Michael Feast, Jay Benedict, Al Hunter Ashton, Murray Ewan
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
John NettlesDS Jim Bergerac
Terence AlexanderHungerford
Sean ArnoldCrozier
Annette BadlandCharlotte
Deborah GrantDeborah
Louise JamesonSusan Young
Cécile PaoliFrancine
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBC TVUnited Kingdom
