Watching Bergerac is like spending time with an old friend.
@76ToneCrome3 ай бұрын
The theme tune will be in my head all day now. Thanks.
@shinyphil873 ай бұрын
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! 😂😂
@TheFlaneur-up1ft3 ай бұрын
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.
@aeiouxs3 ай бұрын
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.
@JonTheComputerDoctor3 ай бұрын
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.
@SteveHarris-c3u3 ай бұрын
Series 1 and 2 aired Sunday evenings all regions originally.Series 3 and most other Series aired Saturday evenings.@@JonTheComputerDoctor
@paulburton93863 ай бұрын
@@JonTheComputerDoctor Yes, Saturday nights.
@aeiouxs26 күн бұрын
@@SteveHarris-c3u thanks for the info!
@victoriaharbach59683 ай бұрын
I love Bergerac john nettles and jersey
@TheRidgeChannel3 ай бұрын
One of the many programs I’d sit and watch with my parents
@yuplusjin3 ай бұрын
Was living in London for 4 years and they’d broadcast Bergerac and Midsomer Murders. Was interesting to see him in both shows😊
@johnclay76443 ай бұрын
great series great content.
@leonshackleford95856 күн бұрын
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
@justaroundthecorner28833 ай бұрын
Johns hard work payed off as I always thought he had great naturalness on screen. Much missed series.
@fraserkatie3 ай бұрын
Loved Bergarac , it was one of my favourites.
@bonnetdedouche4373 ай бұрын
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!
@Joedirt33493 ай бұрын
Gran was not the same for some time
@robalexander80653 ай бұрын
The 1947 Triumph roadster was famously slow and the film was actually cranked up to make it appear speedier.
@Red-Jones3 ай бұрын
Bergerac was a great series. Liza Goddard's Philippa Vale was a brilliant character too.
@jasonayres3 ай бұрын
(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.
@fburton83 ай бұрын
Luckily, they got the question off pat.
@edie2673 ай бұрын
Love Pat’s T-shirt though!
@SuzanneLahr-h6lАй бұрын
I just loved Phillippa Vale
@FlavourFool3 ай бұрын
Thank you for keeping in that dead air segment! So funny, that was the way it was sometimes.
@christophergray39711 күн бұрын
Classic TV series
@David-h4z2s3 ай бұрын
John Nettles great Uk Actor
@daviddelaney6757Ай бұрын
I read somewhere John hated driving that car, said it was an old nail!
@goodwood-rc4nx3 ай бұрын
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
@standenberg3 ай бұрын
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.
@GeorgeHarrisonDarkHorse3 ай бұрын
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.
@richardsmith49923 ай бұрын
NETTLES!!!
@stephenspence-d9q3 ай бұрын
Yes if you get stung try rubbing a Dock Leaf on the affected area.
@robalexander80653 ай бұрын
I believe Bergerac was briefly replaced in 1986 by Call Me Mister, which didn't get such good ratings, so Bergerac was brought back.
@therealyogibear2k2253 ай бұрын
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.
@ravenhill_the_crusader_196813 күн бұрын
* Midsomer *
@ravenhill_the_crusader_196813 күн бұрын
John Nettles also appeared in the first series of robin of sherwood during the 80s.
@clivestuarteardley60493 ай бұрын
It was a fabulous series. I wish they would put better copies on DVD.
@phillipcarter80453 ай бұрын
I didn’t know that there’s so much crime on a small island like jersey .
@CricketEngland3 ай бұрын
Well their is a lot less murders that on Guadeloupe
@Joedirt33493 ай бұрын
More now....
@markphc993 ай бұрын
I’m 55 now, I think Mum liked the show , much like Lovejoy, because of the hunky alpha male.
@David-h4z2s3 ай бұрын
Charlie Hungerford great character got on my bike and earned it lad
@HowardChegwyn3 ай бұрын
What happened in "that" special? I don't recall.
@RolandoRatas3 ай бұрын
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'.
@76ToneCrome3 ай бұрын
My mum loved Trevor Eve. I don't think her heart fluttered in quite the same way for Bob.
@robalexander80653 ай бұрын
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.
@RolandoRatas3 ай бұрын
@@robalexander8065great connection you highlight thanks!
@VickersDoorterАй бұрын
They obviously didn't do mix-minus audio back in 1988.
@eonetim3 ай бұрын
@BBC Archive from 8:52 the video garbles for ages. Any chance of a reupload please? 🙏
@victoriaharbach59683 ай бұрын
poor pat ☹☹☹
@joanne263 ай бұрын
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
@davidevans32273 ай бұрын
are they making a new version?!
@TheFlaneur-up1ft3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@westyham13 ай бұрын
I thought about moving there back in the day, but with all that crime there I decided against it lol
@DougPaulley3 ай бұрын
Did you move to Midsomer instead?
@johnnymoth3 ай бұрын
Pat Kidd
@flaggerify3 ай бұрын
British answer to Hawaii Five O.
@duncanboyd78352 ай бұрын
Powell looked a right sneaky git
@peterharvey17623 ай бұрын
Type cast John nettles Nah inspector barnaby 🤣🤣🤣
@securityrobot2 ай бұрын
Johnathan Powell on location? Anything to enjoy a freebie on the BBC gravy train.
@nellyfett26813 ай бұрын
Sack the soundman for the echo!
@Joedirt33493 ай бұрын
It was the 80s!
@indieshack44762 күн бұрын
...and all because Trevor Eve didn't want to continue with Shoestring.
@David-h4z2s3 ай бұрын
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
@jasonmfalconer3 ай бұрын
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
@2511dhall3 ай бұрын
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.
@nickbumble22403 ай бұрын
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.