About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. Picking it Up
7.0Aired 18 October 1981 • 57 min
Jersey detective Jim Bergerac returns from a recuperation leave to find his job in jeopardy and a colleague killed during an investigation into international gun sales to South Africa.
2. Nice People Die in Bed
Aired 25 October 1981 • 55 min
Jim ruffles many feathers as he investigates the suspicious death of the prominent local leader of an international charity committee.
3. Unlucky Dip
Aired 1 November 1981 • 53 min
Jim faces brutality charges when he investigates a drug courier who had his package lifted by a pickpocket, who's now trying to sell the stuff himself.
4. Campaign for Silence
Aired 8 November 1981 • 55 min
A retired Army major and former POW receives death threats, and sees his ghostwriter killed, when he tries to publish his memoirs of the Korean War.
5. See You in Moscow
Aired 15 November 1981 • 49 min
A civil servant exposed as a spy tries to flee to Moscow via Jersey.
6. Portrait of Yesterday
Aired 22 November 1981 • 53 min
The prominent society wedding of her stepdaughter brings back a dark secret from a woman's past.
7. Last Chance for a Loser
Aired 29 November 1981 • 55 min
Charlie is one of the victims of a series of well-planned burglaries focused on the wealthiest island homes.
8. Late for a Funeral
Aired 6 December 1981 • 51 min
Jim investigates the murder of a diver that is tied to the discovery of a downed Nazi pilot and his plane off the Jersey shore.
9. Relative Values
Aired 13 December 1981 • 57 min
The son of an eccentric millionaire suspects that his father's housekeeper plans to kill her employer for his fortune.
10. The Hood and the Harlequin
Aired 20 December 1981 • 51 min
Jim and Francine quarrel over her relationship with a charming Canadian photographer while Jim tries to keep track of a French gangster's girl friend, hoping she will lead him to the crook.