The series ran from 1981 to 1991. It was created by producer Robert Banks Stewart after an earlier detective series, Shoestring,starring Trevor Eve, came to an abrupt end.[3][4] Like Shoestring, the series begins with a man returning to work after a particularly bad period in his life: Eddie Shoestring from a nervous breakdown; Jim Bergerac from alcoholism and a broken leg.
Bergerac sometimes deals with controversial topics – for example when an old man is unmasked as a Nazi war criminal his age raised various moral dilemmas. Supernatural elements occasionally appear in the series, and some episodes end with unpleasant twists, as in "Offshore Trades" and "A Hole In The Bucket".
The theme music, composed by George Fenton, featured a reggae and accordion refrain.
The final episode filmed was the 1991 Christmas Special titled "All for Love", set partly in Bath. The final scene provides a strong hint about Bergerac's future, after Charlie Hungerford recommended Bergerac for a new position heading an expanded Bureau des Étrangers covering the whole of the Channel Islands following its success in Jersey.
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