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Bergerac

1981–1991 · 9 seasons

A gentle, sunlit detective drama that ambles through island life, mixing low-key mysteries with a troubled hero's personal struggles.

Created by: Robert Banks Stewart
Genres: Drama
Starring: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold

Overview: 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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Created by: Robert Banks Stewart
Genres: Drama
Starring: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
mystery
betrayal
family
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama
Created by: Robert Banks Stewart
Written by: Roger Davenport, Jeremy Burnham, David Crane, Rod Beacham
Starring: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Annette Badland, Deborah Grant, Louise Jameson, Cécile Paoli, Mela White
Cinematography: Ian Punter, John Else
Length: 9 seasons, 81 episodes, 60 min each
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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