Bergerac ran for 10 years, at the start UK cop shows tended to be tough guy oriented (e.g The Sweeney and The Professionals) and it ended in the year that Prime Suspect heralded the grim and gritty take on the genre that is prevalent today. Bergerac featured many takes on the genre including the 2 mentioned. A perfect example of a tough guy entry would be 'The Last Interview' which has Jim going up against the Mafia while 'Holiday Snaps' is a much more psychologically based episode that revolves round the brutal murder of a Jersey resident on a French holiday camp. There were also episodes which dealt with political issues such as 'Love and War' which dealt with Aperthied South Africa and episodes that had a supernatural bent like 'Fires in the Fall' which seemed to have a rational explanation until a last minute twist. To sum up Bergerac gave the viewer all kind of stories which is more than could be said for today's crop of cop shows
Review of Bergerac
