2.2K views · 35 reactions | Can you believe it’s 40 years since the first episode of Bergerac aired?! Before he became known as DCI Tom Barnaby, John Nettles played the Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac in this BBC series, which ran from 1981 to 1991. #Bergerac #BritBox | BritBoxTV | Facebook

202K views · 4.1K reactions | Bergerac meets Bergerac! Damien Molony, who plays Bergerac in the new series, had a cuppa and a chat with John Nettles for a passing of the torch! Bergerac starts Thursday 27th February at 9pm on U&Drama, or stream free on U. | U&Drama | Facebook

13K views · 190 reactions | Happy Birthday to our shiny new Bergerac, Damien Molony! Here, in his own words, is why you should be seriously excited about the new series, which comes to U and U&Drama on Thursday 27th February. | U&Drama | Facebook

This week in 1981, crime drama Bergerac was first broadcast. Forty years on, a collection of previously unseen photographs has been released by the BBC Archive. | BBC Archive