Bergerac (TV series) Bergerac (TV series) Bergerac is a British television series set in Jersey, which ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who initially is a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers ("The Foreigners' Office", a fictional department dealing with non-Jersey residents), within the States of Jersey Police, but later left the force and became a private investigator. The series ran from 1981 to 1991. It was created by producer Robert Banks Stewart after
States of Jersey Police on politicians, an affair unrelated to the historic abuse inquiry. Graham Power later retired and was replaced in the interim by David Warcup, who subsequently announced his own departure in July 2010. In 2013, plans to build a new headquarters building were approved. The new building which supersedes the old headquarters located in Rouge Bouillon, was opened on 7 March 2017, and sits on land which was occupied by a part of Green Street car park. States of Jersey Police The States of Jersey Police () is the official police service of Jersey. It was established in its current form