is going to be great , because it might have been a failure, for all we knew. we didn t know what it was about. i reckon it s put business up by 50%. everywhere you go now, there s bergerac bars, . bergerac restaurants. bergerac t shirts, even bergerac aftershave, i believe. i haven t seen any money from that. the more we can do, i in a way, for the island, the more they will help us to make our programmel it was compulsive viewing when it was on air. and i thinkjersey was a character in itself. it was this unique place where not a lot of people knew a lot about it, so that gave the writers a carte blanche to create what they wanted. the series also made a household name out of its main star. the actorjohn nettles, who plays bbc tv detective john bergerac, is in hospital in jersey with a suspected broken hip. mr nettles fell off a bicycle. and also, it s turned you into a sex symbol, hasn t it? yes, this is amazing. yes, yes. i can count my success with women on the fingers of one ha
there s a host of programmes coming soon. 15 million viewers regularly tuned in in britain alone giving a massive boost to tourism. set on the beautiful island ofjersey, there is bergerac, a new detective series starring john nettles. you re an obsessional man. yeah the bbc first came and said, can we use the old courthouse? we weren t sort of rubbing our hands and saying, oh, this is going to be great , because it might have been a failure, for all we knew. we didn t know what it was about. i reckon it s put business up by 50%. everywhere you go now, there s bergerac bars, . bergerac restaurants. bergerac t shirts, even bergerac aftershave, i believe. i haven t seen any money from that. the more we can do, i in a way, for the island, the more they will help us to make our programme.| it was compulsive viewing when it was on air. and i thinkjersey was a character in itself. it was this unique place where not a lot of people knew a lot about it, so that gave the writers carte blanc