everywhere you go now, there s bergerac bars, i 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 carte blanche to create what they wanted. the series also made a household name out of its lead star. the actorjohn nettles, who plays bbc tv detectivejohn bergerac, is in hospital injersey 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 hand. well, i think i m a bit old to have sex symbols, but i like him! - oh, i think is marvellous. now, 40 years on since the start of the series, the bb