FIRST BERGERAC
IMAGES FROM TV SERIES REBOOT
After Rebus and Maigret, the latest classic detective to get a TV series reboot is BERGERAC and UKTV is celebrating the announcement with first images from the sets. The six episode reboot will arrive next year to U and
U&DRAMA free streamer. Taking the leading role of Jim Bergerac is Damien Molony alongside Zoë Wanamaker as Jim’s mother-in-law 
Charlie Hungerford, and Philip Glenister as Arthur Wakefield.
Further cast include Pippa Haywood, Robert Gilbert, Sasha Behar, Timothy Renouf and Celine Arden.
U&DRAMA free streamer. Taking the leading role of Jim Bergerac is Damien Molony alongside Zoë Wanamaker as Jim’s mother-in-law 
Charlie Hungerford, and Philip Glenister as Arthur Wakefield.
Further cast include Pippa Haywood, Robert Gilbert, Sasha Behar, Timothy Renouf and Celine Arden.
THE MODERN RE-IMAGINING
will honour the iconic detective drama, but with a contemporary twist. Unlike the original hit from the 80s, the new series will see one character-led murder mystery run across all six episodes. Viewers will meet Jim Bergerac as a
broken man, grappling with grief and
alcoholism following his wife’s recent death. His mother-in-law,
Charlie, is concerned Jim isn’t putting his daughter
Kim first and, when
a woman from a wealthy Jersey family is murdered, Jim must fight
through his personal struggles to become the formidable
investigator he
once was.
With a troublesome convict resurfacing from his past, Bergerac is
required to call on his sharp investigative instincts and past successes
to navigate the intricate family dynamics, and watchful eyes of the
police force, in order to solve the case.
will honour the iconic detective drama, but with a contemporary twist. Unlike the original hit from the 80s, the new series will see one character-led murder mystery run across all six episodes. Viewers will meet Jim Bergerac as a
broken man, grappling with grief and
alcoholism following his wife’s recent death. His mother-in-law,
Charlie, is concerned Jim isn’t putting his daughter
Kim first and, when
a woman from a wealthy Jersey family is murdered, Jim must fight
through his personal struggles to become the formidable
investigator he
once was.
With a troublesome convict resurfacing from his past, Bergerac is
required to call on his sharp investigative instincts and past successes
to navigate the intricate family dynamics, and watchful eyes of the
police force, in order to solve the case.
This promises to be an interesting crime story.
ReplyDeleteI am quite sure the fans of detective series will enjoy it.
DeleteI will enjoy this! We are watching a new Spanish series Breathless...so far, doesn't look too good to me...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking on checking that one out, I like the plot and the lead actor.
DeleteI liked the original. It could work - Charlie was the father-in-law in the 1980s show, played by Terence Alexander who was a well-known British character actor. Still it won't be the first time a character's had a sex change. Seems to happen more in book to show adaptations.
ReplyDeleteYep, god forbid to be a father in law, these days... I remember when in Eddie Redmayen's Aeronauts they replaced a real life male character, his sidekick, by Felicity Jones. So a real human being that achieved something historical gets erased from the film because he has a weenie between his legs.
DeleteThe sex change adaptation has happened a few times. In the Arne Dahl Mysterio novels Jan-Olov Hultin is a man but in the TV show he had become Jenny. Arne Dahl the author adapted the books for TV I believe. Further back it happened in The Guns of Navarone.
DeleteBut it is terrible when it is a real life person.
DeleteQuite right.
DeleteI don't think I've ever heard of the original. The reboot doesn't sound half bad though.
ReplyDeleteI think it was in the 90s or something.
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