Filming begins for third series of Bergerac

Filming has started for the third series of the re-imagined 1980s detective drama Bergerac.

Damien Molony reprises his role as Jim Bergerac, with Jason Flemyng, Zoë Wanamaker, Tessa Peake Jones, Lee Ingleby, Robert Gilbert and Georgia Tennant also in the cast, for the series which is set to air in 2027, UKTV confirmed.

The six part U&Original series created by Toby Whithouse and set in Jersey, is based on the original series by Robert Banks Stewart and starring John Nettles, which ran for nine series on the BBC between 1981 and 1991.

Helen Perry, from UKTV said the programme was a "firm favourite" with audiences, and was "thrilled to recommission it for a third series".

In the new series Bergerac embarks on a case where his only significant lead in a suspicious death is a DNA match to Jersey's most notorious unsolved case, the Devil's Hole murder.

To solve the case in the present, Bergerac must dig deep into the past as he uncovers evidence of a satanic cabal that goes right to the heart of Jersey society.

UKTV said the second series, which launched in April was watched by an average of 1.3m viewers* across its 6-episode run, making it the second highest-rating series on U&DRAMA and across the UKTV network of 2026 so far.

Tricia Warwick, chief executive of Visit Jersey, said the series had "driven a real, measurable shift in visitor consideration for Jersey, and a third series only strengthens that trajectory".

She said statistics showed one in four visitors to the island had watched series one, and new data revealed "Bergerac viewers are three times more likely to consider visiting in the future".

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