BBC star transforms into TV icon in first look at 80s reboot

An Irish histrion who’s starred successful Being Human, Ripper Street, Suspects and Brassic has been seen successful quality arsenic an 80s TV icon for the archetypal time.

Earlier this twelvemonth it was announced that 33 years aft it ended, the beloved detective play Bergerac was coming back.

Running for a decennary betwixt 1981 and 1991, the BBC transgression play was acceptable successful Jersey and starred John Nettles arsenic Jim Bergerac.

Initially a detective sergeant successful Le Bureau des Étrangers (‘The Foreigners’ Office’, a fictional section dealing with non-Jersey residents), wrong the States of Jersey Police, Jim aboriginal near the unit and became a backstage investigator.

It was past revealed the six-part bid would prima Irish histrion Damien Molony as Jim Bergerac, with the archetypal look astatine the histrion successful quality present being released.

In the image, released by UKTV, Jim is seen sitting successful his iconic Triumph Roadster, which is parked by a cliff alongside the beach.

‘When radical speech astir Bergerac, 2 things instantly outpouring to mind: Jersey, and the car,’ Damien said.

‘We couldn’t person re-imagined this bid without paying homage to the original, and the car beautifully bridges the two. I can’t hold to stock it with the fans.’

Fans besides shared their excitement up of the amusement hitting screens.

‘Damien volition beryllium an Amazing Bergerac,’ Dawn commented connected Instagram.

‘Really looking guardant to seeing this,’ Eleanor added.

The series, which precocious wrapped filming, besides stars Zoë Wanamaker and Philip Glenister.

Damien has said helium was ‘incredibly excited to beryllium stepping into the role’.

‘John Nettles has near an unthinkable bequest with large shoes to fill, and I anticipation I tin bring a caller instrumentality connected this iconic character,’ helium added.

Instead of each occurrence having a caller storyline, this clip astir a ‘contemporary twist’ volition spot 1 enigma tally crossed the season.

It’s been teased that viewers volition conscionable Jim arsenic a ‘broken man, grappling with grief and alcoholism pursuing his wife’s caller death’.

When a pistillate from a affluent Jersey household is murdered, helium indispensable past ‘fight done his idiosyncratic struggles to go the formidable researcher helium erstwhile was’.

Bergerac was a large occurrence erstwhile it aired connected the BBC, regularly attracting 15 cardinal viewers.

Bergerac volition aerial connected UKTV successful 2025.

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