" New" Bergerac

[calda49]

Saw the first episode advertised as a rerun last night, so thought I would watch it. I well remeber the original Bergerac with John Nettles which I used to enjoy.

Absolutely appalled by this. I think it is an insult to link it to the other series. It starts with Bergerac at an AA meeting, also has him  with a dead wife and a teenage daughter. I ploughed on to the end with the hope it might get better - it didn't!!

Does anyone watch it and enjoy it ? Am I just being unfair?

[barry1010]

John Nettle's Bergerac was an alcoholic, so it's reasonable for him to be at an AA meeting; he also had a daughter. The only oddity was making him a widower. The original was divorced 

 

[naomi24]

Given that I never saw the original so have no idea of characters, story line, etc, is it a good production with good scripts and good actors? 

[barry1010]

I'll start watching it when we've recorded the whole series, I'm keeping an open mind.

Zoe Wannamaker and Phil Glenister are in it, and Damien Moloney who I liked in Ripper St plays Bergerac. 

Hope it's better than the Van de Valk reboot

[THECORBYLOON]

Zoë Wanamaker is the new Charlie Hungerford.

[Buenchico]

Guernsey-based Island FM's website offers a good summary of the vastly different reviews of the new series:
https://www.islandfm.com/news/jersey/new-bergerac-gets-mixed-reviews/

What I think might put some people off watching it is the need to watch every episode, as there's just a single main storyline throughout thre whole series. In the original version it was possible to watch just a single episode, as each episode had a different storyline.