This week in 1981, crime drama Bergerac was first broadcast. Forty years on, a collection of previously unseen photographs has been released by the BBC Archive. | BBC Archive
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This week in 1981, crime drama Bergerac was first broadcast. Forty years on, a collection of previously unseen photographs has been released by the BBC Archive. | BBC Archive
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