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Episode aired Dec 13, 1981
50m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

101

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Crime Drama Mystery

When wealthy recluse Henry Bernard is taken ill with food poisoning, his estranged son Philip flies in from London, voicing concern that Lisa, the faithful housekeeper, tried to kill him, th... Read allWhen wealthy recluse Henry Bernard is taken ill with food poisoning, his estranged son Philip flies in from London, voicing concern that Lisa, the faithful housekeeper, tried to kill him, though Jim is not convinced. Henry later dies, due to a supposedly accidental gas leak, leav... Read allWhen wealthy recluse Henry Bernard is taken ill with food poisoning, his estranged son Philip flies in from London, voicing concern that Lisa, the faithful housekeeper, tried to kill him, though Jim is not convinced. Henry later dies, due to a supposedly accidental gas leak, leaving everything to Lisa, strengthening Philip's accusations. Lisa is duly arrested but she ... Read all

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Directed by Martin Campbell this is a nifty mystery which shows that Bergerac did not always needed to be action packed.

Wealthy miser Henry Bernard is hospitalised with food poisoning. His son Philip visits from from London and he tells Bergerac that the housekeeper, Lisa plans an accidental death of his father for the inheritance.

Henry Bernard has been estranged with his son and daughter for some years. Bergerac thinks there is nothing to investigate then Henry dies of gas poisoning.

Suspicion falls on Lisa, Charlie Hungerford wants to bu Henry's house for redevelopment and the children plan to contest the will.

Some nice twists and turns in this episode which makes it effective. Lynda La Plante plays housekeeper Lisa and Warren Clarke plays the son.

Trivia
The bowling game Bergerac plays on the beach with hollow steel balls is called Pentanque.

Goofs
The official from the gas board, who really should know better, states that natural gas is heavier than air and would gradually fill up a room from the floor upwards. In fact, methane is slightly lighter than air.