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The half-hearted return of Bergerac
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Jim Bergerac was a police sergeant who wore a conker-coloured leather jacket.
His titular character famously drove a maroon Triumph Roadster .
The new Bergerac can’t even crack a smile when Philip Life on Mars’ Glenister appears, playing a man whose daughter spoiler was murdered while he was at the opera.
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55
Informative language
45
Neutral language
65
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informal
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English
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41
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offensive
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possibly hateful
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medium-lived
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