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4 unusual facts about Bergerac


Battle of Bergerac

An Anglo-Gascon Army commanded by Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Derby, defeated a French force under Henri de Montigny, Seneschal of Périgord, outside the walls of Bergerac, leading to the loss of the town.

Château de Gageac

On the wine trail between Bergerac (18 km) and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (12 km), this castle is one of the most charming of South Bergerac, overlooking the Dordogne valley and surrounded by vineyards whose wine has an international reputation.

Marie Clotilde Bonaparte

Anne de Witt (b. 28 September 1953 in Bergerac, France) married Henry Robert de Rancher (1949–1995) on June 7, 1975, in Cendrieux, France, and had two sons.

Sébastien Bonetti

Sébastien Bonetti (born 22 September 1977 in Bergerac), is a French rugby union player.


Brian Finch

He also contributed several episodes to prominent British detective programmes such as The Gentle Touch, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Bergerac and The Bill.

Casiodoro de Reina

While in exile, variously in London, Antwerp, Frankfurt, Orléans and Bergerac, funded by various sources (such as Juan Pérez de Pineda) Reina began translating the Bible into Spanish, using a number of works as source texts.

François Jaffrennou

He retired to Le Mans and then to Bergerac, where he died on March 23, 1956.

Harry Landis

More characteristically, he was cast in Jack Rosenthal's one-man show Bar Mitzvah Boy (BBC, 1976); played one of Arthur Daley's crooked cronies in Minder (1982), and has had roles in Bergerac (1987); Howards' Way (1985); You Rang, M'Lord? (1990) and Jeeves and Wooster (1991).

Jean-Charles Darmon

Resident of the Fondation Thiers, he completed his thesis there titled Philosophie épicurienne et littérature au xviie siècle en France : études sur Gassendi, Cyrano de Bergerac, La Fontaine, Saint-Évremond (Epicurean philosophy and literature in seventeenth-century in France: studies on Gassendi, Cyrano de Bergerac, La Fontaine, Saint-Evremond), regarding the heterodox currents of thought of classical France.

Jill Meager

She had a role in the 'unofficial' James Bond film Never Say Never Again in 1983 and has also appeared in several television shows, including Taggart, Bergerac and Hannay.

Laurence Moody

Subsequently, he has originated and worked such television drama serials as Shoestring, Bergerac, Boon, Taggart, Soldier, Soldier, Chancer, and (more recently) Bad Girls and Footballers' Wives.

Lill Roughley

Roughley had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including All the Fun of the Fair, Tales of the Unexpected, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Bergerac and Inspector Morse.

Lois Baxter

Other appearances include: The Black Stuff, Spyder's Web, Within These Walls, Hadleigh, Z-Cars, Doctor Who (in the serial The Androids of Tara), Dickens of London, All Creatures Great and Small, Bergerac, Dempsey and Makepeace, Holby City and The Bill.

Michelle Yim

In 1990, she performed in another musical play, Cyrano De Bergerac, a story adapted from French literature.

Peter Copley

In 1946 he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London.

Philipp Albert Stapfer

Maine de Biran however -following the encounters with Stapfer at Auteuil and his own appointement as "sous-préfet" of the Dordogne in 1806- reformed the education in his department by inviting to Bergerac a teacher formed by Pestalozzi at Yverdon.

Philippe de Culant

He accompanied the heir to the throne, the future King Louis XI of France, on campaign in Germany in 1444 and served in many of the successful sieges which brought the Hundred Years' War to an end, including those of Taillebourg, Le Mans, Château Gaillard, Rouen, Bayeux, Caen, Cherbourg, and Bergerac.

Samueli Naulu

He died on 30 March 2013 after his car collided with a tree in around 5am, 20 km south of Bergerac in Issigeac, France.

Simon Cadell

Other television credits include, Minder, Bergerac, The Kenny Everett Television Show and Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected.

The Riff Raff Element

The Riff Raff Element was a 1990s British television series written by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Jeremy Ancock, who also directed Dressing for Breakfast and episodes of The Bill and Bergerac.

Walter Manny, 1st Baron Manny

Manny also took part in the campaigns of the Earl of Derby in Guyenne, being present at the battles of Bergerac and Auberoche.


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