John Nettles

John NettlesJohn Nettles (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor who is best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders.
In 1981, John Nettles won the role that made him a household name, that of Jim Bergerac in the Jersey-set crime drama Bergerac. This ran for 87 episodes until 1991. Following the end of Bergerac Nettles did five seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in The Winter’s Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Julius Caesar, Richard III and The Devil is an Ass. In 1992, he appeared in an episode of Boon and in 1993, Nettles appeared as Jim Bergerac in the spoof police John Nettlescomedy The Detectives. In July 1995 he married for a second time, to Cathryn Sealey in Evesham, Worcestershire. He had met Sealey while doing a pantomime.
In 1995, John Nettles was approached by Brian True-May to play Tom Barnaby in a new murder mystery series he was to produce called Midsomer Murders. This was to be the second big role of his career, again playing a policeman. Midsomer Murders has made John Nettleshim not only a household name in the UK, but also across the world. In 2003, he played Barnaby in the Boxing Day episode of French & Saunders. Nettles narrated the BBC documentary Airport from 1996 to 2005 and appeared in an episode of Heartbeat. He has also written three books on Jersey, called Bergerac’s Jersey (1988; ISBN 0563207035), John Nettles’ Jersey (1992; ISBN 0563363185) and Nudity in a Public Place (1993; ISBN 0745119611). In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac alongside comedian Will Smith about an obsessive fan of the series.
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