16th July 1931
Bergerac creator Robert Banks Stewart is born
Edinburgh-born screenwriter and producer Robert Banks Stewart devised the Jersey-set BBC police drama, Bergerac. He had previously worked on The Sweeney, The Avengers and Doctor Who. The end of the 1970s saw him working on two series of Shoestring and, between 1981 and 1991, he was occupied with his best-known work, Bergerac. Stewart died in 2016, aged 84.
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Other events that occured in July
Body in a trunk inquiry moves to Jersey
- The body of a woman in her mid-20s was found in a trunk at Brighton Railway Station, leading to an inquiry that reached Jersey.
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The German Occupation of Jersey begins
- Exactly when the Channel Islands were occupied initially caused some confusion due to German activities in advance.
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Jersey’s Island Games come to an end
- Jersey hosted the 16th Island Games in 2015, with competitors from 24 islands travelling to compete in 14 sports.
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A boy is killed on the Jersey Railway
- An unnamed boy was killed on the Jersey Railway at Bel Royal when he was crossing the track from the beach to retrieve his towel.
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