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
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 Evening Post editor is tried for publishing secrets
- The Jersey Royal Court sat on a Saturday to hear a case against WE Guiton, both owner and editor of the Jersey Evening Post.
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A dying man confesses to murder
- A dying man confessed to having killed a woman for which the victim's brother had earlier been tried, convicted, and hanged.
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Jersey Football Association is established
- Jersey FA was founded at the headquarters of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society in July 1905.
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