Bergerac

Montague was perhaps best known for appearing in Bergerac as Henri Dupont in several episodes and also featured in shows including The Sweeney and Seconds Out.

And his 1973 starring role in “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles earned him a Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

The trial has offered a rare chance for the French public to see the once-revered actor - star of films like Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac - at close quarters.

But Mr Lewis, who worked as a location manager, said many of the places used on the original show were "long gone", including the house used for Jim Bergerac’s father-in-law, Charlie Hungerford.

Speaking of a tonal difference between the more lighthearted original Bergerac and the Scandi-noir mood of the reboot, Mr Lewis acknolwedged that things were “a little darker” for people now.