WATCH: Rare 600kg shark found washed up on Jersey shore – here's what makes it so unusual - Bailiwick Express News Jersey

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Yeah, there are a lot of creatures at the Jersey Shore:

Not that one, Mr. ☹️ The real one. The original.

Isn't Jersey where the TV series Bergerac was set? I liked that show.

Dave

4 hours ago, dave2013 said:

Isn't Jersey where the TV series Bergerac was set? I liked that show.

Dave

Yes. I never watched it. I believe there's a rebooted series now on TV. Season 2. No idea if it's any good.

Did you watch that when you were stationed in the UK, or was it available in the US?

First time this species has been found here, a few have been found washed up on the beach in the UK.

"A large endangered shark died after it washed up on a Jersey beach.

The Government of Jersey's Marine Resources department said it received reports the shark, which was 4.3m (14ft) long and weighed 597kg (1,316lbs), had been found at Greve D'Azette on Sunday.

It said the animal, identified as a smalltooth sand tiger shark - which is on the IUCN Red List, external - was "showing small signs of life" but was unable to be revived. It was later taken away by the incoming tide.

The shark, the first of its species to be found in Jersey since records began, washed up again at the beach on Monday and was taken away for a post-mortem examination, which showed "no obvious signs" of cause of death, officials said"

I watched it on public television here in the U.S. back in the 80s.

I didn't watch too much TV when I was stationed in the UK. I do remember watching a few episodes of a show called Eastenders and another show with a young Catherine Zeta Jones but I don't remember the name.

Dave

Edited Tuesday at 07:04 PM5 days by dave2013

55 minutes ago, dave2013 said:

I watched it on public television here in the U.S. back in the 80s.

I didn't watch too much TV when I was stationed in the UK. I do remember watching a few episodes of a show called Eastenders and another show with a young Catherine Zeta Jones but I don't remember the name.

Dave

The UK show you are likely thinking of is The Darling Buds of May, although it actually aired in the early 1990s (1991–1993) rather than the 1980s

1 hour ago, dave2013 said:

I do remember watching a few episodes of a show called Eastenders

Oh Dave, you poor boy. Did you require an antidepressant after watching it? 😁

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

Oh Dave, you poor boy. Did you require an antidepressant after watching it? 😁

Yeah, I must have been really bored, or maybe drunk, at the time. I only recall watching it a few times and don't remember anything about the show, so it must have been pretty forgettable.

Dave

Bergerac was great, it’s good to watch it now as it really captures the feel of the Channel Islands in the 1980’s.

However Sergeant Bergerac and the local law enforcement could have saved a lot of time and effort by simply arresting the latest business associate of Charlie Hungerford as they were invariably the perpetrators.