The sixth series of the British

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series ''

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'' contains eight episodes which first aired between 2 September and 21 October 1989 and repeated between 11 May and 29 June 1992. Series 6 and subsequent episodes were 30 minutes in length, as they were not co-commissioned for the American market (as series 5 was). Jack Haig was originally meant to star in the series; but his death before the start of production prevented this. As the LeClerc character was important to the series,

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was brought in to play the part of Ernest LeClerc,

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's brother. Naturally, the two characters are very similar in the roles that they play within the show's plot. The show also features the last appearance of

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as Bertorelli who would be recast by

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and Ernest would later be recast by

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. The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.

Cast

Episodes

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