Books
During the filming of Bergerac, filmed on the island of Jersey, he wrote Bergerac's Jersey (BBC Books, 1988; ISBN 0-563-20703-5), a travel guide to filming locations in the series. He followed up with John Nettles' Jersey: A Personal View of the People and Places (BBC Books, 1992; ISBN 0-563-36318-5) about the island's landscape, personalities and history.
In 1991 he wrote the semi-autobiographical Nudity in a Public Place: Confessions of a Mini Celebrity (Robson Books; ISBN 0-7451-1961-1) about becoming a "reluctant heartthrob" to female viewers of Bergerac.
In 2012 John wrote Jewels and Jackboots (ISBN 978-1-905095-38-4) about the German Occupation of the British Channel Islands 1940-1945. He said "I wanted to re-visit the hot topics brought up in the documentary (The Channel Islands at War) and look at them in more detail in book form". He also produced a YouTube video talking about his views on this publication.
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