Wycliffe

Name: Wycliffe
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1994-07-24
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jack Shepherd, Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters

★ 6.8 /10 (5) • 1994–1998

Crime Drama

Creator W.J. Burley

Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United Kingdom

Status

Ended

Cast

Jack Shepherd

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe · 36 eps

Jimmy Yuill

DI Doug Kersey · 36 eps

Helen Masters

DI Lucy Lane · 36 eps

Tim Wylton

Franks · 26 eps

Aaron Harris

DS Dixon · 22 eps

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Adam Barker

DC Potter · 22 eps

Lynn Farleigh

Helen Wycliffe · 11 eps

Supt. Le Page · 3 eps

Asenath Gardner · 1 eps

Geoffrey Bayldon

Gilbert Rawle · 2 eps

Pat Trethowan · 1 eps

Katherine Geach · 1 eps

David Haig

David Miller · 1 eps

Gwen Taylor

Alma Petheric · 1 eps

Barry Jackson

Alexander Greaves · 1 eps

Dr. Donald Treloar · 1 eps

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Trailer

Official trailer

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Episode Guide

The Four Jacks

24 Jul 199450 min★ 7.0

A young female archaeology student is found naked in bed with gunshot wounds, and lies in a critical condition in hospital. As surgeons try to save her life, Wycliffe digs into the life of a famous novelist, who claims his life is at risk. Then a man is shot dead while walking his dog on the beach, and Wycliffe is under pressure to act quickly if he is to prevent another murder.

The Dead Flautist

30 Jul 199450 min★ 7.0

When the body of an amateur flautist, Tony Miller, shot by his own gun, is found on the secluded estate of Lord & Lady Bottrell, it is assumed that he killed himself. But Wycliffe senses there is more to the case than first meets the eye. As he unravels the dead man's last days, another mystery is revealed - the disappearance of a maid from the Bottrell household. Family feuds and illicit relationships are uncovered - and then another body is found.

The Scapegoat

07 Ago 199450 min★ 7.0

A Cornish undertaker suddenly disappears. The missing man's body is found, washed up on the rocks, and a murder inquiry begins. A link is suspected between the undertaker's death and a strange local summer ritual, and the mystery ends with a figure strapped to a burning wheel plunging over the cliffs.

The Tangled Web

14 Ago 199450 min★ 7.0

Wycliffe is brought in when an elderly bedridden woman is found dead, her body locked in a freezer, and a pregnant teenager, Hilda Clemo, from a bizarre family vanishes from her Cornish village. As fears for her safety grow, Wycliffe questions the family, whose feuding uncovers some dark secrets. Wycliffe has to unpick the tangled web of intrigue and greed.

The Last Rites

21 Ago 199450 min★ 7.0

When the Reverend Jordan arrives at the village church, he discovers the partially clothed body of Jessica Dobell, the church cleaner, spreadeagled below the cross. A satanic cult is thought to be behind the gruesome death, but Wycliffe believes responsibility lies elsewhere. There is an air of violent hatred in the village, not all of it directed towards the dead woman.

The Pea-Green Boat

28 Ago 199450 min★ 3.3

When a fishing-boat owner, Harry Tremaine, is killed in the explosion of his fishing boat, suspicion falls on the man's son, who stands to inherit everything, but Wycliffe remains unconvinced. There's also a local developer who wants to build a marina on the quayside Tremaine owned; Tremaine's partner has been having an affair with his wife; and there is a mysterious recipient of £500 in cash from Tremaine on the first day of every month.