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.
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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.
Season 1 episodes
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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.
Episode credits
Directed by Ferdinand FairfaxWritten by Edward Canfor-DumasGuest stars Bill Nighy, Nicholas Gecks, Roger Sloman, Susan Wooldridge, Tim Treslove, Rupam Maxwell, James Curran, Pandora Colin
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.
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Directed by Martyn FriendWritten by Steve TraffordGuest stars Susan Fleetwood, David Bamber, Jeremy Clyde, James Faulkner, Mary Wimbush, Emily Hamilton, Kenneth Watson, Mark Chapman
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.
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Directed by Martyn FriendWritten by Russell LewisGuest stars Susan Penhaligon, John McEnery, Hilary Mason, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Ashley, Laura Brattan, Carole Nimmons, Geoffrey Larder
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.
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Directed by Ferdinand FairfaxWritten by Andrew HoldenGuest stars Eric Deacon, Richenda Carey, Leonie Mellinger, Trevor Danby, Kevin Dignam, Stephanie Buttle, Joanne Thirsk, Robert Demeger
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.
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Directed by A.J. QuinnWritten by Rob HeylandGuest stars Jeff Rawle, Julia Deakin, Nigel Terry, Dinah Stabb, Ellie Haddington, Paul Moriarty, Mark Letheren, Geoffrey Leesley
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.
Episode credits
Directed by A.J. QuinnWritten by Steve TraffordGuest stars Anne Stallybrass, Paul Bettany, Jan Pearson, Brigit Forsyth, Brendan O'Hea, David J. Nicholls, Roy Alon, Barry Jackson
Steve Trafford, Isabelle Grey, Jonathan Rich, Scott Cherry, Kevin Clarke, Arthur McKenzie, Peter J. Hammond, Russell Lewis, Phil O'Shea, Julian Jones, Rob Heyland, Edward Canfor-Dumas, Tom Needham, Carolyn Sally Jones, Andrew Holden, John Milne, Patrick Harkins
Production details
Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
36
Original language
English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom
Red Rooster Film & Television EntertainmentUnited Kingdom
HTVUnited Kingdom
Themes
based on novel or bookcornwall, englandenglandmurder investigationpolice detective
