Wycliffe (1994)
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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Episode 1 - Dead on Arrival
Release Date: 1996-06-09An abandoned lorry with five corpses at the ferry terminal and a man on the run bring Wycliffe's silver wedding anniversary celebration, which their children have laid on as a surprise, to an abrupt halt.
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Episode 2 - Number of the Beast
Release Date: 1996-06-16When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.
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Episode 3 - Slave of Duty
Release Date: 1996-07-07A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.
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Episode 4 - Total Loss
Release Date: 1996-07-14When a fishing boat goes down taking one of the crew with it , Kersey and Lane discover a fishing community that is struggling to survive under the strain of legislation, as well as a new competitive edge to their working relationship.
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Episode 5 - Crazy for You
Release Date: 1996-07-21A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Wycliffe finds that proving a motive can be harder than catching a killer.
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Episode 6 - Faith
Release Date: 1996-07-28The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.
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Episode 7 - Last Judgement
Release Date: 1996-08-04When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.
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Episode 8 - Old Habits
Release Date: 1996-08-11When a young woman is found strangled, a pathologist is struck by the similarities to a string of other unsolved murders. Wyclife and his team have to unearth 11-year old evidence to see if they can trace a link.