Basic Info

First Air: July 24, 1994

Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (3 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 36

Last Episode

Name: Feeding the Rat

Season: 5, Episode: 4

Air Date: 1998-07-06

Runtime: 50 min

A climber dies after a cliff fall and a witness claims that his climbing partner is responsible.

Videos

Wycliffe (1993 ITV TV Series) Trailer (YouTube)

Wycliffe

1994 5 seasons 36 episodes ⭐ 6.0/10 3 votes

Overview

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.