Wycliffe
an Episode Guide
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Wycliffean Episode Guide
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| aired from: Aug 1993 to: Jul 1998 | 36 eps + 2 specials | ITV | 60 min | stereo | closed captioned |
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rc: Helen Wycliffe
A bookshop owner in Penzance is brutally murdered, and Wycliffe discovers all is not well among the members of one of the area's most respected families.
b: 7 Aug 93 w: __________ d: Pennant Roberts
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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.
b: 24 Jul 94 w: __________ d: __________
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.
b: 31 Jul 94 w: Steve Trafford d: __________
A Cornish undertaker's mysterious disappearance is linked to a disturbing summer ritual. Local gossip intensifies when the man's body is found, washed up on the rocks, and begins a murder inquiry which ends with an effigy strapped to a burning wheel plunging off the cliffs.
b: 7 Aug 94 w: Russell Lewis d: __________
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.
b: 14 Aug 94 w: Andrew Holden d: __________
When the Rev 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.
b: 21 Aug 94 w: Rob Heyland d: Roger Bamford or A J Quinn
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.
b: 28 Aug 94 w: Steve Trafford d: A J Quinn
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A hunt for John Bonetti, an escaped prisoner from HMP Bodmin, takes a dramatic twist after the discovery of a body. Wycliffe and his team race against time to recapture him.
b: 18 Jun 95 w: Steve Trafford d: Martyn Friend
Alex Keir is distraught when his wife Alison goes missing, but Wycliffe is sceptical of his grief, until a ransome note is found. The case of apparent kidnapping then takes a dramatic turn when Mrs Keir is found dead and smelling of alcohol at the wheel of a crashed car.
b: 25 Jun 95 w: Steve Trafford d: Patrick Lau
Wycliffe and his team investigate the death of a man found blasted by a shotgun at a Cornish holiday home. They discover evidence of ill-feeling between the dead man and his brother-in-law.
b: 2 Jul 95 w: Jonathan Rich d: Martyn Friend
When a man's filely unidentifiable body is washed ashore, Wycliffe is baffled when two separate women claim it is that of their missing husbands.
b: 9 Jul 95 w: Isobelle Grey d: Patrick Lau
When a farmer goes missing, leaving his sheep and house unattended, the local police call in Wycliffe. Discoveries of arson and bloodstains lead the team into a farming community struggling to survive.
b: 16 Jul 95 w: __________ d: __________
Through her family and friends, Wycliffe tries to discover if it was suicide or murder when a schoolgirl is found dead in a science laboratory after a school disco.
b: 23 Jul 95 w: Siâum;n Orrells d: Steve Goldie
When an attempt is made to steal a headless skeleton from an archaelogical dig, Wycliffe discovers an estate steeped in archaic values. The identification of the skeleton unsettles the land-owning Rawle family, whose days of sovereignty in the community are fading.
b: 30 Jul 95 w: __________ d: __________
Surfer Anne Carter is found in a deep coma when she is washed ashore. The assumption that she is a victim of afreak accident have to be revised when Wycliffe and his team investigate, and uncover a host of sinister facts and conspiracies. Their task is hindered by an obvious leak to the press, which puts DI Lane in a precarious position.
b: 6 Aug 95 w: Steve Trafford d: Michael Owen Morris
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rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
An 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
b: 9 Jun 96 w: Steve Trafford d: Michael Owen Morris
When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.
b: 16 Jun 96 w: Jonathan Rich d: Michael Owen Morris
A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.
b: 7 Jul 96 w: Jonathan Rich d: David Innes Edwards
When 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.
b: 14 Jul 96 w: Isabelle Grey d: David Innes Edwards
rc: David Wycliffe
A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Wycliffe finds that proving a motive can be harder than catching a killer.
b: 21 Jul 96 w: Tom Needham d: Martyn Friend
rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe
The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.
b: 28 Jul 96 w: Sian Siâum;n Orrells d: Martyn Friend
When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.
b: 4 Aug 96 w: Carolyn Sally Jones d: John Glenister
rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
When 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.
b: 11 Aug 96 w: Scott Cherry d: http://uk.imdb.com/Name?Glenister,+John John Glenister
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Tragic events unfold after a wedding with a bizarre guest list: the bride and groom, who have only known each other for three weeks, advertised for guests to attend the ceremony in Penzance. Next day, one of the couple is found stabbed to death in their luxurious honeymoon hotel.
b: 29 Jun 97 w: Peter J Hammond d: Alan Wareing
rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
A petty criminal turns into a killer. A man is stabbed to death in a pub car park by a stranger. As Wycliffe investigates, the victim turns out not to be the upstanding businessman he seemed to be.
b: 6 Jul 97 w: Isabelle Grey d: David Innes Edwards
Wycliffe and Kersey exchange strong words as they investigate a disturbing case involving the contamination of jars of baby food in a local supermarket by a blackmailer. Meanwhile, the disciplinary enquiry into Wycliffe's team continues to run its course.
b: 13 Jul 97 w: Kevin Clarke d: David Innes Edwards
Wycliffe probes the disappearance of a lone yachtswoman, whose boat is discovered scuttled on the seabed.
b: 20 Jul 97 w: Phillip O'Shea d: Michael Brayshaw
rc: Helen Wycliffe
A dark family secret comes to light when a girl deliberately runs over a woman on a pedestrian crossing. The results of the enquiry board are revealed.
b: 27 Jul 97 w: Isabelle Grey d: Michael Brayshaw
rc: Helen Wycliffe
A couple facing eviction from their tied cottage are suspected of murder when the landowner is suddenly killed. Wycliffe must act quickly to identify the killer before locals take the law into their own hands.
b: 3 Aug 97 w: Scott Cherry d: Alan Wareing
rc: Helen Wycliffe
When a local pub landlord is bludgeoned to death, Wycliffe can find few people with a good word to say about him. A police informant points the finger at the victims' former wife and her new husband, but when DI Lane mishandles the situation, Wycliffe and Kersey are forced to stage a dramatic rescue.
b: 10 Aug 97 w: Carolyn Sally Jones d: Graeme Harper
rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
Pursued by the press, under the spotlight of an internal investigation, and lacking support from his superiors, Wyclife's problems multiply when an old case resurfaces, and DCC Stevens seems out to prove Wycliffe is no longer up to the job.
b: 17 Aug 97 w: Arthur McKenzie d: Graeme Harper
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rc: Helen Wycliffe
Wycliffe clashes with his superiors over the way he's handling a gruesome double murder case, after a building society manager and his wife are gunned down.
b: 24 Aug 97 w: Arthur McKenzie d: Paul Harrison
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In a police nursing home, Wycliffe ponders the future after the attempt on his life. Meanwhile, Kersey investigates a salmon poacher's suspicious death. Acting DCI Lane is tempted to move on and up.
b: 17 May 98 w: Arthur McKenzie d: Jack Shepherd
rc: Helen Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
A prostitute sparks a murder hunt when she tells Kersey that one of her clients confessed to killing another prostitute, but how believable is she?
b: 24 May 98 w: Peter J Hammond d: Alan Wareing
rc: Helen Wycliffe
The wife of one of Kersey's friends goes missing after an evening class and later her tutor is found murdered. Kersey's relationship with Lane threatens to lead him into deep waters.
b: 31 May 98 w: Carolyn Sally Jones d: Jack Shepherd
rc: Helen Wycliffe
Wycliffe is recovered and back at work. A local climber is killed in a cliff fall, and an unreliable informant claims he was pushed. A re-enactment of the fatal climb only adds to the suspicions.
b: 7 Jun 98 w: Isabelle Grey d: Alan Wareing
rc: Helen Wycliffe, Ruth Wycliffe
Wycliffe is awarded the Queen's Medal for Gallantry. He then investigates the murder of a policeman, whose wife had been having an affair with another officer.
b: 21 Jun 98 w: John Milne d: Alan Wareing
rc: Helen Wycliffe, David Wycliffe
Lane investigates two drug dealers' deaths and defends Wycliffe against corruption allegations, after a woman from his past suddenly appears demanding help.
b: 5 Jul 98 w: Kevin Clarke d: Alan Wareing
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The novels by W J Burley on which some of these dramas were based are: Wycliffe and the Schoolgirls, Wycliffe and the Tangled Web, Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death, Wycliffe and the Scapegoat, Wycliffe and the Beales, Wycliffe and the Four Jacks, Wycliffe in Paul's Court, Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin, Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue, Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist, Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase, Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat, Wycliffe and the Last Rites, Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery, Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat, Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi, Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street.