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.
Wycliffe and the cycle of death
Dance of the scorpions
The four jacks
The dead flautist
The scapegoat
The tangled web
The last rites
The pea-green boat
All for love
The trojan horse
Charades
Lost contact
Four and twenty blackbirds
Happy families
Wild oats
Breaking point
Dead on arrival
Number of the beast
Slave of duty
Total loss
Crazy for you
Faith
Last judgement
Old habits
Strangers
Close to home
On account
Lone voyager
Seen a ghost
Bad blood
To sup with the devil
Old crimes, new times
On offer
Time out
Standing stone
Feeding the rat
Scope
Land's end
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