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The Best Episodes of Wycliffe

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...

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  1. 7.9/10(92 votes)

    #1 - Wild Oats

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    S2:E7

    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.

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  2. 7.7/10(85 votes)

    #2 - Breaking Point

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    S2:E8

    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.

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  3. 7.6/10(92 votes)

    #3 - All for Love

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    S2:E1

    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.

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  4. 7.4/10(86 votes)

    #4 - Charades

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    S2:E3

    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.

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  5. 7.4/10(85 votes)

    #5 - Lost Contact

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    When a man's virtually unidentifiable body is washed ashore, Wycliffe is baffled when two separate women claim it is that of their missing husbands.

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    Director:Patrick Lau
  6. 7.4/10(82 votes)

    #6 - Happy Families

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  8. 7.2/10(99 votes)

    #7 - The Pea-Green Boat

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    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:A.J. Quinn
  9. 7.2/10(85 votes)

    #8 - The Trojan Horse

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    S2:E2

    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.

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  10. 7.1/10(84 votes)

    #9 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds

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    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Steve Goldie
  11. 7.0/10(150 votes)

    #10 - The Four Jacks

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  12. 7.0/10(125 votes)

    #11 - The Dead Flautist

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    S1:E2

    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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  13. 7.0/10(95 votes)

    #12 - The Tangled Web

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    S1:E4

    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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  14. 7.0/10(99 votes)

    #13 - The Last Rites

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    S1:E5

    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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    Director:A.J. Quinn
  15. 6.8/10(112 votes)

    #14 - The Scapegoat

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    S1:E3

    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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    #15 - Dead on Arrival

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    S3:E1

    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.

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    #16 - Number of the Beast

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    S3:E2

    When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.

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    #17 - Slave of Duty

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    S3:E3

    A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.

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    #18 - Total Loss

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    S3:E4

    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.

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    #19 - Crazy for You

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    S3:E5

    A 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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    Director:Martyn Friend
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    #20 - Faith

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    S3:E6

    The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.

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    #21 - Last Judgement

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    S3:E7

    When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.

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    #22 - Old Habits

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    S3:E8

    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.

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    #23 - Strangers

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    S4:E1

    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.

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    #24 - Close to Home

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    S4:E2

    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.

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    #25 - On Account

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    S4:E3

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Wild Oats" is the best rated episode of "Wycliffe". It scored 7.9/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by Michael Owen Morris and written by Patrick Harkins, it aired on 7/30/1995. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Breaking Point".