7.9/10 70 votes#1 - On Account
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/13/1997
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.
Director: David Innes Edwards
Writer: Kevin Clarke
- 7.8/10 89 votes
#2 - Wild Oats
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/1995
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.
Director: Michael Owen Morris
Writer: Patrick Harkins
- 7.8/10 78 votes
#3 - Seen a Ghost
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/1997
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.
Director: Michael Brayshaw
Writer: Isabelle Grey
- 7.8/10 65 votes
#4 - Land's End
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/5/1998
Wycliffe is accused of taking bribes and is suspended.
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: Kevin Clarke
7.7/10 73 votes#5 - Crazy for You
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/1996
A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Wycliffe finds that proving a motive can be harder than catching a killer.
Director: Martyn Friend
Writer: Tom Needham
- 7.7/10 71 votes
#6 - Lone Voyager
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/20/1997
Wycliffe probes the disappearance of a lone yachtswoman, whose boat is discovered scuttled on the seabed.
Director: Michael Brayshaw
Writer: Phil O'Shea
- 7.7/10 73 votes
#7 - Bad Blood
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/1997
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.
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: Scott Cherry
- 7.7/10 57 votes
#8 - Scope
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/1998
A Policeman is murdered and orders Wycliffe to avoid any scandal made difficult by the Officers wife was having an affair with another Officer.
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: John Milne
- 7.6/10 79 votes
#9 - Breaking Point
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/6/1995
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.
Director: Michael Owen Morris
Writer: Steve Trafford
7.6/10 72 votes#10 - Slave of Duty
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/1996
A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.
Director: David Innes Edwards
Writer: Jonathan Rich
7.6/10 74 votes#11 - Old Habits
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/1996
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.
Director: John Glenister
Writer: Scott Cherry
- 7.5/10 88 votes
#12 - All for Love
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/1995
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.
Director: Martyn Friend
Writer: Steve Trafford
7.5/10 79 votes#13 - Dead on Arrival
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/9/1996
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.
Director: Michael Owen Morris
Writer: Steve Trafford
7.5/10 83 votes#14 - Number of the Beast
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/16/1996
When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.
Director: Michael Owen Morris
Writer: Jonathan Rich
7.5/10 70 votes#15 - Last Judgement
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/1996
When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.
Director: John Glenister
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 83 votes
#16 - Charades
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/1995
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.
Director: Martyn Friend
Writer: Jonathan Rich
- 7.3/10 81 votes
#17 - Lost Contact
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/1995
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.
Director: Patrick Lau
Writer: Isabelle Grey
- 7.3/10 80 votes
#18 - Happy Families
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/23/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 62 votes
#19 - Old Crimes, New Times
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/1997
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.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Arthur McKenzie
- 7.2/10 83 votes
#20 - The Trojan Horse
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/1995
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.
Director: Patrick Lau
Writer: Steve Trafford
7.2/10 72 votes#21 - Total Loss
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/1996
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.
Director: David Innes Edwards
Writer: Isabelle Grey
7.2/10 72 votes#22 - Faith
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/1996
The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 70 votes
#23 - Strangers Home
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/29/1997
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.
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: Peter J. Hammond
- 7.2/10 68 votes
#24 - Close to Home
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 7/6/1997
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.
Director: David Innes Edwards
Writer: Isabelle Grey
- 7.2/10 63 votes
#25 - Feeding the Rat
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1998
A climber dies after a cliff fall and a witness claims that his climbing partner is responsible.
Director: Alan Wareing
Writer: Isabelle Grey
The Best Episodes of Wycliffe
Every episode of Wycliffe ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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 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.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Wycliffe" is "On Account", rated 7.9/10 from 70 user votes. It was directed by David Innes Edwards and written by Kevin Clarke. "On Account" aired on 7/13/1997 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Wild Oats".