8.0/1071 votesLoading...#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
- 7.8/1090 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.8/1079 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.8/1068 votesLoading...
#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
7.7/1074 votesLoading...#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
- 7.7/1072 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.7/1074 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.7/1059 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.6/1091 votesLoading...
#9 - 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
- 7.6/1082 votesLoading...
#10 - 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
7.6/1073 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.6/1075 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.5/1081 votesLoading...#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
7.5/1084 votesLoading...#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
7.5/1072 votesLoading...#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
- 7.4/1085 votesLoading...
#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
- 7.4/1063 votesLoading...
#17 - 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
- 7.3/1083 votesLoading...
#18 - 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
- 7.3/1081 votesLoading...
#19 - 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
- 7.3/1069 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 7.3/1066 votesLoading...
#21 - 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
- 7.2/1084 votesLoading...
#22 - 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
7.2/1073 votesLoading...#23 - 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
- 7.2/1071 votesLoading...
#24 - Strangers
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
- 7.1/1098 votesLoading...
#25 - The Pea-Green Boat
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/28/1994
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.
Director: A.J. Quinn
Writer: Steve Trafford
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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"On Account" is the best rated episode of "Wycliffe". It scored 8/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by David Innes Edwards and written by Kevin Clarke, it aired on 7/13/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wild Oats".