The Best Episodes of Wycliffe Season 2
Every episode of Wycliffe Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wycliffe Season 2!
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.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Wycliffe" season 2 is "All for Love", rated 7.5/10 from 88 user votes. It was directed by Martyn Friend and written by Steve Trafford. "All for Love" aired on 6/18/1995 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Trojan Horse".
7.5/10 88 votes#1 - 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
- 7.2/10 83 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.4/10 83 votes
#3 - 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
#4 - 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
- 7.0/10 82 votes
#5 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/1995
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.
Director: Steve Goldie
Writer: Julian Jones
- 7.3/10 80 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.8/10 89 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.6/10 79 votes
#8 - 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