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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 3 - The Scapegoat
    6.9/10(119 votes)

    #1 - The Scapegoat

    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.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  2. Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 1 - The Four Jacks
    7.0/10(163 votes)

    #2 - The Four Jacks

    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.

    Director:Ferdinand Fairfax
    Writer:Edward Canfor-Dumas

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  3. Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 2 - The Dead Flautist
    7.0/10(133 votes)

    #3 - The Dead Flautist

    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.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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  4. Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 4 - The Tangled Web
    7.1/10(102 votes)

    #4 - The Tangled Web

    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.

    Director:Ferdinand Fairfax
    Writer:Andrew Holden

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  5. Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 5 - The Last Rites
    7.1/10(106 votes)

    #5 - The Last Rites

    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.

    Director:A.J. Quinn
    Writer:Rob Heyland

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  6. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 5 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    7.2/10(90 votes)

    #6 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds

    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.

    Director:Steve Goldie
    Writer:Julian Jones

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  7. Wycliffe Season 5 Episode 2 - Time Out
    7.2/10(69 votes)

    #7 - Time Out

    S5:E2

    A prostitute tells Kersey that a customer has killed one of her colleagues.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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  8. Wycliffe Season 1 Episode 6 - The Pea-Green Boat
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    #8 - The Pea-Green Boat

    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.

    Director:A.J. Quinn
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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  9. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 2 - The Trojan Horse
    7.3/10(92 votes)

    #9 - The Trojan Horse

    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.

    Director:Patrick Lau
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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  10. Wycliffe Season 3 Episode 6 - Faith
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #10 - Faith

    S3:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wycliffe Season 4 Episode 7 - To Sup with the Devil
    7.3/10(77 votes)

    #11 - To Sup with the Devil

    S4:E7

    When a local pub landlord is bludgeoned to death, Wycliffe can find few people with a good word to say about him. A police informant points the finger at the victims' former wife and her new husband, but when DI Lane mishandles the situation, Wycliffe and Kersey are forced to stage a dramatic rescue.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writer:Carolyn Sally Jones

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  12. Wycliffe Season 5 Episode 1 - On Offer
    7.3/10(65 votes)

    #12 - On Offer

    S5:E1

    In a police nursing home, Wycliffe ponders the future after the attempt on his life. Meanwhile, Kersey investigates a salmon poacher's suspicious death. Acting DCI Lane is tempted to move on and up.

    Director:Jack Shepherd
    Writer:Arthur McKenzie

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  13. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 3 - Charades
    7.4/10(94 votes)

    #13 - Charades

    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.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writer:Jonathan Rich

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  14. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 6 - Happy Families
    7.4/10(88 votes)

    #14 - Happy Families

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wycliffe Season 3 Episode 4 - Total Loss
    7.4/10(81 votes)

    #15 - Total Loss

    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.

    Director:David Innes Edwards
    Writer:Isabelle Grey

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  16. Wycliffe Season 4 Episode 1 - Strangers
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    #16 - Strangers

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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  17. Wycliffe Season 4 Episode 2 - Close to Home
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #17 - Close to Home

    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.

    Director:David Innes Edwards
    Writer:Isabelle Grey

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  18. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 4 - Lost Contact
    7.5/10(91 votes)

    #18 - Lost Contact

    S2:E4

    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

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  19. Wycliffe Season 4 Episode 8 - Old Crimes, New Times
    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #19 - Old Crimes, New Times

    S4:E8

    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

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  20. Wycliffe Season 5 Episode 4 - Feeding the Rat
    7.5/10(70 votes)

    #20 - Feeding the Rat

    S5:E4

    A climber dies after a cliff fall and a witness claims that his climbing partner is responsible.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Isabelle Grey

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  21. Wycliffe Season 3 Episode 2 - Number of the Beast
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #21 - Number of the Beast

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Jonathan Rich

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  22. Wycliffe Season 3 Episode 7 - Last Judgement
    7.6/10(78 votes)

    #22 - Last Judgement

    S3:E7

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

    Director:John Glenister
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wycliffe Season 2 Episode 1 - All for Love
    7.7/10(103 votes)

    #23 - All for Love

    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.

    Director:Martyn Friend
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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  24. Wycliffe Season 3 Episode 1 - Dead on Arrival
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #24 - Dead on Arrival

    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.

    Director:Michael Owen Morris
    Writer:Steve Trafford

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  25. Wycliffe Season 4 Episode 6 - Bad Blood
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    #25 - Bad Blood

    S4:E6

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Scapegoat" is the worst rated episode of "Wycliffe". It scored 6.9/10 based on 119 votes. Directed by Martyn Friend and written by Russell Lewis, it aired on 8/7/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Four Jacks".