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The Worst Episodes of Wycliffe

Every episode of Wycliffe ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Scapegoat" is the worst rated episode of "Wycliffe". It scored 6.8/10 based on 105 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 Tangled Web".

  • The Scapegoat
    6.8/10105 votes
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    #1 - The Scapegoat

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/7/1994

    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

  • The Tangled Web
    6.9/1093 votes
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    #2 - The Tangled Web

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/14/1994

    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

  • The Last Rites
    6.9/1097 votes
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    #3 - The Last Rites

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/1994

    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

  • The Four Jacks
    7.0/10138 votes
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    #4 - The Four Jacks

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/24/1994

    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

  • The Dead Flautist
    7.0/10113 votes
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    #5 - The Dead Flautist

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/1994

    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

  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    7.0/1083 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Time Out
    7.0/1064 votes
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    #7 - Time Out

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/1998

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

    Director: Alan Wareing

    Writer: Peter J. Hammond

  • The Pea-Green Boat
    7.1/1098 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • To Sup with the Devil
    7.1/1070 votes
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    #9 - To Sup with the Devil

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/10/1997

    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

  • On Offer
    7.1/1061 votes
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    #10 - On Offer

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/1998

    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

  • The Trojan Horse
    7.2/1084 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Total Loss
    7.2/1073 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Faith
    7.2/1073 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Strangers Home
    7.2/1071 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Feeding the Rat
    7.2/1065 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Lost Contact
    7.3/1082 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Happy Families
    7.3/1081 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Close to Home
    7.3/1069 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Charades
    7.4/1084 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Old Crimes, New Times
    7.4/1063 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • All for Love
    7.5/1089 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Dead on Arrival
    7.5/1080 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Number of the Beast
    7.5/1084 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • Last Judgement
    7.5/1071 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Breaking Point
    7.6/1081 votes
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    #25 - 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