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Wycliffe (1993)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating
7.2 (1,329 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Peacock · Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BritBox Amazon Channel · The Roku Channel · Plex Channel · Fawesome
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1994)

7.05 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 7.3 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 169 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 137 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 124 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 107 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 111 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 108 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Four Jacks7.0169
2The Dead Flautist7.0137
3The Scapegoat6.9124
4The Tangled Web7.1107
5The Last Rites7.0111
6The Pea Green Boat7.3108

Season 2 (1995)

7.51 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 50 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 110 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 98 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 100 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 97 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 96 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 95 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 106 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 97 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1All for Love7.7110
2The Trojan Horse7.398
3Charades7.4100
4Lost Contact7.497
5Four and Twenty Black Birds7.296
6Happy Families7.495
7Wild Oats8.0106
8Breaking Point7.797

Season 3 (1996)

7.64 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 50 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 96 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 96 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 87 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 85 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 86 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 85 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 83 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 85 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dead on Arrival7.796
2Number of the Beast7.796
3Slave of Duty7.887
4Total Loss7.485
5Crazy for You7.886
6Faith7.385
7Last Judgement7.683
8Old Habits7.885

Season 4 (1997)

7.65 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 50 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 81 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 78 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 83 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 85 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 90 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 86 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 83 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 71 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Strangers Home7.481
2Close to Home7.478
3On Account8.283
4Lone Voyager7.885
5Seen a Ghost8.090
6Bad Blood7.686
7To Sup with the Devil7.383
8Old Crimes, New Times7.571

Season 5 (1997)

7.63 avg 7 episodes 8.4 → 8.1 61 min avg

Ep 0: 8.4 · 97 votesEp 1: 7.2 · 69 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 74 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 76 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 75 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 66 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 76 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Dance of the Scorpions8.497
1On Offer7.269
2Time Out7.274
3Standing Stone7.276
4Feeding the Rat7.575
5Scope7.866
6Land's End8.176
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