Set amid the windswept beauty of Cornwall, this massively popular, highly acclaimed series stars Jack Shepherd as the quietly charismatic Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who leads a team investigating the region's most serious and challenging cases. Running for five years, Wycliffe became one of the nineties' most successful crime series with compelling storylines often highlighting the social and economic difficulties faced by the local community. Jimmy Yuill and Helen Masters co-star as Detective Inspectors Doug Kersey and Lucy Lane, Wycliffe's dependable but fallible colleagues. Guest stars include Louise Jameson, Bill Nighy, Tamsin Greig, Eleanor Bron, Leslie Grantham, Philip Glenister, Gwen Taylor and Brian Croucher. This complete-series set contains every episode transmitted, including the pilot episode from 1993 and the feature-length 1997 Christmas Special.
Based on the novels by W.J. Burley and set against the magnificent and windswept Cornish coast this acclaimed detective series follows the exploits of the extremely meticulous and very clever Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. Far from being idyllic Cornwall is alive with serious crime and Wycliffe (Jack Shepherd) leads an investigative team charged with solving each intriguing mystery. Series Four highlights the fact that things are not always as they seem. Scrutiny from internal investigations into Wycliffe and his team continue to surround their mysterious cases of murder blackmail and dramatic rescues. Includes the gripping special bonus feature 'Dance Of The Scorpions' - Wycliffe once again clashed with his superiors over the handling of a particularly gruesome double murder case. This time it will be Wycliffe who gets hurt!
Set amid the windswept beauty of Cornwall this popular and acclaimed series follows Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe as he investigates the region s most serious and challenging cases. Whilst the storylines often highlight the social and economic difficulties faced by the local community the conscientious Wycliffe offers something of a contrast to the classic maverick detective; a family man with a fastidious tolerant approach he tackles each investigation with a calm determination and a resolutely open mind and his incisive style of questioning never fails to cut through to the heart of the mystery. Jack Shepherd is quietly charismatic in the title role alongside Jimmy Yuill and Helen Masters as Detective Inspectors Doug Kersey and Lucy Lane - his dependable but very human colleagues. Boasting award-winning theme music composed by Nigel Hess Wycliffe remained a top-rated drama throughout its five-year run. This release presents the complete fifth and final series alongside the feature-length 1997 Christmas Special.
Set amid the windswept beauty of Cornwall this popular and acclaimed series follows Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe as he investigates the region's most serious and challenging cases. While the storylines often highlight the social and economic difficulties faced by the local community the conscientious Wycliffe offers something of a contrast to the classic 'maverick detective'. A family man with a fastidious and tolerant approach he tackles each investigation with a calm determination and a resolutely open mind and his incisive style of questioning never fails to cut through to the heart of the mystery. Jack Shepherd is quietly charismatic in the title role and the series also stars Jimmy Yuill and Helen Masters as Detective Inspectors Doug Kersey and Lucy Lane - Wycliffe's dependable but very human colleagues. The series' haunting theme music composed by Nigel Hess received the Royal Television Society's award for the best television theme and Wycliffe remained a top-rated drama throughout its five-year run. This second series featuring guest appearances by Eleanor Bron Louise Jameson and Geoffrey Bayldon was originally transmitted in 1995.
Wycliffe: Series 1 (2 Disc)
Wycliffe: Series 3 (2 Discs)
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