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Wycliffe

Season: 1

Episode: 1

The Four Jacks

Air Date:24/07/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Edward Canfor-Dumas

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Nick McPhee

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

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Guest Stars

Name: Bill Nighy

Character: David Cleeve

Department: Acting

Name: Nicholas Gecks

Character: Prof. Faber

Department: Acting

Name: Roger Sloman

Character: Gerald Prout

Department: Acting

Name: Susan Wooldridge

Character: Patricia Cleeve

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Treslove

Character: PC Pearce

Department: Acting

Name: Rupam Maxwell

Character: Paul Redman

Department: Acting

Name: James Curran

Character: Surgeon

Department: Acting

Name: Pandora Colin

Character: Milli

Department: Acting

Name: Georgine Anderson

Character: Barbara Prout

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Cubison

Character: Armed Police Officer

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Wylton

Character: Franks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

The Dead Flautist

Air Date:30/07/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Nigel Cattle

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Steve Trafford

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Martyn Friend

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Susan Fleetwood

Character: Lady Cynthia Bottrell

Department: Acting

Name: David Bamber

Character: Guy Bottrell

Department: Acting

Name: Jeremy Clyde

Character: Lord Hugh Bottrell

Department: Acting

Name: James Faulkner

Character: Steven Lander

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Wimbush

Character: Mrs. Christopher

Department: Acting

Name: Emily Hamilton

Character: Jean Lander

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Watson

Character: Carter

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Chapman

Character: PC Jones (uncredited)

Department: Acting

Name: Ben Mangham

Character: Paul Bottrell

Department: Production

Name: Ian Keith

Character: Fox

Department: Acting

Name: Gerry Scanlon

Character: Jed

Department: Acting

Name: Susan Derrick

Character: Edith Lander

Department: Acting

Name: David Sterne

Character: Pub Landlord

Department: Acting

Name: Dee Sadler

Character: WPC Angela

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Wylton

Character: Franks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

The Scapegoat

Air Date:07/08/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Russell Lewis

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Nigel Cattle

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Martyn Friend

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Susan Penhaligon

Character: Mariah Penrose

Department: Acting

Name: John McEnery

Character: Ephraim Gardner

Department: Acting

Name: Hilary Mason

Character: Edith Riddle

Department: Acting

Name: Catherine McCormack

Character: Asenath Gardner

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Ashley

Character: Sgt. Luff

Department: Acting

Name: Laura Brattan

Character: WPC Eva Luff

Department: Acting

Name: Carole Nimmons

Character: Sarah Riddle

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Larder

Character: John Gander

Department: Acting

Name: Kristin Hewson

Character: Melanie

Department: Acting

Name: Alan Stocks

Character: Matthew Riddle

Department: Acting

Name: John Cassady

Character: Landlord

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Tate

Character: Sid Passmore

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Stockbridge

Character: Mr. Penrose

Department: Acting

Name: David Albion

Character: Bandit

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Wylton

Character: Franks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

The Tangled Web

Air Date:14/08/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Nick McPhee

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Ferdinand Fairfax

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Andrew Holden

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Eric Deacon

Character: Neil Innes

Department: Acting

Name: Richenda Carey

Character: Jane Rule

Department: Acting

Name: Leonie Mellinger

Character: Polly Innes

Department: Acting

Name: Trevor Danby

Character: Parson

Department: Acting

Name: Kevin Dignam

Character: Francis Harvey

Department: Acting

Name: Stephanie Buttle

Character: Hilda Clemo

Department: Acting

Name: Joanne Thirsk

Character: Alice Harvey

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Demeger

Character: James Clemo

Department: Acting

Name: Giles Taylor

Character: Clifford Rule

Department: Acting

Name: Gabrielle Hamilton

Character: Lily Armitage

Department: Acting

Name: Scott Ransome

Character: Ralph Martin

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Wylton

Character: Franks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

The Last Rites

Air Date:21/08/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: A.J. Quinn

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Rob Heyland

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: David Spiers

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

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Guest Stars

Name: Jeff Rawle

Character: Rev. Jordan

Department: Acting

Name: Julia Deakin

Character: Stephanie Vinter

Department: Acting

Name: Nigel Terry

Character: Lawrence Vinter

Department: Acting

Name: Dinah Stabb

Character: Celia Jordan

Department: Acting

Name: Ellie Haddington

Character: Katherine Geach

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Moriarty

Character: Abe Geach

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Letheren

Character: Giles Vinter

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Leesley

Character: Glynn

Department: Acting

Name: Tim Wylton

Character: Franks

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

The Pea-Green Boat

Air Date:28/08/1994

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.

Crew

Name: Steve Trafford

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Peter Middleton

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: A.J. Quinn

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: David Spiers

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Alan Stuart

Role: Stunt Coordinator

Department: Crew

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Guest Stars

Name: Anne Stallybrass

Character: Mrs. Tremaine

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Bettany

Character: Ian Greaves

Department: Acting

Name: Jan Pearson

Character: Mary Clark

Department: Acting

Name: Brigit Forsyth

Character: Ella Jones

Department: Acting

Name: Brendan O'Hea

Character: David Jones

Department: Acting

Name: David J. Nicholls

Character: Scrap Metal Merchant

Department: Acting

Name: Roy Alon

Character: Harry Tremaine

Department: Crew

Name: Barry Jackson

Character: Alexander Greaves

Department: Acting

Name: David Bliss

Character: Soco

Department: Acting

Name: Tony Guilfoyle

Character: Bill Clark

Department: Acting

Name: Kevin Molloy

Character: George Garner

Department: Acting

Name: Emmet Bergin

Character: Alan Forbes

Department: Acting

Name: David Westhead

Character: Freddie Tremaine

Department: Acting

Name: Roger Heathcott

Character: Custody Sergeant

Department: Acting

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