Wycliffe
3.6/5
Année : 1994
Nombre de saisons : 5
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 60 minutes
Genre(s) : Drame
Wycliffe is based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. The series is set in Cornwall, with each episode dealing 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.
Saisons
Saison 1
4/5
Saison 2
4/5
Saison 3
4/5
Saison 4
4/5
Saison 5
4/5
Épisodes
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Épisode 1 - The Four Jacks
24 juillet 1994 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 2 - The Dead Flautist
30 juillet 1994 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 3 - The Scapegoat
7 août 1994 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 4 - The Tangled Web
14 août 1994 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 5 - The Last Rites
21 août 1994 - 4.3/5
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.
Épisode 6 - Wycliffe and the Pea-Green Boat
28 août 1994 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 1 - All for Love
18 juin 1995 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 2 - The Trojan Horse
25 juin 1995 - 4.3/5
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.
Épisode 3 - Charades
2 juillet 1995 - 4.3/5
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.
Épisode 4 - Lost Contact
9 juillet 1995 - 4.3/5
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.
Épisode 5 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
16 juillet 1995 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 6 - Happy Families
23 juillet 1995 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 7 - Wild Oats
30 juillet 1995 - 4/5
When an attempt is made to steal a headless skeleton from an archaelogical dig, Wycliffe discovers an estate steeped in archaic values. The identification of the skeleton unsettles the land-owning Rawle family, whose days of sovereignty in the community are fading.
Épisode 8 - Breaking Point
6 août 1995 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 1 - Dead on Arrival
9 juin 1996 - 4.3/5
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.
Épisode 2 - Number of the Beast
16 juin 1996 - 4.3/5
When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.
Épisode 3 - Slave of Duty
7 juillet 1996 - 4.3/5
A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.
Épisode 4 - Total Loss
14 juillet 1996 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 5 - Crazy for You
21 juillet 1996 - 4/5
A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Wycliffe finds that proving a motive can be harder than catching a killer.
Épisode 6 - Faith
28 juillet 1996 - 4/5
The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.
Épisode 7 - Last Judgement
4 août 1996 - 4/5
When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.
Épisode 8 - Old Habits
11 août 1996 - 4/5
When a young woman is found strangled, a pathologist is struck by the similarities to a string of other unsolved murders. Wyclife and his team have to unearth 11-year old evidence to see if they can trace a link.
Épisode 1 - Strangers Home
29 juin 1997 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 2 - Close to Home
6 juillet 1997 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 3 - On Account
13 juillet 1997 - 4/5
Wycliffe and Kersey exchange strong words as they investigate a disturbing case involving the contamination of jars of baby food in a local supermarket by a blackmailer. Meanwhile, the disciplinary enquiry into Wycliffe's team continues to run its course.
Épisode 4 - Lone Voyager
20 juillet 1997 - 3.8/5
Wycliffe probes the disappearance of a lone yachtswoman, whose boat is discovered scuttled on the seabed.
Épisode 5 - Seen a Ghost
17 juillet 1997 - 4/5
A dark family secret comes to light when a girl deliberately runs over a woman on a pedestrian crossing. The results of the enquiry board are revealed.
Épisode 6 - Bad Blood
3 août 1997 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 7 - To Sup with the Devil
10 août 1997 - 3.7/5
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.
Épisode 8 - Old Crimes, New Times
17 août 1997 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 9 - Dance of the Scorpions
27 décembre 1997 - 3.8/5
Wycliffe clashes with his superiors over the way he's handling a gruesome double murder case, after a building society manager and his wife are gunned down.
Épisode 1 - On Offer
17 mai 1998 - 4/5
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.
Épisode 2 - Time Out
24 mai 1998 - 4/5
A prostitute sparks a murder hunt when she tells Kersey that one of her clients confessed to killing another prostitute, but how believable is she?
Épisode 3 - Standing Stone
31 mai 1998 - 4/5
The wife of one of Kersey's friends goes missing after an evening class and later her tutor is found murdered. Kersey's relationship with Lane threatens to lead him into deep waters.
Épisode 4 - Feeding the Rat
7 juin 1998 - 4/5
Wycliffe is recovered and back at work. A local climber is killed in a cliff fall, and an unreliable informant claims he was pushed. A re-enactment of the fatal climb only adds to the suspicions.
Épisode 5 - Scope
21 juin 1998 - 4.3/5
Wycliffe is awarded the Queen's Medal for Gallantry. He then investigates the murder of a policeman, whose wife had been having an affair with another officer.
Épisode 6 - Land's End
5 juillet 1998 - 4.3/5
Lane investigates two drug dealers' deaths and defends Wycliffe against corruption allegations, after a woman from his past suddenly appears demanding help.
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27/12/2017 - 3/5
Wycliffe ou le moins charismatique des policiers d'outre-manche. A croire que l'expression pince-sans-rire a été toute exprès inventée pour le superin...