"Wycliffe (TV series) 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 (Jimmy Yuill) and DI Lucy Lane (Helen Masters)."
"W. J. Burley William John Burley (1 August 1914 – 15 November 2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe, who became the basis of the popular ""Wycliffe"" television series throughout the mid 1990s. Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. Before he began writing, he was employed in senior management with various gas companies, before giving it up after the Second World War when he obtained a scholarship to study zoology at Balliol College, Oxford. After obtaining an honours degree he became a teacher. Appointed head of biology, first at Richmond &"
"Thy Hands"", a new play written and directed by Jonathan Holmes at Wiltons Music Hall, London. In March 2011, Masters played Molly in ""Revolution Square"" at the Bush Theatre, London, again written and directed by Jonathan Holmes. Masters's work in television increased during the early 1990s, culminating in her portrayal of D.I. Lucy Lane in the HTV television series ""Wycliffe"" from 1994 to 1998. The series starred Jack Shepherd as Det. Superintendent Wycliffe and Jimmy Yuill as D.I. Doug Kersey. She was also directed by Jack Shepherd in two episodes. Helen Masters Helen Masters (born 10 April 1963) is an"
"Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley featuring his series detective, Charles Wycliffe. A local bookseller, Matthew Glynn, is found bludgeoned and strangled, setting Wycliffe on the trail of a killer whose identity is imbedded deep within a mountain of family secrets. These include the vanishing of Matthew's wife years earlier, the increasingly bitter arguments with his brother, Maurice, over the sale of ancestral land, the mysterious seclusion of his other sibling, Alfred, the web of deception weaved by their sister, Sara, and the"
"discovery of important documents in Matthew's safe. And, as all of these sinister factors collude, the cycle of death continues and claims another life... Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death (1990) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley featuring his series detective, Charles Wycliffe. A local bookseller, Matthew Glynn, is found bludgeoned and strangled, setting Wycliffe on the trail of a killer whose identity is imbedded deep within a mountain of family secrets. These include the vanishing of Matthew's wife years earlier, the increasingly bitter arguments with his brother, Maurice, over"
"Charles Wycliffe Charles Wycliffe is a fictional English detective superintendent, created by author W. J. Burley. He featured in twenty-two novels. (Burley died when the twenty-third was still unfinished). D/Supt Wycliffe is the head of the CID (plain-clothes detective branch of the police) in Devon and Cornwall. As such, he takes charge of all investigations of serious crime. Although Wycliffe is not a native Cornishman (his family were market gardeners in Shropshire) and he is advised that the outlook and attitudes of people in some of Cornwall's more remote communities is not what he may be used to, he tries"
"between the poet and artist William Blake, his wife Catherine and Thomas Paine, author of ""The Rights of Man"". He first directed it at the Partisan Theatre in July 1989 before its transfer to the Donmar Warehouse, winning the 1989 ""Time Out"" Awards for Best Directing and Best Writing. Shepherd's work in television during the 1980s and 1990s included ""Blind Justice"", a miniseries by Peter Flannery, and culminated in his acclaimed role as the eponymous Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe in the HTV television series ""Wycliffe"" from 1993 to 1998. He appeared as Butler the Butler in the 1996 television miniseries"
"author Rachel Joyce, and resides in Gloucestershire with his family. Paul Venables Paul Venables (born 3 February 1962) is a British actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. Venables grew up in Devon and then trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His break through role was as Jamie Callender in the BBC TV series ""May to December"". Additionally, he has had television roles in ""Wycliffe"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Blue Murder"", ""Revelations"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Lewis"", and ""Holby City"" as board member Toby Carr. Venables has played leading roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company as"
"Jack Shepherd (actor) Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP ""Bill Brand"" (1976), and the detective drama ""Wycliffe"" (1993–98). His film appearances include ""All Neat in Black Stockings"" (1969), ""Wonderland"" (1999)Gaugin'Van Gogh' BBC Omnibus Film [1990]'The Golden Compass"" (2007). He won the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for the original production of ""Glengarry Glen Ross"". Shepherd attended Roundhay School in Leeds and then"
"various episodes. Wycliffe and his team are responsible for a large geographical area and often have to spend time away from home during an investigation. This can cause problems for Wycliffe, who is shown as a contented family man, married to a teacher (Lynn Farleigh) and with two teenage children; it also makes it difficult for Lane and Kersey, who are both single, to form relationships outside work. Wycliffe's beat appears to cover mainly central and west Cornwall. There are frequent mentions of certain major towns, including the city of Truro, Newquay, Camborne and Penzance (these places were also used"
"Wymark and has a daughter called Cully, played by Laura Howard. He appeared in 81 episodes before handing over to his cousin John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon). He is assisted in every episode by a sergeant. He has three sergeants throughout his tenure, Gavin Troy; 1997–2003, Daniel Scott; 2003–2005 and Benjamin Jones; 2005–2011. Tom Barnaby Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Geoffrey ""Tom"" Barnaby (born 20 April 1943) is a fictional detective created by Caroline Graham and was one of the main characters in the ITV drama ""Midsomer Murders"". Tom Barnaby (played by John Nettles) first appears in the programme's first episode ""The"
"Jane Wymark Jane Wymark (born 31 October 1952) is an English actress. The daughter of English actor Patrick Wymark (1926–1970) and the American writer and playwright Olwen Wymark, she is best known for playing Morwenna Chynoweth Whitworth (Morwenna Carne by the close of the series) in the 1970s BBC television period drama ""Poldark"" (1977), and more recently as Joyce Barnaby (1997–2011) in the ITV detective series ""Midsomer Murders"". She has appeared in UK television dramas such as ""The Bass Player and the Blonde"", ""A Touch of Frost"", ""Dangerfield"", ""Lovejoy"" and ""Pie in the Sky"". She also appeared as Jill Mason"
"""Impossible Plays"", an account of his years in Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company at the National Theatre. Published by Methuen. His two recently completed plays are ""Against the Tide"", about William Morris, and ""The Valley of the Shadow"", about World War I. Jack Shepherd (actor) Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP ""Bill Brand"" (1976), and the detective drama ""Wycliffe"" (1993–98). His film appearances include ""All Neat in Black"
"Wycliffe and the House of Fear Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1995) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley featuring detective Charles Wycliffe. For five hundred years, the Kemps, a fiercely Catholic family, have held onto their ancestral home of Kellycoryk, but when dwindling finances looked as though they might be forced into selling, patriarch Roger married the tough and uncompromising businesswoman Bridgit, who would only save the house if she could take it over for development, an idea that greatly displeased her husband. Then, without warning, she vanishes into thin air just as Roger's previous"
"Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games, for the Hollygrove House charity. In 2013, he helped raise funds in support of children’s mental health programs in Toronto. David Sutcliffe David R. Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden on the television series ""Gilmore Girls"" and Detective Aidan Black on the television series ""Cracked"". Sutcliffe was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but raised in Grimsby and St. Catharines, Ontario. He studied English literature at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He was recruited to play varsity basketball at university, but had"
"Wycliffe soon makes his presence known as a murder investigation begins, and he quickly learns that several of the creative souls assembled have justifiable reasons for not wanting the police intruding on their private affairs. ... Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. On the moor west of St Ives, an artists' colony has been running on the site of a disused mine, run by the married astrologers Archer and Lina. The latest member is the shadowy and beautiful Francine, who hopes to invest"
"David Sutcliffe David R. Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden on the television series ""Gilmore Girls"" and Detective Aidan Black on the television series ""Cracked"". Sutcliffe was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but raised in Grimsby and St. Catharines, Ontario. He studied English literature at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He was recruited to play varsity basketball at university, but had to give up the sport when he was diagnosed with a herniated disk. Sutcliffe has appeared in numerous TV shows, his most notable roles are Adam Williams"
"Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series) Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British television series, produced by Working Title Television for BBC One, written and produced by Charlie Higson. It is a remake of the 1960s television series ""Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)"" and stars Vic Reeves as Marty Hopkirk and Bob Mortimer as Jeff Randall, two partner private detectives, Emilia Fox as Jeannie Hurst, Hopkirk's fiancée, and Tom Baker as Wyvern, a spirit mentor. Two series were commissioned and were broadcast in 2000 and 2001 with the pilot episode airing 18 March 2000. In keeping with the original series,"
"wife, Julia (another wealthy, independent woman), did several years prior, supposedly having been killed in a boating accident. When Wycliffe, who has been recovering from an illness in the area, arrives on the scene, his curiosity aroused by the mystery of Roger's wives and his home, he soon suspects that the family know more about matters than they're letting on... Wycliffe and the House of Fear Wycliffe and the House of Fear (1995) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley featuring detective Charles Wycliffe. For five hundred years, the Kemps, a fiercely Catholic family, have held onto"
"Naomi Radcliffe Naomi Radcliffe (born 1971) is an English actress. She was born in Oldham, Lancashire to Albert Radcliffe—a Canon of Manchester Cathedral—and Petrina, a teacher. She was educated at Blue Coats School in Oldham and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, having not been accepted on her first attempt. Her first professional stage appearance was in ""Be My Baby"" in 1997. Early television appearances include major roles in Kay Mellor's ""Band of Gold"" and Russell T Davies's ""The Grand"", before she took the role of Alison Wakefield in the Granada Television soap opera ""Coronation Street"". She remained"
"Highcliffe Manor Highcliffe Manor is an American sitcom with a gothic horror background focused on the events in a mansion with crazy scientists and strange figures. The series starred Shelley Fabares and aired on NBC from April 12 to May 3, 1979. The plot concerned the goings on at Highcliffe Manor, a creepy mansion in New England owned by widow Helen Blacke that was home to the Blacke Foundation, a scientific research institute with a houseful of sinister characters which included Frances, a mad scientist; Bram Shelley, a bionic man; Ian Glenville, a womanizing preacher; Cheng, a huge Korean assistant;"
"for police constables. He keeps fit by taking long walks along beaches and coastal paths. Several of Wycliffe's subordinates and colleagues are recurring characters. In many of the early cases, especially those in or near Plymouth, Detective Inspector Gill is featured. By comparison with Wycliffe's approach, he unsympathetically bullies suspects and witnesses. In later cases, Wycliffe relies more on the unpretentious Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) Doug Kersey, and Detective Sergeant (also, later Detective Inspector) Lucy Lane, who manages to look like a fashion model even in the most cramped and squalid settings. Wycliffe tolerates rather than welcomes visits from"
"including Ben Elton as Judas Iscariot. In 2001, after he sold his percentage in Up The Creek, Hardee took over a floating pub, The Wibbley Wobbley, on a converted Rhine pleasure cruiser in Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, by the River Thames. On 2 February 2005, Hardee's body was recovered from Greenland Dock, after he was reported missing from The Wibbley Wobbley on 31 January; he had been last seen late-night on 30 January. A post-mortem soon confirmed he had drowned. In an inquest at Southwark Coroner's Court on 20 July, Coroner John Sampson recorded a verdict of accidental death. It had"
"Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (1987) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. Following the death of artist Edwin Garland from a heart attack, his family and friends gather for the funeral, and are duly shocked by the apparently motiveless shooting of the dead man's son. When Wycliffe yields no clues after the reading of the old man's mischievously contrived will, the only leads he's left with are the mysterious artist's pigment known as Winsor Blue, and the death of Gifford Tate, a fellow painter and friend of Edwin's, several years before..."
"Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue (1987) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. Following the death of artist Edwin Garland from a heart attack, his family and friends gather for the funeral, and are duly shocked by the apparently motiveless shooting of the dead man's son. When Wycliffe yields no clues after the reading of the old man's mischievously contrived will, the only leads he's left with are the mysterious artist's pigment known as Winsor Blue, and the death of Gifford Tate, a fellow painter and friend of Edwin's, several years before..."
"– Amber McWilliams (26 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Frank Coats – David Bradshaw (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Hilda Burton – Ilona Rodgers (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Samuel Burton – Bill Kerr (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Isambard – Claire Chitham (9 episodes, 1990)<br> Constable Carmody – Andrew Robertt (5 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Lewis Duncan – Timothy Raby (3 episodes, 1990)<br> Lord Fordham – Frederick Treves (2 episodes, 1990)<br> Nigel – Christian Burgess (2 episodes, 1990) Season 2 (1992)<br> Isabela ""Bella"" Barrett - Rebecca Gooden<br> Doctor Austin - Peter Bensley<br> Connie - Caroline Winnall<br> Kathy (S02E04) - Tyler-Jane Mitchel<br> Sergeant Pickles - Henry Salter<br> Weeks - Nicholas Bell<br>"
"private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean (Lesley Vickerage). Throughout the series Clark was assisted by sidekicks Harry Naylor (Tom Georgeson) and Mo Connell (Siobhan Redmond). The show became a surprise hit for the BBC, winning a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Drama Series in 1994. In 2000 it was voted into the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute. The series was reviewed in an episode of the BBC documentary series ""Call the Cops"", which stated the series had ""found a way of getting to"
"Philip Hinchcliffe Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born October 1944) is a retired English television producer, writer and script editor. Hinchcliffe began his career as a writer and script editor in commercial television. He then joined the BBC to produce ""Doctor Who"" in one of its most popular eras from 1974 to 1977. He remained with the BBC as a producer for several years, working on series such as ""Private Schulz"", before launching a freelance career in the mid-1980s, which included making ""The Charmer"" for London Weekend Television in 1987. He finished his career as an executive producer for Scottish Television, with"
"can he prove it? Wycliffe and the Last Rites Wycliffe and the Last Rites (1992) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley featuring his series detective Charles Wycliffe. The vicar of Moresk, a quiet Cornish village, is shocked by the discovery of a woman's corpse sprawled across the church steps, raising suspicion that a satanic ritual has taken place in the grounds. Wycliffe slowly becomes convinced that the murder is an expression of hatred for the whole community, instead of just the victim herself. When another slaying strikes the area, he develops a theory about who the"
"Andy Whitfield Andy Whitfield (17 October 1971 – 11 September 2011) was a Welsh actor. He was best known for his leading role in the Starz television series """". Whitfield was born in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. He studied construction at Sheffield Hallam University in England. He moved to Australia in 1999 to work as a construction laborer in Lidcombe, before later settling in Sydney. He appeared in several Australian television series, such as ""Opening Up"", ""All Saints"", ""The Strip"", ""Packed to the Rafters"", and ""McLeod's Daughters"". Whitfield gained his first prominent role in the Australian supernatural film ""Gabriel"". He also"
"On the morning of 9 October 1977, Jones discovered the mutilated body of 20-year-old prostitute Jean Jordan on an allotment in Chorlton, Manchester - a victim of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Jones' first introduction into show business was when he formed a comedy duo with a friend, and went to work on the club circuit as ""Clarke and Jones"" for many years. It was during this time that Jones decided he would like to try his hand at acting, and his first big break came in 1993 when he was cast as the lead role of Bob Williams in"
"Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. On the moor west of St Ives, an artists' colony has been running on the site of a disused mine, run by the married astrologers Archer and Lina. The latest member is the shadowy and beautiful Francine, who hopes to invest a legacy into the business. Because of her Scorpio star sign, Archer isn't convinced, although Lina soon accepts her offer. However, the trouble begins when Francine is found dead, killed by a deliberately blocked gas heater."
"Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a British television cosy crime drama series, starring Patricia Routledge as the title character, Henrietta ""Hetty"" Wainthropp, that aired for four series between 3 January 1996 and 4 September 1998 on BBC One. The series, spawned from a pilot episode entitled ""Missing Persons"" aired by ITV in 1989, was co-created by writers David Cook and John Bowen, co-starred Derek Benfield as Hetty's patient husband Robert and Dominic Monaghan as her assistant and lodger Geoffrey Shawcross. Other co-stars in the series include John Graham Davies as local chief of police DCI Adams; Suzanne Maddock"