New! Updated 8/23/09WycliffeDetective Superintendent Wycliffe is a quiet brooding man. He is married and has two teenaged daughters who he rarely sees because of his job. Wycliffe has responsibility for a wide area in Cornwall and must spend many a lonely night in various inns and bed & breakfasts. The settings are interesting and adds to show. He is aided by his two primary assistants: DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. They are also affected by this life on the road. The series is based on novels by William John Burley. Charles Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd. Doug Kersey is played by Jimmy Yuill and Lucy Lane is played by Helen Masters. Jack Shepherd plays Wycliffe in an understated way. It reminds we of the way Michael Kitchen played Foyle in "Foyle's War". 1st Season -1994(DVD set 1) "The Four Jacks" An archeology student is found shot in a small rented room. She has been working on the excavation of a ruin located on a local estate. She is not dead but the head wound is serious. Detective Superintendent Wycliffe is called in to investigate. When it is discovered that the girl may have been engaged in intimate activities either during or just before the crime, the framework for possible motives begins to develop. The investigation has hoarding begun when a man is found shot to death on a near by beach. The same type of car was seen near the sites for both crimes. Are the crimes related? "The Dead Flautist" An estate manager is found dead in his cottage. It is an apparent suicide. Detective Superintendent Wycliffe begins his investigation. An analysis of the gunshot wound indicates that the victim did not kill himself. Wycliffe and his team are in the process of interviewing everyone the victim knew or had any interaction with when they discover that one of the people they wanted to speak with has disappeared. Wycliffe feels the missing person may be another victim. The relationships been the victim, possible victims and suspects turn out to be very sordid. "The Scapegoat" A local undertaker goes missing around the time of an annual ritual. A wheel is decorated and a dummy is attached to the wheel. The dummy is known as the "scapegoat". The wheel is set ablaze and rolled into the sea. One of the local revelers claims the face on the dummy resembled the missing man. Shortly after Detective Superintendent Wycliffe begins his investigation, the missing mans clothes are found on the farm where the wheel was built. The farm is owned by a man who did not get along with the undertaker. "The Tangled Web" Detective Superintendent Wycliffe receives a call that an elderly woman's body has been found in a freezer. A young mildly retarded man who was also a relative has gone missing. As the investigation begins, Wycliffe also wants to interview a teenage girl who had been visiting and helping the elderly victim. She is also a relative and she is also missing. "The Last Rites" A woman is found bludgeon to death in a church and her body is positioned in front of the alter. As Wycliffe begins his investigation, he becomes aware that the woman was known to be very promiscuous and was not well liked in the village. She was especially disliked by a group of self-righteous fundamentalist Christians. Was the murder committed by a member of this group or was jealousy resulting from of one of the victim's numerous affairs the motive? "The Pea Green Boat" A boat explodes and sinks killing the owner. It is quickly determined that the boat was destroyed by a bomb. His wayward son is immediately suspected. However, Wycliffe's investigation turns up many possible motives including: The victim's refusal to sell property to a local developer; The victim's relationships with his wife and partner. A possible ongoing blackmail of victim. Wycliffe and his team have a lot to sort out to solve the crime.
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