Wycliffe

Wycliffe is a crime drama series that aired on ITV1 for 5 seasons from 1994 through 1998.

The series stars Jack Shepherd as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe, an old school police office deeply suspicious of new-fangled policing methods imposed on his windswept Cornish beat. Far from being idyllic Cornwall is alive with crime of all sorts including smuggling and murder. He has two trusty assistants disillusioned Detective Inspector Doug Kersey (Jimmy Yuill) and Detective Sergeant Lucy Lane (Helen Masters).

Wycliffe is based on the character in a series of crime novels by W. J. Burley.