Wycliffe

Series 2

1995 · 8 episodes · 6h 40m in all · 7.7/10

Wycliffe is faced with many intriguing mysteries in series two - including the hunt for an escaped prisoner, a woman found dead in a car, a body washed ashore and claimed by two different wives, a dead schoolgirl and a surfer in a deep coma.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. All for Love

   18 Jun 1995 · 50 min · 8.0/10

   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.

2. 2

   2. The Trojan Horse

   25 Jun 1995 · 50 min · 7.0/10

   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.

3. 3

   3. Charades

   2 Jul 1995 · 50 min · 7.0/10

   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.

4. 4

   4. Lost Contact

   9 Jul 1995 · 50 min · 9.0/10

   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.

5. 5

   5. Four and Twenty Blackbirds

   16 Jul 1995 · 50 min · 8.0/10

   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.

6. 6

   6. Happy Families

   23 Jul 1995 · 50 min

   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.

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   7. Wild Oats

   30 Jul 1995 · 50 min · 8.0/10

   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.

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   8. Breaking Point

   6 Aug 1995 · 50 min · 7.0/10

   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.