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Wycliffe
Wycliffe: Season 3

Air Date

June 9, 1996

Episodes

8 episodes

Wycliffe

Season 3

Overview

In series three Wycliffe celebrates his silver wedding anniversary. As always, celebrations are interrupted by a murder investigation.

Episodes

Dead on Arrival

1. Dead on Arrival

June 9, 1996
50 min

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.

Number of the Beast

2. Number of the Beast

June 16, 1996
50 min

When unexplained killings rock the Bodmin community, locals become convinced that the "beast" is back.

Slave of Duty

3. Slave of Duty

July 7, 1996
50 min

A dead man found buried under a pile of 100-year old wood provides an intriguing case.

Total Loss

4. Total Loss

July 14, 1996
50 min

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.

Crazy for You

5. Crazy for You

July 21, 1996
50 min

A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Wycliffe finds that proving a motive can be harder than catching a killer.

Faith

6. Faith

July 28, 1996
50 min

The discovery of a baby's body leads the team to a bizarre pagan sect.

Last Judgement

7. Last Judgement

August 4, 1996
50 min

When a magistrate known to Wycliffe is found hanged, everything pints to suicide. But Wycliffe's instincts tell him otherwise.

Old Habits

8. Old Habits

August 11, 1996
50 min

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.