Season 2

Series 2

Wycliffe

8 episodes18/06/1995★ 7.7

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

Episode 1
S2 · E1 · 18/06/1995 · 50 min

All for Love

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.

★ 8.0 · 1 votes
Episode 2
S2 · E2 · 25/06/1995 · 50 min

The Trojan Horse

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.

★ 7.0 · 1 votes
Episode 3
S2 · E3 · 02/07/1995 · 50 min

Charades

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.

★ 7.0 · 1 votes
Episode 4
S2 · E4 · 09/07/1995 · 50 min

Lost Contact

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.

★ 9.0 · 1 votes
Episode 5
S2 · E5 · 16/07/1995 · 50 min

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

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.

★ 8.0 · 1 votes
Episode 6
S2 · E6 · 23/07/1995 · 50 min

Happy Families

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.

Episode 7
S2 · E7 · 30/07/1995 · 50 min

Wild Oats

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.

★ 8.0 · 1 votes
Episode 8
S2 · E8 · 06/08/1995 · 50 min

Breaking Point

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.

★ 7.0 · 1 votes

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