Wycliffe: Series 5

The wild, craggy Cornish coast seems like a boon for criminals-but that just makes easy pickings for forthright and observant Detective Superintendent Wycliffe (Jack Shepherd, The Golden Compass, God on Trial). In these intriguing mysteries, Wycliffe's team investigates thieves, blackmailers, arsonists, murderers, poachers, wife beaters, kidnappers, computer hackers and cop killers.

On Offer
Kersey investigates the suspicious death of a salmon poacher. Wycliffe, still recuperating from the attempt on his life, and Lane, now Acting DCI, consider their futures.

Time Out
A prostitute claims that a client has confessed to murdering another girl.

Standing Stone
A friend of Kersey's reports his wife missing when she fails to return home from evening class, then her tutor is found murdered.

Feeding the Rat
A climbing enthusiast is killed in a cliff fall, and an informant claims that the man was pushed.

Scope
A police officer, whose wife had been having an affair with another officer, is murdered.

Land's End
Lane takes time out from an investigation into the deaths of two drug dealers to defend her boss against allegations of corruption.

Based on the novels by W.J. Burley
Adapted by Edward Canfor-Dumas, Steve Trafford, Russell Lewis, Andrew Holden, Roy Heyland
Original Music by Nigel Hess
Executive Producers Steve Matthews and Jenny Reeks
Produced by Geraint Morris
Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, Martyn Friend, A.J. Quinn

"A favourite with millions of viewers." - Sunday Mail

"The calm, unflappable Cornish detective" - Sunday Mirror