First broadcast: 1993
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters
Based on: The novels by W.J. Burley
The lowdown: DS Wycliffe (Jack Shepherd) is old school and 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 DI Doug Kersey (Jimmy Yuill) and DS Lucy Lane (Helen Masters). Lane is being fast-tracked to greater things but her inexperience is telling.
Trivia: Shepherd won an Olivier Award for his stage performance of Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross. He is also an accomplished theatre director - and saxophonist.
