Wycliffe - Season 3

First aired: 6/9/1996 8 episodes

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

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Episodes

1. Dead on Arrival

Aired: 6/9/1996

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.

2. Number of the Beast

Aired: 6/16/1996

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

3. Slave of Duty

Aired: 7/7/1996

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

4. Total Loss

Aired: 7/14/1996

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.

5. Crazy for You

Aired: 7/21/1996

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

6. Faith

Aired: 7/28/1996

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

7. Last Judgement

Aired: 8/4/1996

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

8. Old Habits

Aired: 8/11/1996

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.