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''Rockliffe'' is a
British television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection ...
police procedural
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drama series, produced by the
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, which ran for three series between 9 January 1987 and 14 December 1988. ''Rockliffe'' was devised by Richard O'Keeffe, and produced by Leonard Lewis. The first two series, entitled ''Rockliffe's Babies'', starred
Ian Hogg as Alan Rockliffe, a detective sergeant assigned to train a team of inexperienced plain-clothed Crime Squad PCs in inner-city
London
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, which include Steve Hood (
Brett Fancy
Brett Fancy (born 4 January 1964 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is an English film, TV, and theatre actor.
Early life
Born and raised in Portsmouth, he is the son of Brian Fancy, a HMNB Portsmouth dockyard worker, and is the grandson of ...
), Gerry O'Dowd (
Joe McGann
Joseph McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His roles include the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series '' The Upper Hand'' (1990–1996), '' Night and Day'' and his voice role as Sir Gideon Ofnir ...
), David Adams (Bill Champion), Janice Hargreaves (
Alphonsia Emmanuel), Paul Georgiou (Martyn Ellis), Keith Chitty (John Blakely) and Karen Walsh (Susanna Shelling). The series featured writing contributions from Richard O`Keeffe, Don Webb, Charlie Humphreys and
Nick Perry, and was directed by Derek Lister, Keith Washington, Clive Fleury and
David Attwood.
The third series, entitled ''Rockliffe's Folly'', followed Rockliffe through his relocation to Wessex Police, dealing with rural crimes as part of a new team of investigators. The seven episode third series proved to be the last, with many citing a change in the programme's formula for the heavy decline in viewing figures. Many viewers stated that the success of the two ''Babies'' series came not from Rockliffe himself, but from the popular ensemble cast. Most of the location filming featured in the first two series took place around the
Kensal Rise
Kensal Green is an area in north-west London. It lies mainly in the London Borough of Brent, with a small part to the south within Kensington and Chelsea. Kensal Green is located on the Harrow Road, about miles from Charing Cross.
To the w ...
area of West London. Notably, the police station interiors were at Canalot Studios, Kensal Road. A paperback novel was released as a tie-in to the first series on 11 December 1986, four weeks before the broadcast of the first episode. After many years of remaining unreleased, the first two series have been earmarked for release on DVD by Network distributing on 8 May 2017.
Cast
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Ian Hogg as DS Alan Rockliffe
Rockliffe's Babies
* Bill Champion as PC David Adams
* John Blakey as PC Keith Chitty
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Brett Fancy
Brett Fancy (born 4 January 1964 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is an English film, TV, and theatre actor.
Early life
Born and raised in Portsmouth, he is the son of Brian Fancy, a HMNB Portsmouth dockyard worker, and is the grandson of ...
as PC Steve Hood
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Joe McGann
Joseph McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His roles include the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series '' The Upper Hand'' (1990–1996), '' Night and Day'' and his voice role as Sir Gideon Ofnir ...
as PC Gerry O'Dowd
* Martyn Ellis as PC Paul Georgiou
* Susanna Shelling as WPC Karen Walsh
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Alphonsia Emmanuel as WPC Janice Hargreaves
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Brian Croucher
Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera '' EastEnders''. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series ' ...
as Chief Superintendent Barry Wyatt
* Bill McCabe as Sergeant Benyon
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Edward Wilson as DI Charlie Flight
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Malcolm Terris
Malcolm Hope Terris (11 January 1941 – 6 June 2020) was an English actor.
He acted in many television programmes, including possibly his best-known role as Matt Headley in ''When the Boat Comes In'', a popular 1970s series.
His film career ...
as Detective Superintendent Munro
Rockliffe's Folly
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James Aubrey as DI Derek Hoskins
* Ian Brimble as Inspector Leslie Yaxley
* Aaron Harris DC Paul Whitmore
* Carole Nimmons as Sergeant Rachel Osborne
* Craig Nightingale as PC Guy Overton
* Elizabeth Henry as WPC Hester Goswell
* John Hartley as PC Alfred Duggan
Episodes
Series 1: Rockliffe's Babies (1987)
Series 2: Rockliffe's Babies 2 (1988)
Series 3: Rockliffe's Folly (1988)
References
External links
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1987 British television series debuts
1988 British television series endings
BBC television dramas
1980s British crime television series
1980s British drama television series
English-language television shows