''Rockliffe'' is a

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drama series, produced by the BBC, 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, which include Steve Hood ( Brett Fancy), Gerry O'Dowd ( Joe McGann), David Adams (Bill Champion), Janice Hargreaves (

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), 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 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

* Ian Hogg as DS Alan Rockliffe

Rockliffe's Babies

* Bill Champion as PC David Adams * John Blakey as PC Keith Chitty * Brett Fancy as PC Steve Hood * Joe McGann as PC Gerry O'Dowd * Martyn Ellis as PC Paul Georgiou * Susanna Shelling as WPC Karen Walsh *

as WPC Janice Hargreaves * Brian Croucher as Chief Superintendent Barry Wyatt * Bill McCabe as Sergeant Benyon *

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as DI Charlie Flight * Malcolm Terris as Detective Superintendent Munro

Rockliffe's Folly

* 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

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rockliffe (Tv Series) 1987 British television series debuts 1988 British television series endings BBC television dramas 1980s British crime television series 1980s British drama television series British English-language television shows