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  • Wycliffe Feeding the Rat (Season 5, Episode 4)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wycliffe

Feeding the Rat (Season 5, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Climber Gareth Denton is killed in a cliff fall. A less than reliable witness drunkenly proclaims in the local pubs that he was murdered by his climbing partner, the obsessive Hugh Barrington, and a reconstruction tends to bear this out. ...See moreClimber Gareth Denton is killed in a cliff fall. A less than reliable witness drunkenly proclaims in the local pubs that he was murdered by his climbing partner, the obsessive Hugh Barrington, and a reconstruction tends to bear this out. Wycliffe suspects that Barrington is guilty but cannot find a motive. Lucy Lane, meanwhile, is pregnant and decides to bring up the baby on her own, having split again with boyfriend Angus. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Isabelle Grey (written by)
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Updated Jun 7, 1998

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Jun 7, 1998 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members
Name Known for
Paul Venables
Hugh Barrington Hugh Barrington   See fewer
Chris Jury
Toby Penwarren Toby Penwarren   See fewer
Kate Byers
Laura Starkie Laura Starkie   See fewer
Lynn Farleigh
Helen Wycliffe Helen Wycliffe   See fewer
Cristian Solimeno
DC Dick Hall DC Dick Hall   See fewer
Matthew Mitchell
DS Ken Robins DS Ken Robins   See fewer
Helen Masters
DI Lucy Lane DI Lucy Lane   See fewer
Jack Shepherd
Det. Supt. Wycliffe Det. Supt. Wycliffe   See fewer
Bernard Gallagher
Vic Garland Vic Garland   See fewer
Toby Davies
Solicitor Solicitor   See fewer
Mairead Carty
Wendy Chiverton Wendy Chiverton   See fewer
Chris Humphreys
Jim Hornby (as Chris Humphries) Jim Hornby (as Chris Humphries)   See fewer
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