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The Last Rites

Drama

51

Aug 20, 1994

A reverend discovers the body of the famously lustful church steward posed deliberately in front of the altar, but Wycliffe suspects a motive more practical than simple conservative disapproval.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 6 episodes

The Four Jacks,

A wealthy novelist points Wycliffe in the direction of a serial killer with a taste for theatrics.

50m Jul 23, 1994

The Dead Flautist,

An amateur flautist is shot with his own gun on the wealthy Bottrell family's land, but Wycliffe suspects this supposed suicide is not what it appears.

50m Jul 30, 1994

Wycliffe investigates the murder of a local undertaker who was swapped out for the usual life-size effigy villagers light aflame and hurl into the sea every year as part of an ancient ritual.

50m Aug 6, 1994

The Tangled Web,

Wycliffe must find the connection between a runaway pregnant teenager and the corpse of an old woman locked in her own freezer.

51m Aug 13, 1994

The Last Rites,

A reverend discovers the body of the famously lustful church steward posed deliberately in front of the altar, but Wycliffe suspects a motive more practical than simple conservative disapproval.

51m Aug 20, 1994

The Pea Green Boat,

Wycliffe must unravel a fisherman's knot of loose ends when Harry Tremaine, a man whom many might want dead, is blown up on his boat.

50m Aug 27, 1994