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TV series / 1987
Rockliffe's Babies
Rockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe, who is assigned to train seven young recruits to the CID, all fresh out of uniform. Under his irascible guidance, it is hoped that they will blossom into full-blown detectives. But Rockliffe is human – so human that he makes more mistakes than the 'Babies' he's supposed to be training. A follow-up series, …
The story
Rockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe, who is assigned to train seven young recruits to the CID, all fresh out of uniform. Under his irascible guidance, it is hoped that they will blossom into full-blown detectives. But Rockliffe is human – so human that he makes more mistakes than the 'Babies' he's supposed to be training.
A follow-up series, Rockliffe's Folly, follows Rockliffe through his relocation to Wessex, 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 ratings decline. Many viewers stated that the success of the two Babies series came not from Rockliffe himself, but from the popular ensemble cast.
The seasons
Season 1
Series 1
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Season 2
Series 2
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Cast
Ian HoggDS Alan Rockliffe
Joe McGannPC Gerry O'Dowd
Alphonsia EmmanuelWPC Janice Hargreaves
Bill ChampionPC David Adams
John BlakeyPC Keith Chitty
Brett FancyPC Steve Hood
Martyn EllisPC Paul Georgiou
Edward WilsonDI Charles Flight
Susanna ShellingWPC Karen Walsh
Malcolm TerrisDS J. Munro
Brian CroucherCS Barry Wyatt
Bill McCabeSgt Benyon
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John BleasdaleSgt Harry Oates
Lonnie DoneganFerns
Gabrielle GlaisterWPC Tillet
Amanda GarwoodCarol Adams
Denise MargettsLynn Chitty
Rita WolfSonia Souhami
Dinesh ShukiaTarik Azir
Melissa SimmondsBelinda Eisner
Roger BrierleyEdgar Whitney
Norman CaroEisner
Julian DuttonPedro
Kenny IrelandDanny McAteer
Arthur KellyNorman Price
Lesley Clare O'NeillTina Sinclair
Trevor ThomasBilly Sinclair
Tyrone HugginsEric Sinclair
Bernard FinchThorne
Michael WatkinsDI Phillips
Ian BurfordSgt Neil
Stephen PersaudJoseph Maxwell
Patrick HenryMatthew Maxwell
Dave AtkinsFrank Pipe
Alan FordTommy
Al Hunter AshtonRod
Harry JonesTerry Ford
Robin ChandlerBrian
Stephen ChurchettPC Reg Lacey
Peter ArmitageDS Hibbert
Bernard KayInsp Jack Walters
Heather EmmanuelPilar Aguerra
Ram John HolderWiley Hillam
Valentine NonyelaWilmott
Harriet ReynoldsMrs Collier-Stowell
Declan MulhollandPat
Norman BeatonMal
Mark PowleyJoe Dutton
John MichieBonnamy
David LonsdalePC Tibbett
Sidney LivingstoneBailey
David JacksonTierney
Mark DawsonYoung Tierney
Iain RattrayDCS Roberts
Thomas BaptisteLenny Darcy
Leon HerbertRoss Graham
Steven WoodcockTrevor Deloitte
Clive OwenPC Parslew
Harold InnocentSydney French
Geff FrancisBrinsley Harper
George AntoniCato
Richard PiperLenny Barker
Jean RimmerMrs Wales
Jonathan McKennaPeter Seed
Suzette LlewellynMarian Williams
David AllisterPaxton
Jonathan NewthDAC Tennant
Richard IresonCommander Blythe
Daniel HillTony Abbott
Dominique BarnesTessa Chapman
Jeremy YoungMr Chitty
Raj PatelMr Shah
John BreslinJohn Muirhead
Anthony Stewart HeadChris Patterson
Linda HenrySharon Hagerty
Ralph MichaelMr Matthews
Sheila RaynorMrs Matthews
Kerryann WhiteTracy Reynolds
Danny CunninghamWayne Hagerty
Alkis KritikosMr Vrionis
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