Rockliffe's Babies
Rating: 5.8 · 1987 · Crime, Drama · United Kingdom · 2 sns
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1987
- Genre
- Crime, Drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Seasons
- 2
- TMDB
- 5.8
- IMDb
- 5.8
Director
Cast
- Ian Hogg — DS Alan Rockliffe
- Joe McGann — PC Gerry O'Dowd
- Alphonsia Emmanuel — WPC Janice Hargreaves
- Bill Champion — PC David Adams
- John Blakey — PC Keith Chitty
- Brett Fancy — PC Steve Hood
- Martyn Ellis — PC Paul Georgiou
- Edward Wilson — DI Charles Flight
- Susanna Shelling — WPC Karen Walsh
- Malcolm Terris — DS J. Munro
- Brian Croucher — CS Barry Wyatt
- Bill McCabe — Sgt Benyon
- John Bleasdale — Sgt Harry Oates
- Lonnie Donegan — Ferns
- Gabrielle Glaister — WPC Tillet
- Amanda Garwood — Carol Adams
- Denise Margetts — Lynn Chitty
- Rita Wolf — Sonia Souhami
- Dinesh Shukia — Tarik Azir
- Melissa Simmonds — Belinda Eisner