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Series · 1987–1988
Rockliffe's Babies
2 seasonsBBC One
- Crime
- Drama
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.
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Seasons
2 seasons · 18 episodes
- Series 18 episodes · 1987
- Series 210 episodes · 1988
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Cast
Ian HoggDS Alan Rockliffe
Joe McGannPC Gerry O'Dowd
Alphonsia EmmanuelWPC Janice Hargreaves
Details
- Created by
- Richard O'Keefe
- Music
- Joe Campbell, Paul Hart
- Editor
- Nigel Cattle
- Producer
- Leonard Lewis
- First aired
- January 9, 1987
- Last aired
- March 18, 1988
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Episode length
- 50m
- Language
- English
