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Rockliffe's Babies

★ 7.3 118 votes 1987–1988 2 seasons · 18 episodes Ended BBC One
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Starring
Ian HoggJoe McGannAlphonsia EmmanuelBill ChampionJohn BlakeyMartyn Ellis
Starring
Ian HoggJoe McGannAlphonsia EmmanuelBill ChampionJohn BlakeyMartyn Ellis

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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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Series 11987
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Series 21988
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Cast

Ian Hogg Sergeant Alan Rockliffe
Joe McGann PC Gerry O'Dowd
Alphonsia Emmanuel WPC Janice Hargreaves
Bill Champion PC David Adams
John Blakey PC Keith Chitty
Martyn Ellis PC Paul Georgiou
Brett Fancy PC Steve Hood
Edward Wilson Detective Inspector Charles Flight
Susanna Shelling WPC Karen Walsh
Malcolm Terris Detective Superintendent J Munro

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