EndedBBC One1987-01-09

Rockliffe's Babies

Name: Rockliffe's Babies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1987-01-09
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Ian Hogg, Joe McGann, Alphonsia Emmanuel

Crime Drama~50 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC One

Countries

First aired

1987-01-09

Last aired

1988-03-18

Language

Rating

5.8 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

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.