Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death

Slow and dull, with very amateurish direction. Jack Shepherd seems to be trying to play a version of the rather morose Morse, but really isn't strong enough as the lead. The rest of the cast appear somewhat bored with the whole thing. The action jumps from scene to scene with little logic or cohesion and the dialogue is pretty mundane. Overall, it lacks anything to grab and hold the viewers' attention and, frankly, I quickly lost interest; none of the characters made much of an impression and I really couldn't care less who the bad guys were or why they'd done what they'd done.

On the positive side, the background musical accompaniment does not intrude and there's some decent scenery which may encourage tourism even if it doesn't add much to the story line..

It's not awful but certainly nowhere near as good as other similar detective series of its time. 4 out of 10 is the most I can give it.