Rockliffe's Babies

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 18

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 th...

Episodes(8)

Sirens

1. Sirens

A hooded prowler, an armed robbery, a mugging on the notorious Dragon Estate - it's a busy week for the young PCs. But O'Dowd is in dead trouble. Will the oil-rich Sonia Souhami come to his rescue?

Air Date : 1987-01-09

Sweet and Sour Revenge

2. Sweet and Sour Revenge

A murder has been committed and Rockliffe has been given the name of a suspect. The name revives old and bitter memories. But is it fifteen years too late to do any good?

Air Date : 1987-01-16

It's All Happening

3. It's All Happening

Rockliffe complains about the work load. There are drug dealers, rapists, muggers, murderers, thieves and con-men around. What can turn up next? Joseph Maxwell, that's what.

Air Date : 1987-01-23

A Bad Few Days

4. A Bad Few Days

""This bloke's son is thirteen, has an assessed age of six, goes eleven stone on the scales and is a friend to every stranger he meets. What do you want me to do? Let him find his own way home in the cause of race relations?""

Air Date : 1987-01-30

In the Bag

5. In the Bag

Why has the habitually lazy Paul Georgiou activated himself and acquired an informant?

Air Date : 1987-02-06

Ghetto-Blasters

6. Ghetto-Blasters

There's a tense situation in the black community. A man has died in police custody as a result of using a deadly drug. Rockliffe and Flight think they know who the dealer is, but if they act will there be worse trouble?

Air Date : 1987-02-13

Up the Down Escalator

7. Up the Down Escalator

What arises for Rockliffe and the crime squad as a result of hunger pains?

Air Date : 1987-02-20

Extra-curricular

8. Extra-curricular

Rockliffe is surprised to learn that some members of his squad find him unapproachable. Doesn't he always come to their aid when they need him? And that's just what he has to do when Adams goes out on a limb.

Air Date : 1987-02-27