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5/10 Starring Ian Hogg Original language(s) English Producer(s) Leonard Lewis Final episode date 1988 Number of seasons 2 | 7/10 Genre Police Drama Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 First episode date 9 January 1987 Created by Richard O'Keefe Networks BBC, BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Ian Hogg, Joe McGann, Brett Fancy, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Edward Wilson Similar Murder Investigation Team, CATS Eyes, Rose and Maloney, Enemy at the Door, The Chinese Detective |
Rockliffe's Babies was a British television drama produced by the BBC which ran for two series between 1987 and 1988. The series was devised by Richard O`Keeffe and produced by Leonard Lewis. Writers included Richard O`Keeffe, Don Webb, Charlie Humphreys and Nick Perry. Directors included Derek Lister, Keith Washington, Clive Fleury and David Attwood.

The programme was a police procedural drama, starring Ian Hogg as Sgt. Alan Rockliffe, assigned to train a team of inexperienced PCs - Steve Hood (Brett Fancy), Gerry O'Dowd (Joe McGann), David Adams (Bill Champion), Janice Hargreaves (Alphonsia Emmanuel), Paul Georgiou (Martyn Ellis), Keith Chitty (John Blakely) and Karen Walsh (Susanna Shelling).

Most of the location filming took place around the Kensal Rise area of West London. The police station interiors were at Canalot Studios, Kensal Road.

A spin-off series, Rockliffe's Folly, followed in 1988.

