Wycliffe star Jack Shepherd, who played detective Charles Wycliffe in the ITV series, has died at the age of 85.

The English actor died following a ‘short illness’, his family said in a statement.

The Leeds star was best known as Cornish detective Wycliffe, in the drama which aired between 1993 and 1998.

Based on the novels by W J Burley and set against the magnificent and windswept Cornish coast, the detective series followed the extremely meticulous and whipsmart Detective Superintendent Wycliffe.

Cornwall faced a string of serious crimes, which Wycliffe and his investigative team took on, with colleagues DI Doug Kersey, played by Scottish actor Jimmy Yuill, and Helen Masters’ DI Lucy Lane.

A statement shared with PA said: ‘It is with great sadness we can confirm that the celebrated

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