Rockliffe's Babies was a British television drama produced by the BBC

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 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

Nick Perry (writer)

Nick Perry is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. His first play Arrivederci Millwall was produced by The Combination at The Albany Empire, Deptford in 1985 and jointly won the Samuel Beckett Award. Smallholdings was first performed...

. Directors included Derek Lister, Keith Washington, Clive Fleury and David Attwood

David Attwood

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The programme was a police procedural drama, starring Ian Hogg

Ian Hogg (actor)

Ian Hogg is a British actor.- Early life :He is the son of a doctor and was educated at Durham School, Durham University and the Central School of Speech and Drama...

 as Sgt. Alan Rockliffe, assigned to train a team of inexperienced PCs - Steve Hood (Brett Fancy

Brett Fancy

Brett Fancy is a British TV and Film actor.-Theatre career:He has worked extensively in producing theatres including Chichester, Watford. Bristol and Clwyd.-TV career:...

), Gerry O'Dowd (Joe McGann

Joe McGann

Joseph 'Joe' McGann is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series The Upper Hand . He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England...

), David Adams (Bill Champion

Bill Champion

Buford Billy Champion , is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played in 202 games in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...

), 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.

Cast

Character	Actor
DS Alan Rockcliffe	Ian Hogg Ian Hogg (actor) Ian Hogg is a British actor.- Early life :He is the son of a doctor and was educated at Durham School, Durham University and the Central School of Speech and Drama...
PC David Adams	Bill Champion Bill Champion Buford Billy Champion , is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played in 202 games in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...
PC Keith Chitty	John Blakely
PC Steve Hood	Brett Fancy Brett Fancy Brett Fancy is a British TV and Film actor.-Theatre career:He has worked extensively in producing theatres including Chichester, Watford. Bristol and Clwyd.-TV career:...
PC Gerry O'Dowd	Joe McGann Joe McGann Joseph 'Joe' McGann is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series The Upper Hand . He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England...
PC Paul Georgiou	Martyn Ellis
WPC Karen Walsh	Susanna Shelling
WPC Janice Hargreaves	Alphonsia Emmanuel
DI Charlie Flight	Edward Wilson Edward Wilson (actor) Edward "Ed" Wilson was an English television actor, best known as the enthusiastic and charismatic Artistic Director of the British National Youth Theatre from 1987–2003; he later moved to Los Angeles...
Det Supt Munro	Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris is a British actor.He had a lengthy career in a large number of television programmes. Possibly his best known role was in When the Boat Comes In, a popular 1970s series, where he played the part of Matt Headley...
Chief Supt Barry Wyatt	Brian Croucher Brian Croucher Brian Croucher is an English actor and director perhaps best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera EastEnders....