Most of the episodes are meatandpotatoes inspector morsestyle stories. I love this series but it puts my husband to sleep because it is always running subplots he seems to lose track of. Cherubim and seraphim 1992 inspector morse 19872000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Inspector morse is a detective drama based on colin dexters series of chief inspector morse novels. This article contains minor spoilers for series 16 of endeavour. Inspector morse season 4 episode 04 masonic mysteries duration. The strange death of an englishwoman abroad takes morse and lewis to the city of verona in northern italy. Just the opposite, the settled focus has given it a lot of strength.
Although the last five episodes were each broadcast a year apart two years before the final episode, when released on dvd, they were billed as series eight. Adrian dunbar in inspector morse 1987 inspector morse 1987 add image see all 3 photos. John thaw, the british television actor known to millions as the crusty, musicloving chief inspector morse of oxford, died at his home in wiltshire, england, on. The series is a prequel to the longrunning detective drama series inspector morse starring john thaw.
In endeavour, season 6, shaun evans sports a new look as ds endeavour morse. Shaun evans talks about the evolution of endeavour morse, and how endeavour eventually becomes the renowned inspector morse. It is a prequel to the long running inspector morse and, like that series. The series follows chief inspector morse and sergeant lewis as they solve crimes. Endeavour is a british television detective drama series. Endeavour will continue to become more morse like in series five, the classical music morse loves was still present and continued to put us out. Morse played by the late john thaw is not the ideal policeman, his superiors think. Inspector morse the dead of jericho tv episode 1987 imdb. Rosemary and thyme s1 e2 arabica and the early spider. This is a list of episodes of the british television crime drama inspector morse, starring john thaw and kevin whately, for which eight series were broadcast between 1987 and 2000, totalling thirtythree episodes. Endeavour star reveals why season 6 is a shorter run of. One of the great mysteries of inspector morse was the first name of the character, which was revealed towards the end of the series to be endeavour.
Also available is the series called endeavour, which depicts young morse when he was a sergeant. Endeavour will have reached 27 episodes, just six shy of the original inspector morses total of 33. Popular videos inspector morse inspector morse topic. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. The show is based around the exciting exploits of chief inspector morse john thaw, a senior officer within the criminal investigation department of the oxford police, as he investigates heavy crimes in and around oxford with his sidekick, detective sergeant lewis kevin. Watch inspector morse season 6 now on your favorite device.
Morse prequel endeavour to return to itv for a longer fifth series. Endeavour is darker in series six and that suits shaun evans just fine the itv crime drama returns to sunday nights, and the man who plays young morse is now also directing share on facebook. Inspector morse john thaw and sergeant lewis kevin whately dig up another mystery in this episode of the popular british tv series. Both inspector morse and endeavour are full of that emotion. Throughout each investigation morse is usually assisted by sergeant lewis, who fails to match his superior in terms of intelligence or knowledge of morses high brow interests. Inspector morse series wrap up booktube by brians bookshelves. I believe that after this series there will be only six more episodes making the total 33.
This is the first installment in the long running british detective series inspector morse which was based on the novels of colin dexter, and would run 33 episodes over 14 years. Morse returns for a sixth season with five murder mysteries to solve. Most impressive of all is the breadth of the characterisation here. Season episodes original uk air dates season premiere season finale season 1 3 6th january 1987 20th january 1987 season 2 4 25th december 1987 22nd march 1988 season 3 4 4th january 1989 25th january 1989 season 4 4 3rd january 1990 24th january 1990 season 5. Complete series available in dvd ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. While doing this the plastic package drove me nuts, the dvds are hard to remove, and the package is now falling apart. No problems with sound and picture and i checked all 17 disks to make sure they were readable and part of a complete set.
Evans will also be putting his directorial mark on the show. Watch inspector morse online full episodes of season 8. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a. First broadcast in 1987, the inspector morse series is a crime drama based on the colin dexter novels of the same name. Down to earth series 1 episode 1 bbc tv series 2000. Inspector morse john thaw and lewis kevin whately are up against some remarkable murders including an 18yearold murder case and a trip to australia. A remastered complete morse dvd set for uscanada with subtitles. Episode, title, written by, directed by, viewers millions, original airdate. List of inspector morse episodes inspector morse wiki. Endeavour the title is morses first name follows a young, junior morse working. The inspector morse series 6 dvd contains all the episodes from the sixth series of this popular and longstanding british television show.
Occasion in which morse meets his former flame isnt the happy one she happens to be involved in the case of suicide which, later, turns out to be staged, and reveals the series of tragic events and general misery that makes morses lonely life quite happy in comparison. While season 6s finale exquisitely pointed toward a series ending, situating endeavour in the station and the house that would become home to his character in the inspector morse series, it. Shaun evans and the endeavour cast discuss how the story ended in season 5 and whats ahead for key characters. Detective chief inspector morse is a senior criminal investigation department cid officer with the thames valley police in oxford england. I think russell lewis the creator and writer of the endeavour series will, like kevin whately, not want to supplant the lewis or the original morse series. We have started with season 1, and and are working our way through all of them. Endeavour star shaun evans has revealed to digital spy why the inspector morse prequel is returning for a shorter run of episodes with its sixth season.
It starred john thaw as detective chief inspector morse and kevin whately as sergeant lewis. Pylon is as well, though it ultimately tries too hard to be too many things to fully cohere as a story. Of the three linked series, however, i think endeavor presents a more interesting morse and inspector lewis with his would have been priest sidekick is. Looking back over the season, im struck more by its stability than its risktaking. He is prickly and sarcastic, a bachelor, an oxford graduate. Guest stars for this series include martin clunes men behaving badly and sean bean. See the complete inspector morse series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The wall street journal it was only the second time inspector morse had ever taken over a murder enquiry after the preliminaryinvariably dramaticdiscovery and sweep of the crime scene. Morse john thaw stars in a sixth series of 5 murder mysteries which include a murder in italy, a prison murder and one of his most personal cases, the suicide of his stepniece. Watch inspector morse season 6, episode 1 dead on time. Inspector morse season 6 episode 1 rotten tomatoes. In this series, he has recently left an oxford college and knows the classics, but did not. The series comprises 33 twohour episodes 100 minutes excluding commercials produced between 1987 and 2000.
Featuring christopher eccleston doctor who and zoe wanamaker gormenghast. Endeavour is a british television detective drama series set in the it is a prequel to the longrunning inspector morse and. Nevertheless, its another fresh start for the show, and it reminded me anew the. In dead on time, a suicide brings up questions of foul. See more ideas about shaun evans, inspector morse and endeavour morse. Inspector morse is a british detective drama television series based on a series of novels by colin dexter. In happy families, the duo find themselves contending with. Inspector morse season 4 episode 02 the sins of the fathers duration.
It is a prequel to the longrunning inspector morse and, like that series, is. Tv series part 1 of 3 british television drama duration. The british mystery series inspector morse 19872000 proved such a popular mainstay that a prequel called endeavour on masterpiece after morses rarely mentioned christian name was. Morse investigates the apparent suicide of a terminally ill oxford don and finds he has a personal connection with the f. The latest installment of endeavour is set in 1969.