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Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
Created by Written by Colin Dexter Russell Lewis
Inspector Morse is a fictional character in the eponymous series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, as well as the 33-episode 19872000 television adaptation of the same name, in which the character was portrayed by John Thaw. Morse is a senior CID (Criminal Investigation Department) officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England. With a Jaguar car (originally a Lancia in the novels), a thirst for English real ale and a penchant for music (especially opera and Wagner), poetry, art, classics, classic cars, and cryptic crossword puzzles, Morse presents a likeable persona, despite his sullen temperament.
Inspector Morse Morse is an extremely intelligent individual. He dislikes spelling errors and grammatical mistakes, demonstrated by the fact that in every personal or private document written to him he manages to point out at least one spelling mistake. He claims his approach to crime-solving is deductive and one of his key tenets is that "there is a 50 per cent chance that the last person to see the victim alive was the murderer". In reality, it is the pathologists who deduce; Morse uses immense intuition and his fantastic memory to get to the killer.
Career
Although details of Morse's career are deliberately kept vague, it is hinted that as a schoolboy he won a scholarship to study at St John's College, Oxford. He lost the scholarship as the result of poor academic performance, which in turn resulted from a failed love affair (mentioned in the series at the end of "The Last Enemy" and recounted in detail in the novel The Riddle of the Third Mile, chapter 7). Forced to leave the University, he entered the Army, and on leaving it, joined the police. He often reflects on renowned scholars (such as A. E. Housman) who, like himself, failed to get academic degrees from Oxford.
Novels
The novels in the series are: Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) Last Seen Wearing (1976) The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977) Service of All the Dead (1979) The Dead of Jericho (1981) The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983) The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986) The Wench is Dead (1989) The Jewel That Was Ours (1991) The Way Through the Woods (1992) The Daughters of Cain (1994) Death is Now My Neighbour (1996) The Remorseful Day (1999)
Inspector Morse also appears in several stories in Dexter's short story collection, Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories (1993, expanded edition 1994). Dexter killed off Morse in his last book, The Remorseful Day. Morse dies in hospital from complications of his neglected diabetes, a disease Colin Dexter shares.
Television
The Inspector Morse novels were made into a TV series (also called Inspector Morse) for the British TV channel ITV. The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central (a company later acquired by Carlton) and comprises 33two-hour episodes (100minutes excluding commercials)20more episodes than there are novelsproduced between 1987 and 2000. The last episode was adapted from the final novel, The Remorseful Day, in which as previously stated Morse dies. In August 2011 it was announced that ITV was to film a prequel drama, Endeavour, with author Colin Dexter's participation. Portraying a young Morse in his university days and early career,[6] English actor Shaun Evans plays the young Morse.[7] The drama was broadcast on 2 January 2012 on ITV 1. A decision on commissioning a series has not yet been made.[8] Another spin-off, Lewis, based on the television incarnation of Lewis has been produced since 2006.
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Radio
An occasional BBC Radio 4 series (for the Saturday Play) was made starring the voices of John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis. The series was written by Guy Meredith and directed by Ned Chaillet. Episodes included: The Wench is Dead (23 March 1992); Last Seen Wearing (28 May 1994); and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (10 February 1996).
Theatre
A brand new Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (author of four Morse screenplays for ITV). The part of Morse was played by Colin Baker. The play, entitled MorseHouse of Ghosts, saw the inscrutable Detective Chief Inspector Morse looking to his past, when an old acquaintance becomes the lead suspect in a murder case that involves the on-stage death of a young actress. The play toured the UK from August to December 2010.[9]
References
[1] The Dead of Jericho, chapter 21 [2] The Dead of Jericho, chapter 21 [3] Colin Dexter in Super Sleuths: Inspector Morse. Director: Katie Kinnaird [4] Inspector Morse, "Cherubim and Seraphim" (http:/ / uk. youtube. com/ watch?v=FXI7_x2Kmfo), YouTube. [5] Val McDermid, Review: Death Is Now My Neighbour (http:/ / www. twbooks. co. uk/ reviews/ vmcdermid/ vreview4. html#Death is Now My Neighbour) [6] Inspector Morse set for TV comeback as young man (http:/ / www. oxfordmail. co. uk/ news/ yourtown/ oxford/ 9005186. Inspector_Morse_set_for_TV_comeback_as_young_man/ ), Oxford Mail, 4 May 2011 [7] Inspector Morse is an enigma let's keep him that way (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ tvandradio/ 8681868/ Inspector-Morse-is-an-enigma-lets-keep-him-that-way. html/ ), The Telegraph, 5 August 2011 [8] "My dad Morse" Radio Times, 31 December - 6 January 2012, pp.30-31 [9] "What's on Stage" (http:/ / www. whatsonstage. com/ news/ theatre/ london/ E8831273054191/ Inspector+ Morse+ Has+ Stage+ Debut+ with+ Colin+ Baker. html). .
Further reading
Allen, Paul and Jan, Endeavoring to Crack the Morse Code (Inspector Morse) Exposure Publishing (2006) Bishop, David, The Complete Inspector Morse: From the Original Novels to the TV Series London: Reynolds & Hearn (2006) ISBN 1-905287-13-5 Bird, Christopher, The World of Inspector Morse: A Complete A-Z Reference for the Morse Enthusiast Foreword by Colin Dexter London: Boxtree (1998) ISBN 0-7522-2117-5 Goodwin, Cliff, Inspector Morse Country : An Illustrated Guide to the World of Oxford's famous detective London: Headline (2002) ISBN 0-7553-1064-0 Leonard, Bill, The Oxford of Inspector Morse: Films Locations History Location Guides, Oxford (2004) ISBN 0-9547671-1-X Richards, Antony and Philip Attwell, The Oxford of Inspector Morse Richards, Antony, Inspector Morse On Location Sanderson, Mark, The Making of Inspector Morse Pan Macmillan (1995) ISBN 0-330-34418-8
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External links
Morse's Oxford Online Tour (created by Oxford University) (http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/ morses_oxford/) Morse's Oxford Tour (http://britmovietours.com/bookings/inspector-morse-tour/)
Theme music composer Barrington Pheloung Country of origin No. of series No. of episodes United Kingdom 7 full series (19871993) and 5 specials (19952000) 33 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Producer(s) Ted Childs Zenith Productions Central Independent Television Oxford, England 100 minutes Broadcast Original channel Picture format ITV 4:3 (19871993) 16:9 (19952000) 6 January 1987 15November2000 Chronology Related shows Lewis Endeavour
Original run
Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) 20 more episodes than there are novels produced between 1987 and 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes. The series was first shown on Britain's ITV network, was made by Zenith Productions for Central Independent Television. Later, it was produced by Carlton UK Productions between 1995 and 1996. Towards the series end, it was made by Carlton and WGBH. Every episode involved a new murder investigation featuring several guest stars, and showed a complete story. Writer Anthony Minghella scripted three including the first, The Dead of Jericho, which was filmed in the summer of 1985,[1] and aired on January 6, 1987 featuring Gemma Jones, Patrick Troughton and James Laurenson. Its other writers included Julian Mitchell (10 episodes), Daniel Boyle (5) and Alma Cullen (4 episodes), and its directors included John Madden (4 episodes), Herbert Wise (3), Peter Hammond (3), Adrian Shergold (3) and Danny Boyle (2 episodes].[2]
Inspector Morse (TV series) The series remains popular and is frequently repeated on ITV1 and ITV3 in Britain.[3]
Ted Childs, executive producer Rebecca Eaton, American executive producer of episodes 31-33 Laurie Greenwood, associate producer
Production
Morse was played by John Thaw, and the faithful Detective Sergeant Lewis by Kevin Whately. The character of Lewis was transformed from the elderly Welshman and ex-boxer of the novels to a much younger Geordie police sergeant with a family, as a foil to Morse's cynical streak. Morse's first name is not revealed except for the one occasion when he explains to a lady friend that his father was obsessed with Captain James Cook and for this reason his first name is Endeavour. On the other occasions, he usually answers "Morse. Everyone just calls me Morse" or dryly replies "Inspector", when asked what his first name is.[3] Thaw had a special appreciation of the fact that Morse was different from classic characters such as James Bond and Sherlock Holmes. Morse was brilliant but he was not always right. He often arrested the wrong person or came to the wrong conclusion. As a result, unlike many classic sleuths, Morse does not always simply arrest his culprit; ironic circumstances have the case end and the crime brought to him. Also, Morse was a romanticfrequently mildly and gently flirting with or asking out colleagues, witnesses or suspectsoccasionally bordering on the unprofessional, but had little success in love. Morse is a character whose talents and intelligence were being wasted in positions which fail to match his abilities. Several references are made to the fact that Morse would have been promoted above and beyond Chief Inspector at Thames Valley CID, but his cynicism and lack of ambition, coupled also to veiled hints that he may have made enemies in high places, frustrate his progression despite his Oxford connections. Morse is a highly credible detective and plausible human being. His penchant for drinking, his life filled with difficult personal relationships, and his negligence toward his health, however, make him a more tragic character than previous classic sleuths. Morse's eventual death in the final episode "The Remorseful Day" is caused by heart problems exacerbated by heavy drinking, differing from the literary character's diabetes-related demise.
Morse interests
Morse had 'highbrow' passions: music (especially opera; Mozart and Wagner among his favourites), poetry, art, classics, British real ale, classic cars and cryptic crossword puzzles. When seen at home, Morse is usually listening to music, solving a crossword, reading classic literature, or drinking ale. While working, Morse subsists on quickly downed pints of ale in pubs, usually bought by Lewis who struggles to keep up. Many of his cases touch on Morse's interests and it is often his knowledge that helps him solve them. In "The Death of the Self", the episode ends with Morse seeing one of the characters, an opera singer recovering from a long absence through stage-fright, make her 'comeback' performance at the amphitheatre in Verona, while in "Twilight of the Gods", he investigates the life of one of his opera idols, Gwladys Probert, a world-famous soprano. In "Who Killed Harry Field?", the murder victim is a painter, and in "The Way Through the Woods", Morse researches the pre-Raphaelite movement to aid his investigations. In several episodes, Morse's crossword-solving ability helps him to spot where people have changed identities by creating a new name which is an anagram. In "Masonic Mysteries", he is maliciously implicated in the murder of a woman when his Times newspaper is placed in the victim's house, with his handwriting filling in the crossword. In the same episode, the writer names Morse's old Inspector from when he was a detective sergeant as 'Macnutt' in homage to D.S. Macnutt, better known as the famous and influential Observer puzzle setter 'Ximenes'. In "The Sins of the Fathers", he investigates a murder in a brewery-owning family while, in the first episode, "The Dead of Jericho", he compares the life of a dead woman with that of Jocasta, the mother of Oedipus. The same episode also introduced his Jaguar Mark 2 car (which is damaged at the start and end of the story). His interest in classic cars is also explored in "Driven to Distraction" where, he suspects a car-salesman of murder. He so strongly seems to dislike Jeremy Boynton that he refers to Morse's own Jaguar as "she", which makes Morse convinced of his guilt. In "Cherubim and Seraphim", he investigates the suicide of his niece and discusses with her English teacher about her interest in the poet Sylvia Plath, who also killed herself. The teacher defends the teaching of Plath's poetry to students and says that her suicide will not influence students to do the same. In "Second Time Around", investigating the killing of a retired detective, Morse is haunted by an early case of his in which a young girl had been murdered and an obvious suspect could very well be innocent.
Music
The theme and incidental music for the series was written by Barrington Pheloung and utilises a motif based on the Morse code for "M.O.R.S.E.". In the documentary, The Mystery of Morse, Pheloung states that he occasionally spelled out the name of the killer in Morse code in the music, or alternatively spelled out the name of another character as a red herring. The series also included opera and other classical genres as part of its soundtrack, most notably pieces by Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (whose Magic Flute is a significant plot device in one episode).
Locations
Beaumont College (in the TV episode, "The Last Enemy") and Lonsdale College (in The Riddle of the Third Mile, the book on which "The Last Enemy" was based) are both fictional Oxford colleges. The real Brasenose College and Exeter College were used to represent Lonsdale, while Corpus Christi was used for Beaumont. Both fictional names are from real streets in Oxford. There is a Lonsdale College at Lancaster University. St Saviour's College in the episode, "Fat Chance" is also fictitious, though New College was used as the location for it. Merton and University College were used for the fictional Beaufort College in the episode, "The Infernal Serpent". Christ Church appears in "The Daughters of Cain" as the fictional Wolsey College. Eton College was used extensively as an alternative set to depict various parts of Oxford through the series, notably the county court in the episode, "The Silent World of
Inspector Morse (TV series) Nicholas Quinn". Many of the generic locations used throughout the series, including Morse's house, were situated in Ealing, London amongst the residential streets to the north of Ealing Broadway. Some scenes were also filmed at Brunel University, London.
Props
The Regency red Jaguar Mark 2 2.4L car (with number plate 248 RPA) used by Morse throughout the television series became synonymous with the main character, despite Morse's driving a Lancia in the original novels. The Jaguar was given away in a competition a year after filming ended, and in 2002 it was auctioned for 53,200, many times the going rate for a "normal" 2.4.[4] In November 2005 it was sold again for more than 100,000.[5]
Spinoffs
Lewis
A pilot episode, Lewis, starring Kevin Whately as the now-promoted (and widowed, making the character's situation closer to Morse's) Inspector Lewis went into production in July 2005. This pilot was broadcast on ITV on 29 January 2006, and in the US it aired on PBS on July 31 of the same year under the title Inspector Lewis. A further three episodes were broadcast on ITV in February and March 2007. April 2011 saw the fifth series finish its run.
Endeavour
In May 2011 ITV announced that it was to make a prequela two-hour special Endeavour, with author Colin Dexter's participation, portraying a young Morse.[6] Set in 1965, Shaun Evans plays the young detective constable Morse who is preparing to hand in his resignation when he becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a missing school girl. It was broadcast on 2 January 2012.[7]
References
[1] [2] [3] [4] "Inspector Morse in Jericho" (http:/ / www. pstalker. com/ echo/ f_53b. html). Jericho Echo. June 2003. . Retrieved 12 April 2012. "Inspector Morse an Episode Guide" (http:/ / epguides. com/ InspectorMorse/ guide. shtml). Epguides.com. . Retrieved 29 April 2012. Inspector Morse (http:/ / www. screenonline. org. uk/ tv/ id/ 523493/ ) at the BFI's Screenonline, Retrieved 4 August 2010, "Back from the dead" (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ motoring/ 2746644/ Back-from-the-dead. html). The Daily Telegraph. 2007-04-28. . Retrieved 2012-04-28. [5] "Morse Jaguar makes over 100,000" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 4485816. stm). BBC News. 2005-11-30. . Retrieved 2009-09-14. [6] Inspector Morse set for TV comeback as young man (http:/ / www. oxfordmail. co. uk/ news/ yourtown/ oxford/ 9005186. Inspector_Morse_set_for_TV_comeback_as_young_man/ ), Oxford Mail, 4 May 2011. [7] ITV Drama: Endeavour (http:/ / www. bestbritishtv. com/ ?p=2045) on Best British TV.com
External links
Granada International's Official Inspector Morse website (http://www.morsetv.com) Official Inspector Morse website (http://www.inspectormorse.co.uk) Inspector Morse (http://www.itv.com/inspectormorse) at itv.com. Inspector Morse (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/9084) at the British Film Institute. Inspector Morse (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/523493/) at the BFI's Screenonline. Inspector Morse (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/I/htmlI/inspectormor/inspectormor.htm) at the MBC's. Encyclopedia of Television. Inspector Morse (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092379/) at the Internet Movie Database. Inspector Morse episode guide (http://epguides.com/InspectorMorse/guide.shtml) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092379/episodes
Series 1: 1987
# 1 (1-01) Title "The Dead of Jericho" Writer(s) Anthony Minghella Director Alastair Reid Original airdate 6 January 1987
Anne Stavely, a friend of Morse's, ostensibly commits suicide at her home in Jericho, though Morse isn't convinced. Morse works with Sergeant Lewis for the first time. Based on the novel The Dead of Jericho. Cast includes Gemma Jones. 2 (1-02) "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" Julian Mitchell Brian Parker 13 January 1987
The murder of a deaf university entrance examiner leads Morse and Lewis into a possible college cheating scandal. Based on the novel The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. 3 (1-03) "Service of All the Dead" Julian Mitchell Peter Hammond 20 January 1987
A church warden is found with a knife in his chest; more bodies pile up as Morse and Lewis try to catch a dangerous psychopath. Based on the novel Service of All the Dead.
Series 2: 19871988
# 4 (2-01) Title "The Wolvercote Tongue" Writer(s) Julian Mitchell Director Alastair Reid Original airdate 25 December 1987
This was subsequently novelised as The Jewel That Was Ours, although the resolution is quite different. An American tourist is found dead in a hotel room at the The Randolph Hotel, apparently from a heart attack. Morse suspects foul play and a jewel belonging to the victim goes missing. 5 (2-02) "Last Seen Wearing" Thomas Ellice Edward Bennett 8 March 1988
A school girl has been missing for six months and Morse is convinced she is dead. However he and Lewis discover some disturbing facts about one of the schools she attended. But before he can solve the mystery, another murder happens. Based on the novel Last Seen Wearing. 6 (2-03) "The Settling of the Sun" Charles Wood Peter Hammond 15 March 1988
Morse is called on to solve the murder of a Japanese student, one of a group of foreign students attending a dinner with Morse 7 (2-04) "Last Bus to Woodstock" Michael Wilcox Peter Duffell 22 March 1988
Morse investigates the murder of an 18 year old woman found dead in a pub car park. Based on the novel Last Bus to Woodstock.
Series 3: 1989
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# 8 (3-01)
Valuable paintings are stolen from a stately home, Hanbury House, and Sir Julius Hanbury, the owner, is missing. After Morse finds Sir Julius's body in his private chapel, Lewis notices that a fatal car accident is caused when the brake line has been cut, and the driver of the car has a reply on him in response to a blackmail threat. 9 (3-02) "The Last Enemy" Peter Buckman James Scott 11 January 1989
The torso of a man (missing the head, lower legs, and forearms), is found floating in a canal at Thrupp. An old university friend of Morse's, and now the Master of the Oxford college Beaumont, Sir Alexander Reece, asks Morse to investigate the disappearance of the Deputy Master. Based on The Riddle of the Third Mile. 10 (3-03) "Deceived by Flight" Anthony Minghella Anthony Simmons 18 January 1989
An old college roommate of Morse's, Anthony Donn (Daniel Massey), comes to Oxford for a cricket match and calls Morse after 20-years and wants to get together and talk. Morse soon gets distracted by a case where three people are killed in a hate crime in the fire bombing of a very liberal bookstore. Donn, who obviously had something on his mind to talk about with Morse, then turns up dead in his college lodging. Lewis replaces Donn on the cricket team the Clarets to go undercover. A cricket match between the Clarets and the Hearties, organized by another former college companion of Morse's, Roly Marshall (Norman Rodway), is disrupted when Peter Foster (Geoffrey Beevers) is found murdered in the changing rooms, stabbed in the chest with a pair of scissors. 11 (3-04) "The Secret of Bay 5B" Alma Cullen Jim Goddard 25 January 1989
A murder at a multi-storey car park uncovers a crime of passion involving a jealous husband, his wife, and her lover.
Series 4: 1990
# 12 (4-01) Title "The Infernal Serpent" Writer(s) Alma Cullen Director John Madden Original airdate 3 January 1990
The death of a senior fellow outside his Oxford college of Beaufort, during an apparent mugging, while on the way to give a controversial speech, leads Morse to suspect the prominent environmentalist was killed because of his beliefs. The death appears to have been a heart attack and Morse is just about to give up on the case, which is what his superior wants him to do, but feels that Master Matthew Copley-Barnes (Geoffrey Palmer) and his family, including a well known reporter, Sylvie Maxton (Cheryl Campbell) who lived with the family when she was young, are not telling him everything about some mysterious packages the Master is receiving. (The title is from Paradise Lost by John Milton.) 13 (4-02) "The Sins of the Fathers" Jeremy Burnham Peter Hammond 10 January 1990
Morse and Lewis investigate whether two murders at a family brewery are linked to a proposed takeover bid. 14 (4-03) "Driven to Distraction" Anthony Minghella Sandy Johnson 17 January 1990
Morse is convinced a local car dealer, Jeremy Boynton (Patrick Malahide), is a killer after two women are murdered. Lewis brings in a specialist in crimes against women, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Maitland (Mary Jo Randle), to help out with the case. Since a driving school is located just behind the dealership, Morse decides to take some driving lessons to irritate and intimidate Boynton by leaving his car parked at the dealership. 15 (4-04) "Masonic Mysteries" Julian Mitchell Danny Boyle 24 January 1990
Morse becomes the prime suspect when his lady friend is murdered at a dress rehearsal of Mozart's The Magic Flute, and he is found holding her with a knife in his hand. It soon becomes apparent that one of his old adversaries, Hugo De Vries (Ian McDiarmid), is trying to implicate and "torture" him.
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Series 5: 1991
# 16 (5-01) Title "Second Time Around" Writer(s) Daniel Boyle Director Adrian Shergold Original airdate 20 February 1991
A highly thought of and distinguished senior officer, Charlie Hillian, has just retired and is planning to write a book of his biggest cases. During the night after he received an OBE, Hillian is killed in a struggle in his rural Oxfordshire home. The notes for one chapter of his forthcoming book are missing, the only case in the book which Hillian and his then DS, Patrick Dawson (now a DCI), didn't solve. That case involved the murder of an eight year old girl, Mary Lapsley (Morse found her body), and it appears that somebody doesn't want that chapter to be published. (Snippets of Janis Kelly singing "Senza Mamma" from Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini play throughout this episode). 17 (5-02) "Fat Chance" Alma Cullen Roy Battersby 27 February 1991
The death of a promising feminist cleric highlights a furious Ecclesiastical battle of the sexes that is somehow connected with a weight-loss medication. 18 (5-03) "Who Killed Harry Field?" Geoffrey Case Colin Gregg 13 March 1991
Local artist, restorer and bon viveur Harry Field is murdered but who would want to kill a mediocrity? Lewis considers applying for a promotion to Inspector, to the obvious dismay of Morse. 19 (5-04) "Greeks Bearing Gifts" Peter Nichols Adrian Shergold 20 March 1991
A Greek restaurateur is murdered, and then after his sister comes to Oxford for the funeral with her baby, she vanishes and her child is then [1] kidnapped. Somehow it is it connected with a reconstructed Hellenic trireme. 20 (5-05) "Promised Land" Julian Mitchell John Madden 27 March 1991
Morse and Lewis travel to Australia to re-interview a man who has become a protected witness after he testified against a mobster. Questions about the validity of the case arose in England, and now the informant may be in danger.
Series 6: 1992
# 21 (6-01) Title "Dead on Time" Writer Daniel Boyle Director John Madden Original airdate 26 February 1992
Henry Fallon, an Oxford don, commits suicide. Morse has a painful link with the man's widow, Susan (Joanna David). 22 (6-02) "Happy Families" Daniel Boyle Adrian Shergold 11 March 1992
Morse becomes the victim of a hate campaign by the press as he investigates the death of a cruel, boorish industrialist. 23 (6-03) "The Death of the Self" Alma Cullen Colin Gregg 25 March 1992
Morse and Lewis investigate the apparently accidental death of a wealthy tourist in Italy. 24 (6-04) "Absolute Conviction" John Brown Antonia Bird 8 April 1992
Morse goes to prison to investigate the murder of an inmate sent down for a property swindle. 25 (6-05) "Cherubim and Seraphim" Julian Mitchell Danny Boyle 15 April 1992
The suicide of a young girl leads Morse and Lewis into contemporary rave culture. Morse shows unusual empathy with the young and ruminates on the impossibility of bridging the generation gap.
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Series 7: 1993
# 26 (7-01) Title "Deadly Slumber" Writer(s) Daniel Boyle Director Stuart Orme Original airdate 6 January 1993
A botched operation leaves a woman severely brain-damaged. Is her father, a wealthy businessman, willing to kill in retribution? 27 (7-02) "The Day of the Devil" Daniel Boyle Stephen Whittaker 13 January 1993
A notorious rapist escapes from prison and tries to stay one step ahead of Morse and Lewis. 28 (7-03) "Twilight of the Gods" Julian Mitchell Herbert Wise 20 January 1993
An Oxford opera diva is shot by a sniper before a live performance, but was she the intended target?
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# 29 Title "The Way Through the Woods" Writer(s) Russell Lewis Director John Madden Original airdate 29 November 1995
Morse becomes convinced that the murderer of a young woman is still at liberty and that the wrong man was prosecuted for her death. This episode has a different resolution from the novel, The Way Through the Woods. 30 "The Daughters of Cain" Julian Mitchell Herbert Wise 27 November 1996
An Oxford university professor is found stabbed to death in his study. Based on the novel The Daughters of Cain. 31 "Death is Now My Neighbour" Julian Mitchell Charles Beeson 19 November 1997
The atmosphere surrounding the election of a college master turns poisonous after a young woman is shot at her breakfast table. This episode is notable in being where Morse's first name is revealed as Endeavour, after Captain Cook's ship, HMS Endeavour. Based on the novel Death Is Now My Neighbour. 32 "The Wench is Dead" Malcolm Bradbury Robert Knights 11 November 1998
While laid up in the hospital Morse becomes interested in the death of a young woman on the canals in the 19th century. Convinced that three men were wrongfully hanged for rape and murder he investigates further. (Lewis does not make an appearance in the episode "The Wench is Dead", as he is out of town on an inspector's course.) Based on the novel The Wench is Dead. 33 "The Remorseful Day" Stephen Churchett Jack Gold 15 November 2000
In the last ever episode, Morse tries to solve the unsolved murder of Yvonne Harrison as his health deteriorates. Morse later suffers a massive heart attack and dies in hospital with his last words being 'Thank Lewis for me'. Based on the novel The Remorseful Day.
Notes
[1] This episode caused a question to be raised in Parliament by Lord Jenkins of Putney regarding the legality of employing a baby, and how it was induced to cry at the right moment.http:/ / hansard. millbanksystems. com/ lords/ 1991/ apr/ 25/ inspector-morse-tv-programme
Inspector Lewis
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Inspector Lewis
Robert Lewis
First appearance Last Bus to Woodstock, 1975 novel The Dead of Jericho, 1987 TV Portrayed by Kevin Whately Information Gender Occupation Title Male Police Detective in Oxfordshire CID Detective Sergeant (novels, Morse) Detective Inspector (Lewis) Valerie (deceased) British
Spouse(s) Nationality
Robert "Robbie" Lewis is a fictional character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter. The "sidekick" to Morse, Lewis is a Detective Sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 Morse novels. In the television adaptation, Inspector Morse, he is played by Kevin Whately. Following the conclusion of the series, Whately reprised the role as the lead character in Lewis, in which the character has been promoted to Inspector.
Character history
Inspector Morse (TV and novels)
Lewis is a sergeant on the staff of the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England, and in Inspector Morse is assistant to the titular Detective Chief Inspector Morse. Morse's given name (Endeavour) was kept secret until the end of the series and thus he is almost universally referred to only by his family name. Similarly, although Lewis's given name of Robert (Robbie) was not kept secret, he was rarely referred to as anything but "Sergeant Lewis" or "Lewis." The background and personality of Lewis - a working class, easygoing family man with a Geordie accent - is frequently contrasted with that of Morse - Oxford educated, RP-accented, lifetime bachelor. Morse frequently uses these differences to insult or demean Lewis, perhaps from Morse's point of view in a playful manner, but Lewis is often not amused by the jabs. In his frustration, Lewis is often more in step with their joint superior Chief Superintendent Strange, himself an evident supporter of Lewis; however, despite a great respect towards Strange, Lewis is always unflinchingly loyal to Morse and follows his lead. One notable difference between the Lewis from the novels and Whately's portrayal is that Lewis in the novels is an older man in his early sixties. When Whately auditioned for the role and then learned this fact, he considered it unlikely that he would get the part. However, Colin Dexter has consistently stated that the younger Lewis is an improvement on the character he originally created, and that if he could start the novels afresh he would begin with Lewis as he is seen in the television adaptation. In Inspector Morse, Lewis is often shown following a hunch that Morse criticises, and in the end Lewis is usually proved correct, or at least more correct than Morse. Near the end of the television series, Lewis moves on in his career and takes a promotion. With the end of Inspector Morse and the death of its star, John Thaw, Lewis's adventures had seemed to come to an end. In the episode "The Dead of Jericho", Lewis tells Morse "It's also my birthday". The first victim is killed on June 11, and this utterance occurs a few days to a week later. This puts Lewis' birthday in mid-June.
Inspector Lewis Lewis does not make an appearance in the episode "The Wench is Dead", as he is out of town on an inspector's course.
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Lewis
In this episode, Lewis returns to Oxford from a two-year stint training police in the British Virgin Islands, following the death of his wife Valerie in a car accident. Lewis still must work partly in the shadow of the now-five-years-dead Inspector Morse, who some time prior to his death had worked a case involving one of the murder suspects as a juvenile. In the new series, Lewis gains his own junior, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway (played by Laurence Fox), a Cambridge-educated man who joined the police after giving up training for the priesthood. The popularity of the one-off episode spurred the continuation of the story into a total of five series comprising 20 episodes, with a sixth series confirmed for 2012. [1] [2]
References
[1] "Lewis episodes, at the IMDB" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0874608/ ) [2] "Inspector Lewis back on case for new series" (http:/ / www. oxfordmail. co. uk/ news/ 9100496. Inspector_Lewis_back_on_case_for_new_series/ )
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Composer(s)
Country of origin United Kingdom Language(s) No. of series No. of episodes English 6 24 (List of episodes) Production Location(s) Running time Oxford, England 93 minutes (pilot series 3) 89 minutes (series 4 onwards) Broadcast Original channel Original airing ITV 29 January 2006 present Chronology Preceded by Inspector Morse
Lewis is a British television detective drama made as a spin-off from Inspector Morse, and set in Oxford, England. Kevin Whately reprises his character Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who had been Morse's Sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted and is assisted by DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox). The series is produced for ITV. Following the airing of a pilot in 2006, a first series of three episodes was broadcast in February/March 2007. A second series of four episodes aired in early 2008. A third series of four episodes was aired on ITV1 and ITV-HD from MarchApril 2009, but this was not shown in Scotland. A fourth series aired throughout the UK (including ITV1-HD where available) from 2 May 2010, and a fifth series from 3 April 2011, each again of four episodes. In June 2011, ITV announced that a sixth series of 4 episodes has been commissioned for airing in 2012. The episodes in question are titled "The Soul of Genius," "Generation of Vipers," "Fearful Symmetry," and "The Indelible Stain".[1] PBS broadcasts the series, as Inspector Lewis, in the United States and Canada, as part of its Masterpiece Mystery series.[2]
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Writers
Colin Dexter, the author of the Inspector Morse novels, makes a very brief cameo appearance in several episodes, including one as a porter at Wadham College. The Lewis episodes in most respects scrupulously respect Dexter's approach, but each of their scripts is credited to one of several other writers including, most frequently, Russell Lewis, Alan Plater, and Stephen Churchett. The music for the series was composed by Barrington Pheloung, who created the music for the original Morse series.[3]
Locations
The majority of the series is filmed in and around Oxford. Some scenes are also filmed at Brunel University, London.
Ratings
Date Episode Pilot 29 January 2006 Reputation Series 1 18 February 2007 Whom the Gods Would Destroy 25 February 2007 Old School Ties 4 March 2007 Expiation Series 2 24 February 2008 And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea 8.90 2 March 2008 9 March 2008 16 March 2008 Music to Die For Life Born of Fire The Great and the Good Series 3 22 March 2009 29 March 2009 5 April 2009 12 April 2009 Allegory of Love The Quality of Mercy The Point of Vanishing Counter Culture Blues Series 4 2 May 2010 9 May 2010 The Dead of Winter Dark Matter 8.70 8.23 [5] [6] 7.54 7.19 6.83 6.61 8.50 8.19 8.70 8.11 7.81 8.85 11.31 Viewers (millions) [4]
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16 May 2010 30 May 2010 Your Sudden Death Question Falling Darkness Series 5 3 April 2011 10 April 2011 17 April 2011 24 April 2011 Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things Wild Justice The Mind Has Mountains The Gift of Promise Series 6 16 May 2012 23 May 2012 30 May 2012 6 June 2012 The Soul of Genius Generation of Vipers Fearful Symmetry The Indelible Stain 6.93 6.46 6.48 6.64 [10] 7.38 6.69 7.12 6.62 [9]
7.29 7.10
Other countries
In almost all Latin America, Lewis is aired on Film & Arts channel. In Australia, Lewis airs on Channel Seven, 7TWO and UKTV. In The Netherlands, Lewis is aired on public channel Nederland 1 by broadcaster KRO In Belgium, Lewis is aired on public channel Canvas. In Denmark, DR1 - the original public-service, non-commercial channel - the first three series (with Danish subtitles). In Norway, NRK1 the country's largest TV channel (public broadcaster) all five series with Norwegian subtitles In Sweden, SVT 1 and/or SVT 2 - public Swedish non-commercial channel - not all episodes shown yet (with Swedish subtitles). Later "Kanal 9" replayed the first 12 episodes, from episode "Dark Matter" (which followed the replay of "Counter Culture Blues"). This channel seems to have bought also the primary rights. "Kanal 9" is a commercial channel with a lot of British series. In Finland, Lewis is aired on YLE TV1 - public Finnish non-commercial channel (with Finnish subtitles) - as Komisario Lewis (Inspector Lewis) In Estonia, Lewis is aired on public channel ETV In Germany, Lewis is aired on ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) In France, Lewis is aired on public channel France 3 In New Zealand, Lewis is aired on Prime and UKTV In Czech republic, Lewis is aired on different channels of TV Prima group as Vrady v Oxfordu (Murders in Oxford - the same TV group broadcasts Midsomer Murders as Vrady v Midsomeru). In the United States, all episodes of Lewis are and were aired on PBS on Masterpiece Mystery! except for the pilot, which was aired on the earlier series Mystery! in 2006. The numbering of the episodes on PBS is slightly different from ITV1. Series 1 aired as "Series I" in 2008. However, all of Series 2 and episodes 1-3 of Series 3 were aired as "Series II" in 2009. Episode 4 of Series 3 and all of Series 4 were aired as "Series III" in 2010. Series 5 aired as "Series IV" in 2011.
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Time edits
PBS owns the exclusive rights to both broadcast Lewis and to manufacture DVDs for North America. This is in contrast to Inspector Morse, which was commissioned by British company Carlton Television (originally Central Independent Television) and which included all original broadcast footage, even if that footage was edited on North American TV stations. PBS edits 10 minutes out of every Lewis episode so that it fits into the 90 minute Masterpiece Mystery time slot; this includes a preview of the episode's contents narrated by Alan Cumming before the episode and commercials for other PBS programs at the end of this slot. Even Barrington Pheloung's end credit music is abruptly cut for this purpose. For the Pilot, Inspector Lewis 1, and Inspector Lewis 2 DVD sets, PBS Home Video releases what was broadcast on-air in the US as opposed to the UK DVD content. However, for the new Inspector Lewis 3 DVD set, PBS Home Video has released the unedited UK version of the programmes contained in the set.
Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] http:/ / www. itv. com/ presscentre/ presspacks/ lewisseriessix/ default. html "Inspector Lewis" (http:/ / www. pbs. org/ wgbh/ masterpiece/ lewis/ index. html). Public Broadcasting Service. . Retrieved 19 October 2009. Composer Barrington Pheloung's official website (http:/ / www. pheloung. co. uk/ ) "Weekly Top 30 Programmes" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?_s=). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010.
[5] 8.46 million on ITV1, "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 2 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. and 240,000 on the ITV1 HD simulcast. "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 2 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. [6] 8.03 million on ITV1, "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 9 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. and 198,000 on the ITV1 HD simulcast. "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 9 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. [7] 7.17 million on ITV1, "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 16 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. and 119,000 on the ITV1 HD simulcast. "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 16 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. [8] 6.90 million on ITV1, "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 30 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. and 207,000 on the ITV1 HD simulcast. "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 30 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 5 August 2010. [9] Series 5 figures include ITV1, ITV1 HD and ITV1+1 "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 3 April 2011" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 29 May 2012. [10] Series 6 figures include ITV1, ITV1 HD and ITV1+1 "Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1 HD w/e 20 May 2012" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammes?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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Overview
Series Episodes Series premiere Series finale Region 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 [1] 4 4 4 4 4 18 February 2007 4 March 2007 12 March 2007 7 April 2008 [2] DVD release date Region 4 31 March 2008 18 May 2009 [3] Region 1 5 August 2008 [4] [7]
24 February 2008 16 March 2008 22 March 2009 2 May 2010 3 April 2011 16 May 2012 12 April 2009 30 May 2010 24 April 2011 6 June 2012
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Pilot: 2006
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers [12] (in millions) 11.31
"Reputation"
Bill Anderson
29 January 2006
DI Lewis returns to Oxford after several years' absence and is reluctantly assigned by his new boss, DCS Innocent, to the murder of an Oxford mathematics student who was shot while participating in a sleep study. The key-code used to access the sleep lab was assigned to a fellow maths student, Daniel Griffin, but Daniel's maths tutor has provided him with an alibi. Daniel is a maladjusted young man who will soon inherit his father's automotive empire. He is disruptive and has no respect for his uncle who now heads the company. The future of the company however rests on an impending deal with Japanese investors who insist that family unity is all important at this time. When two other murders occur, Lewis must decipher a cryptic clue left in an old case file by his former boss, Chief Inspector Morse.
Series 1: 2007
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers [13] (in millions) 8.11
Marc Jobst
Daniel Boyle
18 February 2007
DI Lewis and DS Hathaway investigate the murder of Dean Greely. As the investigation continues, they discover that Greely and three other men had formed a club during their Oxford student days, the Sons of the Twice Born. Today, the men have little contact with one another and initially deny that their club existed. When a second member of the foursome is murdered, it becomes apparent the they have a secret, one from 30 years ago and that someone is out for revenge. 3 "Old School Ties" Sarah Harding Alan Plater 25 February 2007 7.81
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DI Lewis is less than pleased when he and DS Hathaway are assigned to protect Nicky Turnbull, a former criminal turned successful author. Turnbull had actually cheated two Oxford colleges in his computer scam and had received death threats. Turnbull is everything Lewis dislikes but he grits his teeth does the job. Turnbull is in Oxford to make a speech at the request of the Students Union but things take a serious turn when Jo Gilchrist, a student and a member of Turnbull's reception committee, is found strangled. Gilchrist wrote for a student newspaper and was about to expose a professor's exam scam. When Turnbull is shot in the courtyard of his hotel, Lewis realizes that the man's wife was his first girlfriend. He also learns that they were on the verge of getting a divorce. 4 "Expiation" Dan Reed Guy Andrews 4 March 2007 8.85
Lewis and Hathaway investigate a murder in Summertown when an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home. The detectives unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.
Series 2: 2008
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers [14] (in millions) 8.90
Dan Reed
Alan Plater
24 February 2008
The murders of Reg Chapman, a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and gambling addict, and Nell Buckley, a popular Art student, seem unrelated. Police learn that Chapman stole historic books from the library so that Nell and another student could have Philip, a brilliant, autistic young painter, use blank pages to innocently forge letters by the poet Shelley for the international collectors' market. When both victims, for different reasons, threatened to expose the mastermind behind the scam, they were killed. 6 "Music to Die For" Bill Anderson Dusty Hughes 2 March 2008 8.50
Whilst investigating the murder of R.G. Cole, an elder gay lecturer who was strangled at a friend's house, Lewis finds links to bare-knuckle fighting, Wagnerian opera, East Berlin, the Stasi and his old mentor Morse. 7 "Life Born of Fire" Richard Spence Tom MacRae 9 March 2008 8.19
A student called Will McEwan shoots himself in the head in St. Mark's church, after waving the revolver at Reverend Francis King, who is found tortuously murdered by a hot poker thrust into his head the next day. The link between both is The Garden, a pious society offering 'Christian answers to youngsters' contemporary questions'; its emblem a Phoenix, to which both Will's suicide note 'On the road from Gethsemane to Calvary, I lost my way.' and a message on King's door 'Life born of fire' refer. Lewis's partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, was a friend and fellow classmate of Will's at both school and Cambridge. Will's father Henry McEwan apparently repudiates Will upon discovering of his son's homosexuality after his death. Will's mother believed he was going steady with a nice girl. Lewis keeps searching through these circles, discovering more secrets and deceit. More blood is to be spilled, and the meaning of names proves crucial. 8 "The Great and the Good" Stuart Orme Paul Rutman 16 March 2008 8.70
Following a squash injury, Robbie ends up in casualty where he meets the Donnelly family, whose school-girl daughter Beatrice was drugged and awakened in a field, discovering that she had been raped. Evidence points to Oswald Cooper, who worked at her school and whose prescription drug matches the doping agent. However he has an alibi, a dinner party he hosted for three former student friends, now all eminent men. The next day he is found garrotted and castrated. Forensic evidence backs the view that Cooper raped Beatrice and the alibi is proved to be false. A friend of Cooper's who is blackmailing the three guests is also garroted. It is clear that Cooper serviced his former friends by organizing scams and deceptions for them however the solution reveals that Cooper's murderer was protecting and preserving a far more personal secret.
Series 3: 2009
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Episode
Director
Writer
"Allegory of Love"
Bill Anderson
22 March 2009
Lewis and Hathaway discover that the bizarre murder of a Czech barmaid with an antique Persian mirror parallels a similar killing found in a newly published fantasy novel, by the young Oxford author Dorian Crane. The life of another young woman is threatened, leading Lewis to suspect that the murdered girl was a victim of mistaken identity. 10 "The Quality of Mercy" Bille Eltringham Alan Plater 29 March 2009 7.19
A preview performance of a student production of The Merchant of Venice is cut short when the actor playing Shylock is stabbed to death with a prop knife. Lewis and Hathaway are working their way through a lengthy list of suspects when a second actor is killed. Meanwhile, Hathaway makes a shocking discovery. 11 "The Point of Vanishing" Maurice Phillips Paul Rutman 5 April 2009 6.83
Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a man found beaten and drowned in his bath. The deceased is identified as a religious fanatic who once attempted to murder a celebrated atheist, Tom Rattenbury, instead crippling Rattenbury's daughter. Investigations reveal that the deceased is another man entirely, the two having chosen to swap identities. 12 "Counter Culture Blues" Bill Anderson Nick Dear 12 April 2009 6.61
Lewis, called out to deal with a noise complaint, is shocked to meet a rock singer, the lead singer of Midnight Addiction, Esme Ford, whom he had once admired, and who was believed to have drowned. The body of a teenage boy, who has been repeatedly run over by a vehicle, points to a connection with members of the band.
Series 4: 2010
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers [16] (in millions) 8.70
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Bill Anderson
Russell Lewis
2 May 2010
With Hathaway still reeling from a particularly horrific investigation, the team investigates a murder discovered on a tour bus where none of the passengers can remember the victim. The investigation leads Lewis and Hathaway to the estate, Crevecoeur Hall, the ancestral home of the wealthy Mortmaignes where Hathaway grew up, and the detectives are soon investigating a second murder. A curious fact about this episode is this: that many of the possible suspects are named reminiscent of certain colours, viz Scarlett Mortmaigne (Miss Scarlet), Professor Pelham (Plum), Father Jasper (Rev Green), Colonel Coleman (Mustard), as well as the deceased Dr Black. 14 "Dark Matter" Bille Eltringham Stephen Churchett 9 May 2010 8.23
Lewis and Hathaway investigate the killing in suspicious circumstances of Professor Andrew Crompton, amateur astronomer and Master of Gresham College. Crompton was found dead at the university observatory after making a strange confession to a priest. His widow supected that he had been having an affair, but Lewis and Hathaway discover that the dead man had a curious obsession. 15 "Your Sudden Death Question" Dan Reed Alan Plater 16 May 2010 7.29
Chaucer College plays host to a quiz weekend over the Bank Holiday. The body of a primary school teacher is found floating in a fountain during a quiz weekend at Chaucer College. Suspicion falls on two competitors with whom the dead man had been flirting. Lewis and Hathaway have another case to solve when two of the competitors are murdered within twenty-four hours. 16 "Falling Darkness" Nicholas Renton Russell Lewis 30 May 2010 7.10
Stem cell researcher Ligeia Willard is murdered with a stake through her heart on Hallowe'en; Dr Laura Hobson reveals that the victim was a university friend of hers. More murders occur connected to Laura's past, and Lewis wonders whether the pathologist is holding something back. A medium, who claims to have foreseen the death, conducts a sance, but Lewis and Hathaway rely on more conventional methods to solve the murder.
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Series 5: 2011
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers (in millions; Includes ITV HD and ITV1+1) 7.38
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Nicholas Renton
Russell Lewis
3 April 2011
A reunion at an all-female college ends in a murder. Professor Diana Ellerby is leaving Oxford's last surviving all-women's college and during a reunion with old students, Poppy Toynton is murdered. Lewis and Hathaway's investigation leads them to a connected 10 year old attack on the sister of one of the other old students in which she was attacked during a party at the college and left in a coma. That case has haunted Lewis and, during the investigation, he reaches out to his former DS, Ali McLennan for assistance. As the current murder investigation continues secrets, blackmail and more bodies are uncovered. 18 "Wild Justice" Hettie Macdonald Stephen Churchett 10 April 2011 6.69
A bishop visiting St Gerard's College is found dead after drinking poisoned wine; Lewis and Hathaway suspect that she has been killed because of her progressive views. When another two killings occur, both mirroring macabre murders from a Jacobean revenge tragedy, it appears the murderer is targeting candidates for the post of vice-regent of the college. However, after learning that one of the suspects harbors a dark secret, Lewis and Hathaway realise the motive is much more twisted and that the murderer is avenging perceived slights from over twenty years before. 19 "The Mind Has Mountains" Charles Palmer Patrick Harbinson 17 April 2011 7.12
A student dies during a residential clinical trial for a new anti-depressant. An investigation by Lewis and Hathaway is hampered by the college's professor of psychiatry, but the pair eventually establish that the trialists are acting under the malign influence of the drug. 20 "The Gift of Promise" Metin Hseyin Dusty Hughes and Stephen Churchett 24 April 2011 6.62
Lewis and Hathaway investigate the beating to death of a businesswoman who had apparently been blackmailing the father of her protg. The memoirs of a former head of MI5 provide Lewis with a vital lead.
Series 6: 2012
# Episode Director Writer Original air date Viewers (in millions; Includes ITV HD and ITV1+1) 6.93
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Brian Kelly
Rachel Bennette
16 May 2012
A botanist accidentally unearths the body of a recently buried professor who was fixated upon solving a seemingly impossible riddle by Lewis Carroll. The victim had a long-standing rivalry with his brother - giving Lewis and Hathaway an obvious suspect - but the case is hindered by the mind games of two students who seem intent on causing trouble in their quest to gain admittance to a mysterious club. 22 "Generation of Vipers" David O'Neill Patrick Harbinson 23 May 2012 6.47
A professor feels humiliated when her internet dating video is leaked onto a website and watched by her students. The next morning she is found dead, the victim of what appears to be a straightforward suicide. However, Lewis is not convinced and digs deeper, identifying several suspects including the site's founder. But as he and Hathaway get closer to the truth amid a rising death toll, they find their personal and professional lives dredged up online for all to see. 23 "Fearful Symmetry" Nicholas Renton Russell Lewis 30 May 2012 6.46
The murder of a babysitter throws up a number of questions for Lewis and Hathaway - was she the intended victim or was the killer targeting her employers? Was the crime calculated or opportunistic? And why was she elaborately tied up after being murdered? As the detectives dig for clues, they are led into a world of suburban swinging and fetish photography, far removed from the Oxford they know. 24 "The Indelible Stain" Tim Fywell Simon Block 6 June 2012 6.64
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When a visiting American academic delivers a controversial speech, many audience members are worried that his ideas could be used to target ethnic minorities. Thus when he is found hanged the next morning and Dr Hobson quickly discounts suicide, Lewis and Hathaway realise they have many suspects - from the local anti-racism activist who was first in voicing her disgust at the professor's beliefs to the women who had bombarded him with threatening e-mails. But then another body turns up and the case takes on a new dimension.
References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Three and the pilot episode, included on the series one DVD. "Lewis (2006) (DVD)" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B000EES15S). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Lewis - Series 1 (2 Disc Set) (798464)" (http:/ / www. ezydvd. com. au/ item. zml/ 798464). ezydvd.com.au. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Inspector Lewis Series 1 (2006)" (http:/ / www. amazon. com/ dp/ B0019N5A9I). Amazon.com. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Lewis - Series Two (DVD) (2007)" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B0012DNHVS). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. "Lewis - Series 2" (https:/ / www. jbhifionline. com. au/ dvd/ dvd-genres/ tv/ lewis-series-2/ 415876). JB Hi-Fi Online. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [7] "Inspector Lewis: Series 2" (http:/ / www. amazon. com/ dp/ B002G3DTSE). Amazon.com. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [8] "Lewis: Series Three (DVD) (2009)" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B001RNXYXY). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [9] "Lewis - Series 3" (https:/ / www. jbhifionline. com. au/ dvd/ dvd-genres/ drama-romance/ lewis-series-3/ 480378). JB Hi-Fi Online. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [10] "Inspector Lewis: Series 3" (http:/ / www. amazon. com/ dp/ B003WKQ46Y). Amazon.com. . Retrieved 15 March 2011. [11] "Lewis - Series Four (DVD) (2010)" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B003A8FEUA). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [12] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 29 Jan 2006" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [13] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 18 Feb 20074 Mar 2007" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [14] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 24 Feb 200816 Mar 2008" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [15] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 22 Mar 200912 Apr 2009" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010. [16] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 2 May 201030 May 2010" (http:/ / www. barb. co. uk/ report/ weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?). Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. . Retrieved 4 August 2010.
External links
List of Lewis episodes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874608/episodes) at the Internet Movie Database List of Lewis episodes (http://www.tv.com/lewis/show/68602/episode.html?q=lewis& tag=list_header;paginator;All&season=All) at TV.com Inspector Lewis pilot (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/lewis/index.html) at PBS Inspector Lewis episodes (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lewis/index.html) at PBS
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Production company(s) Mammoth Screen Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios Broadcast Original channel ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) (also ITV1 HD/STV HD/UTV HD) 2 January 2012 present Chronology Preceded by Related shows Inspector Morse Lewis External links Production website [1]
Original run
Endeavour is a British television detective drama set as a prequel to the long-running television adaption of the Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter, and made with the author's collaboration.
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Production
The pilot was first broadcast on 2 January 2012 on ITV1, starring Shaun Evans as the eponymous police detective in his early career.[2] Abigail Thaw [3], daughter of John Thaw, plays the part of Dorothea Frazil in the scene at the Oxford Mail. Four new episodes have been commissioned by ITV with filming expected to start summer 2012.[4]
Plot
Set in 1965, the series centres around the early career of Endeavour Morse after leaving his Oxford college without taking his degree, and spending a short time in the Royal Corps of Signals, joins the police. Soon disillusioned with the police and as he is writing a resignation letter when he is seconded from Carshall Newtown police with a number of other detectives to the Oxford City Police as a junior member of the incident team investigating the murder of a 15 year old schoolgirl. Morse having been a student at Oxford University which gives him an advantages and disadvantages dealing with the insular Oxford system and one point he tenders his pre-written resignation letter. However, his superior, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, recognising he is a detective he can trust, takes him under his wing.
Cast
Billed cast of pilot in credits order. Shaun Evans as Detective Constable Endeavour Morse Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday Jack Ashton as Detective Constable Ian McLeash James Bradshaw as Dr Max DeBryn, pathologist
Pilot
No # Title Directed by Written by Original Airdate Viewing Figures (millions) Sourced by BARB; includes ITV1 HD and ITV1 +1 8.21
"Endeavour"
Colm McCarthy
Russell Lewis
2 January 2012
The murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl and the apparent suicide of her boyfriend lead the investigation to the discovery of sex parties where under-age girls are procured for politicians, businessmen, Oxford dons, and policemen which in particular make the sifting of evidence very difficult. Endeavour's superior, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, recognising he is a detective he can trust, takes him under his wing and Thursday is determined to break the case and bring it to a successful conclusion together with Morse.
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Charlie Creed-Miles as Teddy Samuels, car salesman and organiser of sex parties John Light as Dempsey, MI-5 officer Richard Lintern as Dr Rowan Stromming, tutor in Classics Flora Montgomery as Rosalind Stromming, his wife, former operatic soprano Abigail Thaw as Dorothea Frazil, editor of the Oxford Mail Danny Webb as Detective Sergeant Arthur Lott Patrick Malahide as Sir Richard Lovell, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Other cast in order of appearance. Michael Matus as Cyril Wright, veterinary surgeon Daisy Head as Jenny Crisp, friend of Mary Tremlett, daughter of DCS Crisp Holly Ridley as Valerie Quillen, friend of Mary Tremlett Lisa Blackwell as Anne Porter, former friend of Mary Tremlett Jenna Harrison as Miss Tench, schoolteacher Sam Reid as Brian Lomax, Miles Percival's flatmate Harry Kershaw as Miles Percival, Mary Tremlett's boyfriend Maggie Ollerenshaw as Mrs Crabbin, Morse's landlady Ian Gelder as Stan Tremlett, Mary Tremlett's father Emma Stansfield as Sharon Veelie, Mary Tremlett's older sister Jamie Blackley as Johnny Franks, mechanic working for Teddy Samuels Christopher Brandon as Alexander Reece, academic, former friend of Morse Terence Harvey as Detective Chief Superintendent Crisp Rachel Heaton as Mary Tremlett, murder victim
Returning actors
In the television adaptation of Death Is Now My Neighbour, Roger Allam played a murder suspect, Denis Cornford. In Endeavour, he played Fred Thursday. In the television episode, Driven to Distraction, Patrick Malahide played a sexually oleaginous car salesman, Jeremy Boynton. In Endeavour, he played a sexually oleaginous Government minister and Oxford MP, Roger Lovell. As was traditional in Inspector Morse, writer Colin Dexter appeared as an extra.
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Reception
Noting that upwards of 6.5m viewers were received, Mark Sweeny writing in The Guardian stated that any decision to commission a subsequent series should be easy.[5]
DVD
A region 2 DVD of this drama at 89 minutes long was released on 9 January 2012, but, as reviewers on amazon.co.uk have noted, does not contain the full show and many scenes aired on ITV have been cut out.[6] A complete edition running at 98 minutes was released on the 26 January 2012.[7]
References
[1] http:/ / www. itv. com/ endeavour [2] Shaun Evans Plays Young Inspector Morse (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ femail/ article-2080208/ Endeavour-TV-series-Actor-Shaun-Evans-plays-young-Inspector-Morse-prequel. html/ ), Daily Mail, 30 December 2011. [3] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0857173/ [4] Metro London newspaper 12 March 2012 (http:/ / www. metro. co. uk/ tv/ 892911-itv-commissions-full-series-of-morse-drama-endeavour) [5] Sweeny, Mark (3 January 2012). "Endeavour pays off with 6.5m viewers" (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ media/ 2012/ jan/ 03/ endeavour-tv-ratings/ ). The Guardian. . [6] (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Endeavour-Origins-Inspector-Morse-DVD/ dp/ B006B894HA/ ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd& ie=UTF8& qid=1325617882& sr=1-1)|Retrieved 3 January 2012 [7] Amazon (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Endeavour-Origins-Inspector-Morse-Complete/ dp/ B006ZL84EW/ ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8& qid=1328180525& sr=8-2).
External links
Endeavour (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039333/) at the Internet Movie Database
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License
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