Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 28
- Latest aired
- S07E03
- Total runtime
- 1d 22h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 1987 3 episodes
- Season 2 December 1987 – March 1988 4 episodes
- Season 3 January 1989 4 episodes
- Season 4 January 1990 4 episodes
- Season 5 February 1991 – March 1991 5 episodes
- Season 6 February 1992 – April 1992 5 episodes
- Season 7 January 1993 3 episodes
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S01E01 The Dead of Jericho
January 6 · 100min find the promo
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Morse is passed over for promotion and gets a new working partner in the shape of Lewis, who is not sure what to make of his new boss. Their first case together is a murder, when Anne Staveley, who was Morse's friend in a choral society, is found hanged in her house in the Jericho area of Oxford. The death looks like suicide, but Morse has his own reasons for treating the case as a murder investigation. A parking ticket and Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, come to his assistance.
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S01E02 The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
January 13 · 100min find the promo
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Someone at Oxford's Foreign Examination Syndicate is selling exam secrets. Nicholas Quinn, a member of the board, overhears something he shouldn't know about and is soon found dead at his cottage, poisoned with cyanide - but Nicholas was deaf. Then crossword compiler Philip Ogleby has his skull smashed in. During his investigations, Morse is attracted to Monica Height. She works for the Syndicate and may be mixed up in the corruption which led to Quinn's murder, and perhaps to Ogleby's as well.
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S01E03 Service of All the Dead
January 20 · 100min find the promo
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Morse investigates murder on hallowed ground. A quiet country church is an unlikely setting for the killing, and a vicar and his voluntary helpers are the unlikely suspects. Among them is Ruth Rawlinson, whom Morse is attracted to. Then it appears that a serial killer is at work.