Inspector Morse

All Episodes 1987 - 2000
TV-14

  • Ended
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  • 1987-01-06T21:00:00Z
  • 1h 40m
  • 1d 22h 40m (28 episodes)
  • Colin Dexter + 1 more, Tony Warren
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Carlton UK Productions + 3 more, WGBH Boston, ITV Central, Zenith Productions
  • Drama, Mystery, Crime
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.

36 episodes

When a serial killer is attacked and left for dead in prison, his dying confession disavows one of the murders he had previously confessed to. Morse wants to reopen the case.

Special 2 The Daughters of Cain

  • 1996-11-27T21:00:00Z1h 40m

An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.

When the next-door neighbour of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.

1998-11-11T21:00:00Z

Special 4 The Wench is Dead

Special 4 The Wench is Dead

  • 1998-11-11T21:00:00Z1h 40m

While Morse is in hospital for a bleeding ulcer, he takes an interest in an 1859 murder and becomes convinced its resolution was a miscarriage of justice.

2000-11-15T21:00:00Z

Special 5 The Remorseful Day

Special 5 The Remorseful Day

  • 2000-11-15T21:00:00Z1h 40m

An ailing Morse involves himself in a year old cold murder case of a nymphomaniac is when persons of interest connected with it turn up dead.

1993-01-06T21:00:00Z

Special 7 The Mystery of Morse

Special 7 The Mystery of Morse

  • 1993-01-06T21:00:00Z1h 40m

This is a 50 minute amalgam of interviews, together with outtakes from the TV series, compiled after the last Inspector Morse series was filmed and aired in 1993.

This 96 minute exclusive to video tribute features the very best Morse clips and shows an array of guest statrs including Elizabeth Hurley, Richard Briers, Simon Callow, Sir John Gielgud and many more. Presented by James Grout, best known as Chief Superintendent Strange, who gives his own characteristic views on Morse.

A review as well as a celebration of the television series Inspector Morse (1987) as it concluded its 64-episode, 13-year run.

Series Premiere

1987-01-06T21:00:00Z

1x01 The Dead of Jericho

Series Premiere

1x01 The Dead of Jericho

  • 1987-01-06T21:00:00Z1h 40m

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.

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.

Season Finale

1987-01-20T21:00:00Z

1x03 Service of All the Dead

Season Finale

1x03 Service of All the Dead

  • 1987-01-20T21:00:00Z1h 40m

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.

Season Premiere

1987-12-25T21:00:00Z

2x01 The Wolvercote Tongue

Season Premiere

2x01 The Wolvercote Tongue

  • 1987-12-25T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.

1988-03-08T21:00:00Z

2x02 Last Seen Wearing

2x02 Last Seen Wearing

  • 1988-03-08T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's school. But before Morse can unravel the mystery, he finds another.

1988-03-15T21:00:00Z

2x03 The Settling of the Sun

2x03 The Settling of the Sun

  • 1988-03-15T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.

Season Finale

1988-03-22T21:00:00Z

2x04 Last Bus to Woodstock

Season Finale

2x04 Last Bus to Woodstock

  • 1988-03-22T21:00:00Z1h 40m

A young secretary is found dead in a pub car park. Morse suspects murder and uncovers a complex web of relationships - passion and corruption, lies and unhappiness.

Season Premiere

1989-01-04T21:00:00Z

3x01 The Ghost in the Machine

Season Premiere

3x01 The Ghost in the Machine

  • 1989-01-04T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse investigates the reported theft of erotic paintings belonging to Sir Julius Hanbury, a local baronet who is one of those standing for election as the new Master of Courtney College, Oxford. As well as the pictures, Sir Julius himself has also disappeared. Morse finds Sir Julius's dead body, and at first it looks like murder, but the new police pathologist, Dr Grayling Russell, believes he killed himself. Then there is another death which is undoubtedly a murder - but how is it connected with the late Sir Julius Hanbury?

1989-01-11T21:00:00Z

3x02 The Last Enemy

3x02 The Last Enemy

  • 1989-01-11T21:00:00Z1h 40m

A body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the university's colleges. It happens that intense rivalry for one of the most prestigious posts in the university has led to murder. But which one of the highly respected contenders is the calculating killer?

1989-01-18T21:00:00Z

3x03 Deceived by Flight

3x03 Deceived by Flight

  • 1989-01-18T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse investigates when the annual match of the Claret's old boys' cricket eleven is brought to an abrupt end by the sudden death of a team member - and it seems that cricket was the last thing on their minds.

Season Finale

1989-01-25T21:00:00Z

3x04 The Secret of Bay 5B

Season Finale

3x04 The Secret of Bay 5B

  • 1989-01-25T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Playboy architect Michael Gifford is found strangled in his car, and the only clues are a car-park ticket and his diary. Morse and Lewis uncover a love triangle involving the murdered man, and the list of suspects grows. Meanwhile, Morse considers asking Grayling Russell for a date.

Season Premiere

1990-01-03T21:00:00Z

4x01 The Infernal Serpent

Season Premiere

4x01 The Infernal Serpent

  • 1990-01-03T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse investigates a tangled web of university intrigue which surrounds the baffling murder of Dr Julian Dear, a college don and famous environmentalist who was killed just minutes before he was due to give a controversial lecture. It seems that the most respectable of academic families can have skeletons in the cupboard, and Morse has to put his job on the line to get at the truth.

1990-01-10T21:00:00Z

4x02 The Sins of the Fathers

4x02 The Sins of the Fathers

  • 1990-01-10T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse investigates the murder of Trevor Radford, managing director of the family-owned Radford's Brewery, who was attacked and killed while working late. Morse becomes immersed in the implications of a hostile take-over bid by another company. Then Helen Radford goes to the brewery to look for her missing husband Stephen and finds him also murdered.

1990-01-17T21:00:00Z

4x03 Driven to Distraction

4x03 Driven to Distraction

  • 1990-01-17T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The apparently motiveless murder of two young women points to a psychotic killer. Morse's speculations on what they might have in common leads him to a local garage owner, Jeremy Boynton, who knew them both, and who arouses his suspicions and dislike. Convinced that Boynton holds the key to the crime, Morse begins to hound him, despite having no firm evidence. Morse is also faced with the possible oss of his beloved red Mk II Jaguar.

Season Finale

1990-01-24T21:00:00Z

4x04 Masonic Mysteries

Season Finale

4x04 Masonic Mysteries

  • 1990-01-24T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse finds himself at the top of the suspect list when his lady friend, Beryl Newsome, is stabbed at a dress rehearsal for the local amateur dramatic society's production of The Magic Flute. Then Lewis starts uncovering more incriminating evidence, and Morse becomes the target of direct attacks. Who is it that wants to get at Morse so badly?

Season Premiere

1991-02-20T21:00:00Z

5x01 Second Time Around

Season Premiere

5x01 Second Time Around

  • 1991-02-20T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The mysterious death of a former deputy police commissioner brings Morse into reluctant contact with an old rival, Ch Insp Dawson. Morse and Lewis, in uneasy tandem with Dawson, spot a link with the unsolved murder of a young girl 18 years earlier. To find the latest killer they have to unravel the first case again.

1991-02-27T21:00:00Z

5x02 Fat Chance

5x02 Fat Chance

  • 1991-02-27T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse finds himself attracted to a female cleric when he is called upon to investigate the suspicious death of a woman deacon. St Saviour's College is about to appoint Oxford's first ever female chaplain, and emotions are running high among the more conservative clerics, but Morse & Lewis find it hard to believe such feelings could lead to murder.

1991-03-13T21:00:00Z

5x03 Who Killed Harry Field?

5x03 Who Killed Harry Field?

  • 1991-03-13T21:00:00Z1h 40m

An artist, fun-loving drinker and raconteur, Harry Field seems like a man after Morse's own heart. But when Morse and Lewis investigate his mysterious death, they discover that he was not such a lovable rogue.

1991-03-20T21:00:00Z

5x04 Greeks Bearing Gifts

5x04 Greeks Bearing Gifts

  • 1991-03-20T21:00:00Z1h 40m

When the chef at Lewis's favorite Greek restaurant is found murdered, and a baby goes missing, Oxford's close-knit Greek community closes ranks. Matters aren't helped when Morse has a bad-tempered exchange with the shipping millionaire who owns the restaurant.

Season Finale

1991-03-27T21:00:00Z

5x05 Promised Land

Season Finale

5x05 Promised Land

  • 1991-03-27T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.

Season Premiere

1992-02-26T21:00:00Z

6x01 Dead on Time

Season Premiere

6x01 Dead on Time

  • 1992-02-26T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse investigates the apparent suicide of a terminally ill Oxford don and finds he has a personal connection with the family. As the case develops, Lewis worries that Morse's professionalism is being undermined.

1992-03-11T21:00:00Z

6x02 Happy Families

6x02 Happy Families

  • 1992-03-11T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Business tycoon Sir John Balcombe is found murdered at his country house, Balcombe Castle, with no signs of a break-in. As a result, the dead man's wife and sons come under suspicion. Morse finds that the family is strangely untroubled, and several of his prime suspects have flawed characters and dark secrets - and then the Balcombe family suffers another killing. Meanwhile, Morse has to cope with journalists who try to turn his own personality into a story - and he also suffers from an unhelpful Chief Superintendant, covering for the station's usual boss, who puts pressure on him to crack the case in a hurry. In the end, though, Morse is vindicated and his various tormentors get their comeuppance.

1992-03-25T21:00:00Z

6x03 The Death of the Self

6x03 The Death of the Self

  • 1992-03-25T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The strange death of an Englishwoman abroad takes Morse and Lewis to the city of Verona in northern Italy. Morse takes delight in open-air opera in the Roman amphitheatre and falls under the spell of Nicole Burgess, a glamorous opera singer. But Lewis is home-sick.

1992-04-08T20:00:00Z

6x04 Absolute Conviction

6x04 Absolute Conviction

  • 1992-04-08T20:00:00Z1h 40m

"Absolute Conviction" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992.

Season Finale

1992-04-15T20:00:00Z

6x05 Cherubim and Seraphim

Season Finale

6x05 Cherubim and Seraphim

  • 1992-04-15T20:00:00Z1h 40m

"Cherubim and Seraphim" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992. Cherubim and Seraphim are both Biblical words and their origin is described in Christian angelic hierarchy.

Season Premiere

1993-01-06T21:00:00Z

7x01 Deadly Slumber

Season Premiere

7x01 Deadly Slumber

  • 1993-01-06T21:00:00Z1h 40m

The owner of a private hospital is found murdered in his car, after a series of anonymous threatening letters. Suspicion falls on a retired book-maker whose daughter suffered severe brain damage as a result of negligence during an operation some years before. Morse spends a lot of effort in investigating the possibility that the dead man was criminally negligent, and concludes that he was. While he does his best to bring the killer to justice, Morse does not seem very troubled that at the end of the day he is unable to nail him.

1993-01-13T21:00:00Z

7x02 The Day of the Devil

7x02 The Day of the Devil

  • 1993-01-13T21:00:00Z1h 40m

Morse and Lewis hunt a violent rapist who has escaped from prison. They find themselves drawn into an under-world of satanists, and some of them seem more respectable than others.

Season Finale

1993-01-20T21:00:00Z

7x03 Twilight of the Gods

Season Finale

7x03 Twilight of the Gods

  • 1993-01-20T21:00:00Z1h 40m

A nasty but very rich businessman and a world-famous opera singer are in Oxford to receive honorary degrees from the Chancellor of the University. However, the ceremony has to be abandoned when a sniper opens fire on the procession of dignitaries. The singer is seriously wounded, but was she the intended target?

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