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, 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).
The series remains popular and is frequently repeated on ITV and ITV3 in Britain.
Main characters:
John Thaw as Detective Inspector (later Chief Inspector) Morse
Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Lewis
James Grout as Chief Superintendent Strange
Other recurring characters:
Peter Woodthorpe as Max (pathologist) in series 1-2
Amanda Hillwood as Dr Grayling Russell (pathologist) in series 3
Clare Holman as Dr Laura Hobson (pathologist) in specials
Main production credits:
Kenny McBain, producer of series 1-2
Chris Burt, producer of series 3, 7 and specials
David Lascelles, producer of series 4-5
Deirdre Keir, producer of series 6
Ted Childs, executive producer
Rebecca Eaton, American executive producer of episodes 31-33
Laurie Greenwood, associate producer
General
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