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.
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.
Season 5 episodes
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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.
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Directed by Adrian ShergoldWritten by Daniel BoyleGuest stars Sam Kelly, Kenneth Colley, Ann Bell, Oliver Ford Davies, Pat Heywood, Christopher Eccleston, Shahnaz Pakravan, Jenny Laird
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.
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Directed by Roy BattersbyWritten by Alma CullenGuest stars Kenneth Haigh, Peggy Mount, Zoë Wanamaker, Maggie O'Neill, Tilly Vosburgh, Maurice Denham, Ben Onwukwe, Josephine Welcome
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.
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Directed by Colin GreggWritten by Geoffrey CaseGuest stars Dicken Ashworth, Philip Locke, Geraldine James, John Castle, Jeremy Clyde, Nicola Cowper, Freddie Jones, Ronald Pickup
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.
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Directed by Adrian ShergoldWritten by Peter NicholsGuest stars Ian Sharp, Eileen Way, Jonny Lee Miller, Carole Ashby, James Hazeldine, James Faulkner, Richard Pearson, Martin Jarvis
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.
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Directed by John MaddenWritten by Julian MitchellGuest stars Noah Taylor, Max Phipps, Rhondda Findleton, Con O'Neill, Philip Anthony, John Jarratt
