Inspector Morse

Read all about this show at the morsemania site. This is an excellent site and can do justice to this topic much better than I.

There were 33 episodes made between 1987 and 2000.

Here is a list of my favourite episodes..

 

16. Second Time Around - is one of the best episodes

This was first shown on the 20th February 1991. Kevin Wheately & John Thaw are very good, but the supporting cast are outstanding and include Christopher Eccleston, Oliver Ford-Davies and Kenneth Colley (pictured left) as Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson.

 

Kenneth Colley   John Thaw 

Kenneth Colley                                   John Thaw 1942 -2002

 

the rest of the episodes are rated as follows..

date title rating guest stars
33 15/11/2000 The Remorseful Day    
32 11/11/1998 The Wench Is Dead ** matthew finney, judy loe
31 19/11/1997 Death Is Now My Neighbour ***** richard briers, maggie steed, judy loe, mark mcgann
30 27/11/1996 The Daughters Of Cain **** phyllis logan, amanda ryan, gabrielle lloyd
29 29/11/1995 The Way Through The Woods ***** michelle fairley, christopher fairbank, neil dudgeon
28 20/01/1993 Twilight Of The Gods *** robert hardy, sir john gielgud, rachel weisz
27 13/01/1993 Day Of The Devil ** keith allen, richard griffiths
26 06/01/1993 Deadly Slumber **** brian cox, jason durr, penny downie
25 15/04/1992 Cherubim And Seraphim * sorcha cusack, liza walker
24 08/04/1992 Absolute Conviction **** jim broadbent, sean bean, richard wilson, sue johnston, diana quick
23 25/03/1992 Death Of The Self *** frances barber, michael kitchen, georges corraface
22 11/03/1992 Happy Families *** anna massey, gwen taylor, martin clunes, charlotte coleman
21 26/02/1992 Dead On Time ***** samantha bond, david haig, joanna david, adrian dunbar
20 27/03/1991 Promised Land *** rhondda findleton, john jarratt
19 20/03/1991 Greeks Bearing Gifts **** martin jarvis, jan harvey, james hazeldine, richard pearson
18 13/06/1991 Who Killed Harry Field? *** geraldine james, ronald pickup
17 27/02/1991 Fat Chance *** zoe wanamaker, maggie o'neill, peggy mount
16 20/02/1991 Second Time Around ***** kenneth colley, oliver ford-davies, christopher eccleston, sam kelly
15 24/01/1990 Masonic Mysteries ***** ian mcdiarmid, diane fletcher 
14 17/01/1990 Driven To Distraction *** patrick malahide, david rydall, christopher fulford
13 10/01/1990 Sins Of The Fathers *** lionel jeffries, isobel dean, john bird
12 03/01/1990 Infernal Serpent **** geoffrey palmer, cheryl campbell, tom wilkinson, irene richard
11 25/01/1989 Secret Of Bay 5B ***** george irving, mel martin, philip mcgough
10 18/01/1989 Deceived By Flight **** sharon maughan, norman rodway, stephen moore
9 11/01/1989 The Last Enemy ***** michael aldridge, barry foster, tenniel evans, laura sadler
8 04/01/1989 Ghost In The Machine *** patricia hodge, michael thomas, patsy byrne
7 22/03/1988 Last Bus To Woodstock **** antony bate, holly aird, ingrid lacey, perry fenwick
6 15/03/1988 Settling Of The Sun ** amanda burton, derek fowldes, phillip middlemiss
5 08/03/1988 Last Seen Wearing ***** philip bretherton, peter mcenery, liz hurley, julia sawalha
4 25/12/1987 The Wolvercote Tongue ***** kenneth cranham, simon callow, roberta taylor, robert arden
3 20/01/1987 Service Of All The Dead ***** angela morant, maurice o'connell, john normington
2 13/01/1987 Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn **** roger lloyd-pack, clive swift, michael gough
1 06/01/1987 The Dead Of Jericho **** patrick troughton, james laurenson, gemma jones

 

 

In July 2004 the following was reported..

source: BBC News website

 

ITV is bringing back its classic dramas Rumpole of the Bailey, Sharpe and Inspector Morse.

Inspector Morse will return to screens two-and-a-half years after the death of actor John Thaw, who played the eponymous police inspector. ITV are in discussions with actor Kevin Whately, who played Morse's sidekick Sergeant Lewis, to star in the show. Rumpole of the Bailey will star Albert Finney, while the network is talking to Sean Bean about returning to Sharpe.

A remake of Morse had the "blessing of author Colin Dexter, Sheila Hancock [Thaw's widow] - and Kevin Whately is very interested," a spokeswoman said. The Morse character was killed off in the last episode of the drama, The Remorseful Day, which was broadcast in November 2000.

Popular repeats

Rumpole of the Bailey originally starred actor Leo McKern playing the grumpy barrister, created by Sir John Mortimer. Sharpe, the Napoleonic war hero whose TV exploits were based on the books of author Bernard Cornwell, starred Bean, who later won global fame as Boromir in the first Lord of the Rings film The Fellowship of the Ring. All three series are regarded as some of the most popular dramas in ITV's history, with repeats of Inspector Morse still attracting high viewing figures. Both the new Morse and Rumpole series will be scripted by Russell Lewis. All of the original Morse stories by author Colin Dexter have already been adapted for television.

 

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