Last appearances of Lewis Peek as DC George Fancy and Dakota Blue Richards as WPC Shirley Trewlove. Bearwood College on ITV this Sunday 6th April for Endeavour Episode 2 'Nocturne' ( 8-10pm)". UK Boarding Schools. In July 1966 at the Museum of Natural History, almost empty, save for some schoolgirls, Adrian Weiss, a specialist in heraldry and genealogy, is murdered. The similar murder of a 12-year-old girl at her boarding school leads Morse to delve into a 100-year-old murder mystery involving a wealthy family with connections to India and an inheritance. The girls staying for the summer, as they cannot reach home for the vacation, play pranks based on the book about the murdered family 100 years earlier, but do not own up until afterwards. The fifth generation descendant of the owner of the large family home, now the school for girls, thinks he might finally inherit with a change in laws for a bastard child. He murders those in his way, worked out by Morse by reading Weiss's detailed files. A masonic ring connected to the case goes missing. [e] The murder of a cast member on a TV cop drama starring a popular actor ( Stonehouse’s Kevin R McNally) baffles the sleuths, while an elite undergraduate club causes mayhem. The life insurance scheme would not have been permitted under British law in 1970. It was not until the mid 1990s that viatical settlements were permitted in the United Kingdom.

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First appearances of Shaun Evans as DC Endeavour Morse (later DS Endeavour Morse), Roger Allam as DI Fred Thursday, James Bradshaw as Dr Max DeBryn and Abigail Thaw as Dorothea Frazil. This is fun with the detective show,” says Shaun Evans. “There's a real lightness and Kevin was fantastic.” The fourth episode of Series 3, "Coda" has Jerome Hogg in a small role; Hogg was also seen in the Morse episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts". [21] Additionally, the episode "Prey" (Series 3, Episode 3) is set at Crevecoeur Hall, the setting for "The Dead of Winter" (episode 13) of Lewis. One of the last lines Series 8, episode 3 (Terminus), "It's beginning to thaw", is also considered to be a nod to Thaw's portrayal of the character. [22] [23] [24]Griffiths, Emmy (27 September 2021). "Endeavour: Viewers are saying the same thing about season eight finale". Hello!. Wellington House, 69-71 Upper Ground London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 18 June 2022. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: location ( link) MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson adds, “ Endeavour has been one of our most beloved MASTERPIECE series. Though we hate to see it end, we have been so proud to present this wonderful series to our viewers.” In the final episode, Morse finally sits his sergeant's exam and completes his paper well within the time allowed. An armed robbery takes place at a bank where Joan Thursday works. Morse happens to be in the bank at the time, investigating a killing and payroll robbery. As the robbery goes awry, Joan and Morse are kidnapped by the robbers who realize their identities. Joan sees a more brutal side of her father as he tried to rescue her and Morse from the now ruthless and murdering robbers. Although the robbers are arrested, Joan is emotionally affected by the ordeal. In a coughing fit, Thursday finally coughs up the bullet fragment, which has plagued him. A distraught Joan leaves Oxford despite encouragement from Morse to stay. Realising that Joan has gone, Thursday encounters Morse outside his house and realises that he saw Joan leave. April 1968. Ex-boxer Joey Sikes is killed on the night of a failed theft of the last Fabergé egg from the Oxford college where it is to be auctioned. Next day lecturer Robin Grey is also murdered and the link is sex worker and artists' model Eve Thorne, who was seen with both men. When the egg is stolen, suspicion falls on another of Eve's clients, latest victim Simon Lake. Morse, now a detective sergeant, discovers that Lake and Grey belonged to an elite club and were involved in a scam regarding the egg. In establishing whether the murders were linked to the club or the egg Morse must cope with a lazy new constable and the reappearance of Joan Thursday. As the episode closes, radio news announces the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in the US. [h]

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Detective Inspector (DI) (later Detective Chief Inspector, demoted to DI in Series 6, restored to DCI Series 7), Oxford City Police CID, Cowley Police Station. Thames Valley Police CID, Castle Gate Police Station (Series 6–Series 9). January 1970. Morse, on holiday in Venice, strikes up a sexual relationship with Violetta Talenti. During Morse's two-week absence, Thursday investigates the murder of Molly Andrews on a towpath and suspects her boyfriend, Carl Sturgis, but he has an alibi. Come April, Morse is asked by Chief Superintendent Bright to take a second look at the case, and he is led to scientists researching "latent brain activity" ( ESP) using volunteers, one of whom was Andrews. Soon, one of the researchers, Dr. Benford, is found dead; Benford had a highly gifted volunteer, Jenny Tate, who saw the murder in her mind. Morse has his wallet stolen in the street and an old Oxford classmate, Ludo, comes to his aid; Ludo later turns out to be Violetta's husband. [q]The first full series begins with Morse transferring to the Oxford City Police in 1965 following a double-murder investigation that took place during the pilot episode. Morse is taken under the wing of Inspector Thursday. Thursday names Morse his designated "bag man" and shows him the ropes as Morse begins to solve a string of complex multiple-murders, much to the envy and annoyance of some of his superiors, particularly Detective Sergeant Jakes and Chief Superintendent Bright. Morse displays his genius in solving intricate murders, including several with opera connections. Thursday and fellow-Constable Strange try to steer the young Morse into taking his sergeant's exam, so that he may be relieved of "general duties" and become Thursday's official "bag man". In the last episode of the series, Morse is shot while attempting to apprehend a murderer and is placed on light duties. At the same time, he comes to terms with the death, in December 1965, of his cold, unfeeling father. Hubbard, Lauren (29 May 2022). "Everything We know About Endeavour Season 9". Town and Country Magazine . Retrieved 26 June 2022. a b Willis, Ciaran. "When is series six of Endeavour on TV? Who is in the cast? What will happen?". Radio Times. Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019 . Retrieved 26 January 2019.

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Having studied at Oxford gives Morse advantages and disadvantages when dealing with Oxford's "town and gown" divide. During the pilot episode he tenders his resignation, but his superior, veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday ( Roger Allam), sees in him an unblemished detective whom he can trust and takes him under his wing to be his new "bag man" (aide), replacing a corrupt detective sergeant.Series 1 was released on DVD on 6 May 2013, Series 2 on 5 May 2014, Series 3 on 1 February 2016, and Series 4 on 30 January 2017. [34] DVD Releases Inspector Morse" Masonic Mysteries (TV Episode 1990) - IMDb". IMDb. 4 July 2023 . Retrieved 4 July 2023. Morse is drinking too much and struggling to cope with the effects of events in Series 7, including the death of Violetta. He is missing work, and the drinking is beginning to affect his performance. His colleagues are aware of the problem and feel the need to handle it carefully. Fred Thursday repeats his advice to Morse that "the drink is a good servant but a poor master" and advises him to take leave and get help. In February 2016, ITV announced that a fourth series had been commissioned, which Roger Allam confirmed to the Oxford Mail, [13] with filming beginning in late spring 2016. [14] To mark the 30th anniversary of Morse on television, the series features several early Morse characters and cameos by actors from the original series. [15] The fourth series debuted on 8 January 2017. Oxford seethes as a protest at a hair salon exposes rising racial tensions in the city. Meanwhile, Thursday's son discovers a murder at his Army base, and Morse must uncover long-held secrets within the regiment to solve the case. Sam Thursday departs for his military deployment. [k]