Inspector Morse (TV series)
British television detective series (1987–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) produced between 6 January 1987 and 15 November 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes.
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Inspector Morse | |
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Genre | Crime drama Murder mystery Detective fiction |
Created by | Colin Dexter |
Based on | the novel series by Colin Dexter |
Developed by | Anthony Minghella Kenny McBain |
Starring | John Thaw Kevin Whately James Grout |
Theme music composer | Barrington Pheloung |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 7 series (1987–1993) and 5 specials (1995–2000) |
No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Ted Childs |
Running time | 98–105 minutes |
Production companies | Zenith Productions Central Independent Television Carlton Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 6 January 1987 (1987-01-06) – 15 November 2000 (2000-11-15) |
Related | |
Lewis Endeavour |
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In 2018, the series was named the greatest British crime drama of all time by Radio Times’ readers.[1] In 2000, the series was ranked 42 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute.
It was followed by the spin-off Lewis and prequel Endeavour.