When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and... with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford [show more]
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Region 2 This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Two more cases for the ale-drinking Oxford detective In &39;Service of All the Dead&39; Morse (John Thaw) and Lewis (Kevin Whately) find themselves racing against time after the isolated murder of a church warden quickly develops into a fully-blown spate of serial killings In &39;The Wolvercote Tongue&39; a wealthy American tourist is found dead just when she had been preparing to return a precious jewel to the Ashmoleum Museum The jewel is now missing and it is up to Morse to get it back
Two more cases for the ale-drinking Oxford detective. In 'Service of All the Dead' Morse (John Thaw) and Lewis (Kevin Whately) find themselves racing against time after the isolated murder of a church warden quickly develops into a fully-blown spate of serial killings. In 'The Wolvercote Tongue' a wealthy American tourist is found dead just when she had been preparing to return a precious jewel to the Ashmoleum Museum. The jewel is now missing, and it is up to Morse to get it back.
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