Endeavour: Series 1-8 [DVD] [2021]

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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]

Midgeley, Neil (5 May 2017). "30 years of Morse – how John Thaw's legacy lives on in Endeavour". Radio Times. Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060 . Retrieved 31 May 2017.June 1965. The sudden death of a secretarial student named Margaret Bell and the shooting of a doctor appear unconnected, despite Morse's theories. Chief Superintendent Bright, the new commanding officer of the Oxford City Police, protests to Thursday that the bagman's position is a Detective Sergeant's job and the young constable is too inexperienced, unimpressed with Morse's zeal. Following the shooting of a vicar, Morse is reduced to general duties for dismissing a beautiful but mentally unstable girl as a suspect, and must continue his investigations alone despite warnings of possible dismissal from his superiors. [b](Morse meets Constable Strange for the first time in this episode) 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. March 1967. Morse is disillusioned after spending time in prison following his last case, and even though he is exonerated, ponders his future with the police. Having relocated to an isolated lake front cottage, Morse is befriended by an unhappy millionaire and his friends. At a funfair on Cowley Green a young woman, Jeannie Hearne, is spirited away into the night, seemingly without explanation. When her body is found the next morning, Inspector Thursday investigates and discovers that Morse's new friends are involved. When Morse's millionaire friend is killed, but then appears the next day, Morse realises his future is as a detective and the solution lies at the funfair where Hearne went missing. Sweeny, Mark (3 January 2012). "Endeavour pays off with 6.5m viewers". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 March 2013. June 1965. An investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl and the apparent suicide of her boyfriend lead Oxford City Police to the discovery of illegal sex parties where under-age girls are procured for politicians, businessmen, Oxford dons, and policemen. Endeavour's superior, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, recognising the young constable as a detective he can trust, takes him under his wing. Determined to break the case, he and Morse bring it to a successful conclusion. [a]

Bond, Kimberley (19 August 2019). "Endeavour confirms eighth series". Radio Times. London: Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019 . Retrieved 15 June 2022. In the closing moments, as Thursday asks Morse where he sees himself in 20 years, Morse looks in the rear view mirror and the face of Thaw is shown in the reflection. At the same time, the original series music begins and plays through the credits. This effect is repeated in the closing scenes of the last episode of series 9. Inspector Morse" Masonic Mysteries (TV Episode 1990) - IMDb". IMDb. 4 July 2023 . Retrieved 4 July 2023. 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] Endeavour: The Final Season Airdate, Trailer & More". PBS Masterpiece. 16 June 2023 . Retrieved 25 June 2023. Endeavour: The Final Season Episodes

In the penultimate episode, 'Uniform', Endeavour notices a link between the woman's disappearance and her former employer, which demands his attention. Meanwhile, reports are flooding in of stolen cars and criminal damage caused by a group of undergraduates wreaking havoc. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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 ReleasesDetective Sergeant (DS) (formerly Detective Constable), Oxford City Police CID, Cowley Police Station. Thames Valley Police CID, Castle Gate Police Station (Series 6–Series 9).

Police Chief Superintendent (PCS), Oxford City Police, Cowley Police Station. Thames Valley Police CID, Castle Gate Police Station (Series 6–Series 9).Endeavour series nine finale: the heartbreaking ending explained". Hello. 15 March 2023 . Retrieved 25 June 2023.