"Inspector Morse" The Remorseful Day (2000)

Director:

Jack Gold

Writers:

Colin Dexter (novel)
Stephen Churchett (screenplay)

TV Series:

"Inspector Morse" (1987)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2000 (Season 12, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Oxford | Police | Murder | Sergeant

Cast

John Thaw	...	Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately	...	Detective Sergeant Lewis
Meg Davies	...	Yvonne Harrison
Eddie Webber	...	Harry Repp
Anna Wilson-Jones	...	Sandra Harrison
Paul Freeman	...	Frank Harrison
James Benson	...	Paddy Flynn
Clare Holman	...	Dr. Laura Hobson
James Grout	...	Chief Superintendent Strange
Paul Hegarty	...	SOCO Officer
T.P. McKenna	...	Professor Sir Lionel Phelps
Helen Pearson	...	Debbie Repp
Sean Wightman	...	PC at Landfill
Jesse Birdsall	...	John Barron
Aidan David	...	Roy Holmes (as Aidan J. David)

Filming Locations:

Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Carlton UK Productions

Trivia:

When the final scene was being filmed, in which Morse has a heart attack and collapses on the lawn of Exeter College, the camera, which had been working perfectly until that moment, jammed on five consecutive takes before finally allowing the take that appears in the episode.

Quotes:

[Sir Lionel Phelps boasts about his sex games with Yvonne Harrison]
Chief Inspector Morse: "Kinky rumpy-pumpy" is what my sergeant would call it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Goodbye 2000 (2000) (TV)

Sad ending to a wonderful series.

Sad ending to a wonderful series. Perhaps the principal characters and co were becoming tired of the long running series. Frankly, I wish this series never finished as I have enjoyed it so much for more than fifteen years, even the re-runs. I am grateful that television networks still continue to do re-runs. I am sure many television viewers of my age would agree. I think Thaw and Whately were always wonderful together and I will miss them. In recent years I have seen other productions in which Thaw and Whately appeared (although not together). I still think of Thaw as Morse and Whately as Lewis. They were so good together.