Endeavour 

Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.

Stars:

Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw

Top Rated TV #187 | 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Shaun Evans	...	DC Endeavour Morse / ... 23 episodes, 2012-2018
Roger Allam	...	DI Fred Thursday / ... 23 episodes, 2012-2018
James Bradshaw	...	Dr. Max DeBryn 23 episodes, 2012-2018
Sean Rigby	...	DS Jim Strange / ... 22 episodes, 2013-2018
Anton Lesser	...	Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright / ... 22 episodes, 2013-2018
Caroline O'Neill	...	Win Thursday 19 episodes, 2013-2018
Sara Vickers	...	Joan Thursday 17 episodes, 2013-2018
Abigail Thaw	...	Dorothea Frazil 15 episodes, 2012-2018
Dakota Blue Richards	...	WPC Shirley Trewlove 13 episodes, 2016-2018
Jack Laskey	...	DS Peter Jakes 10 episodes, 2013-2016

Storyline

Series 1 follows the early police career of young Endeavour Morse, who upon leaving his Oxford College without a degree, spending time in the Royal Signal Corps., and eventually joining the Oxfordshire Police, is transferred to CID, attaining the rank of Detective Constable. Originally starting out his career at Carshall-Newtown Police, Morse transfers to the Oxford City Police in 1965 following a murder investigation during the pilot episode. While with the Oxford City Police, Morse is taken under the wing of veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Inspector Thursday names Morse his designated "bag man" and shows him the ropes as Morse begins to solve a string of complex murders, much to the envy and annoyance of some of his superiors, particularly Detective Sergeant Jakes and Chief Superintendent Bright. Thursday and Morse's fellow officer, Police Constable Strange, try to steer the young Endeavour into taking his Sergeant's exam, so that he may be relieved of "General Duties" ...

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Plot Keywords:

police | 1960s | one word title | character name in title | younger version of character | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der junge Inspektor Morse

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mammoth Screen, Masterpiece, ITV Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Musical Morse: The inspector's last name, translated into Morse Code, reads as " - - / - - - / . - . / . . . / . " Impressively, this code is precisely reflected in theme music written by Barrington Pheloung, and is easily identified at the end of S1 Episode 2 (Fugue). In the final scene, as E. Morse looks on the sunset over the quad, bells begin to chime. Next, violins can be heard beginning a loop of the musical version of letters M.O.R.S.E., playing on a frequency of 329.63 Hz (tonal E in music). Soon, a masterful orchestration is woven in, diversifying this subtle nod to cryptography. Considering the content of the episode, this thematic and compositional brilliance is perfectly placed.

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Connections

Featured in Good Morning Britain: Episode dated 6 January 2017 (2017)

User Reviews

Homages

Just finished watching the "Girl" episode, and found the overall ambiance of the program very convincing. I don't think that Shaun Evans looks much like a young John Thaw, and the voice also is not even close, but by and large, it works.

The Jag still looks like the nicest saloon car ever built, and I can understand Morse's falling for it at this stage of his career, even if it would have taken quite a few years to be able to afford to buy one on a constables salary.

Lots of homages already noted and reported in the pilot reviews, but has anyone picked up on Roger Allam's nod to Rupert Davies' Maigret portrayal?