Morse was voted number two on the top 25 list in ITV's Britain's Favourite Detective first broadcast on 30 August 2020. ===Radio=== An adaptation by Melville Jones of Last Bus to Woodstock featured in BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre series in June 1985, with Andrew Burt as Morse and Christopher Douglas as Lewis. In the 1990s, an occasional BBC Radio 4 series (for The Saturday Play) was made starring the voices of John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis.
The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central (a company later acquired by Carlton) and comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials)—20 more episodes than there are novels—produced between 1987 and 2000.
Morse was voted number two on the top 25 list in ITV's Britain's Favourite Detective first broadcast on 30 August 2020. ===Radio=== An adaptation by Melville Jones of Last Bus to Woodstock featured in BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre series in June 1985, with Andrew Burt as Morse and Christopher Douglas as Lewis. In the 1990s, an occasional BBC Radio 4 series (for The Saturday Play) was made starring the voices of John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis.
Episodes included: The Wench is Dead (23 March 1992); Last Seen Wearing (28 May 1994); and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (10 February 1996). ===Theatre=== An Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (writer of four Morse screenplays for ITV).
Episodes included: The Wench is Dead (23 March 1992); Last Seen Wearing (28 May 1994); and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (10 February 1996). ===Theatre=== An Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (writer of four Morse screenplays for ITV).
Episodes included: The Wench is Dead (23 March 1992); Last Seen Wearing (28 May 1994); and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (10 February 1996). ===Theatre=== An Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (writer of four Morse screenplays for ITV).
The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central (a company later acquired by Carlton) and comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials)—20 more episodes than there are novels—produced between 1987 and 2000.
The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Morse dies. A spin-off series, similarly comprising 33 two-hour episodes and based on the television incarnation of Lewis, was titled Lewis; it first aired in 2006 and last showed in 2015. In August 2011, ITV announced plans to film a prequel drama called Endeavour, with author Colin Dexter's participation.
Episodes included: The Wench is Dead (23 March 1992); Last Seen Wearing (28 May 1994); and The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (10 February 1996). ===Theatre=== An Inspector Morse stage play appeared in 2010, written by Alma Cullen (writer of four Morse screenplays for ITV).
The play toured the UK from August to December 2010.
The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Morse dies. A spin-off series, similarly comprising 33 two-hour episodes and based on the television incarnation of Lewis, was titled Lewis; it first aired in 2006 and last showed in 2015. In August 2011, ITV announced plans to film a prequel drama called Endeavour, with author Colin Dexter's participation.
The drama was broadcast on 2 January 2012 on ITV 1.
Four new episodes were televised from 14 April 2013, showing Morse's early cases working for DI Fred Thursday and with Jim Strange, his later boss, and pathologist Max De Bryn.
A second series of four episodes followed, screening in March and April 2014.
The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Morse dies. A spin-off series, similarly comprising 33 two-hour episodes and based on the television incarnation of Lewis, was titled Lewis; it first aired in 2006 and last showed in 2015. In August 2011, ITV announced plans to film a prequel drama called Endeavour, with author Colin Dexter's participation.
In January 2016, the third series aired, also containing four episodes.
A fourth series was aired, with four episodes, in January 2017.
Filming of a fifth series of six episodes began in early 2017 with the first episode aired on 4 February 2018.
Filming of a fifth series of six episodes began in early 2017 with the first episode aired on 4 February 2018.
In 2019 the sixth series aired, which comprises four 1-hour-30-minute episodes.
A seventh series of three episodes was filmed in late 2019, and in August 2019 ITV announced that the series has been recommissioned for an eighth series.
Morse was voted number two on the top 25 list in ITV's Britain's Favourite Detective first broadcast on 30 August 2020. ===Radio=== An adaptation by Melville Jones of Last Bus to Woodstock featured in BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre series in June 1985, with Andrew Burt as Morse and Christopher Douglas as Lewis. In the 1990s, an occasional BBC Radio 4 series (for The Saturday Play) was made starring the voices of John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis.
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