TV series
Inspector Morse
Overview
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
Details
- First air date
- 1987-01-06
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 7 seasons
- Episodes
- 28 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Network
- ITV1
- Production
- Carlton UK Productions, GBH, ITV Central, Zenith Entertainment
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse
- Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Lewis
- Peter Woodthorpe as Dr. Max DeBryn
- James Grout as Chief Superintendent Strange
- Maureen Bennett as Val Lewis
- Amanda Hillwood as Dr. Grayling Russell
- Andrew Ray as Alfred Rydale
- Norman Jones as Chief Inspector Bell
- Julia Sawalha as Rachel
- Perry Fenwick as Jimmy
- Derek Fowlds as Kurt Friedman
- Rachel Weisz as Arabella Baydon
Creators and crew
- Tony Warren - Creator
- Colin Dexter - Creator
- John Thaw - Executive Producer
- Ted Childs - Executive Producer
- Chris Burt - Producer
- Deirdre Keir - Producer
Seasons
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