Episode
Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue
Overview
Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.
Details
- Series
- Inspector Morse
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1987-12-25
- Runtime
- 100 min
Episode context
The Wolvercote Tongue is Episode 1 in Series 2 of Inspector Morse. It aired on 1987-12-25. The runtime is 100 min.
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