Inspecteur Morse

Original title: Inspector Morse

TV Series
1987–2000
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1h 30m

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John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspecteur Morse (1987)

Police Procedural Whodunnit Crime Drama Mystery

Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford a... Read allChief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

15K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

636

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Won 6 BAFTA Awards
- 9 wins & 12 nominations total

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John Thaw

Chief Inspector Morse

Kevin Whately

Detective Sergeant Lewis

James Grout

Chief Superintendent Strange

Peter Woodthorpe

Clare Holman

Dr. Laura Hobson

Liz Kettle

WPC…

Amanda Hillwood

Dr. Grayling Russell…

Maureen Bennett

Val Lewis…

David Baukham

Desk Sergeant…

Judy Loe

Adele Cecil

Norman Jones

Chief Inspector Bell…

Richard Huw

Detective Constable Dearden

Mark Draper

Angry Policeman…

Bernard Brown

Dr. Felix McClure…

Trevor Martin

Alan Sowden…

Gary Powell

Constable…

John Bleasdale

Constable…

Philip Voss

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Trivia
John Thaw was forty-four when he began playing Inspector Morse, but because of his prematurely white hair, many viewers thought he was about a decade older. Thaw was an alcoholic until 1994, and he often smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day.

Quotes
Morse: I always drink at lunchtime. It helps my imagination.

Crazy credits
The opening notes of the theme music are based on the word "Morse" in Morse code, altered for musical purposes. The same notes are also included at the end and in places within the theme music. In the 1995 documentary "The Mystery of Morse: The Making of Morse", the composer stated that the theme sometimes spells the name of the murderer, a cryptic version of the name, or, as a red herring, an innocent character. However, there is nothing documented on the Internet for any specific name or episode. Morse code experts say that, aside from the code for "Morse", any other Morse code-like notes in the theme are complete gibberish, probably because the code was modified greatly for musical purposes.

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Edited into Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace (2000)

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Code Of Class

John Thaw will never have a better part than that of the crusty copper , Morse. Fans of the crime genre will love this as it usually is a great whodunnit every time with no car chases or fights and as such is always refreshingly different from the usual cop show. Just add in that Morse is a total loser with the ladies, likes a drink, enjoys listening to recordings of tragic operas. Great way to solve murders, sitting in the pub downing a beer in the middle of the day. It beats chasing armed assailants up back alleys or staking out clubs hiding in garbage cans any day.The only criticism of the show is that Oxford is portrayed as the murder capital of Europe when in real life it is probably one of the least criminal places in the world with parking offences probably being its most common crime.