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4 February 1988 (USA)
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A grouchy but cultured police detective and his easy going partner investigate crimes around the British community of Oxford. full summary
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9 wins
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12 nominations
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Intelligent Whodunit with Fine Cast
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(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 25) | John Thaw | ... | Chief Inspector Morse (33 episodes, 1987-2000) |
| Kevin Whately | ... | Detective Sergeant Lewis (32 episodes, 1987-2000) |
| Colin Dexter | ... | College porter showing Morse and Lewis to John Brewster / ... (30 episodes, 1987-2000) |
| James Grout | ... | Chief Superintendent Strange (22 episodes, 1987-2000) |
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120 min (33 episodes)
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Colin Dexter named his two main characters after his favourite crossword compilers, Sir Jeremy Morse and Mrs. B. Lewis. Some of the other characters and places are named after local streets in Summertown (north Oxford) where Colin Dexter lives: Rawlinson Road (Ruth Rawlinson in "Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead (#1.3)" (1987)), Aldrich Road (Phil Aldrich in "Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue (#2.1)" (1987)), Hobson Road (Laura Hobson, the pathologist in Series 8-12) and Lonsdale Road (Lonsdale College which features in several episodes).
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Referenced in Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2003) (TV)
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Not since the great team of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce (in the early film Sherlock Holmes series) have there been such a happy combination as John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Morse and Lewis, in "Inspector Morse". Based on the rather academic crime novels of Colin Dexter this is surely one of the best TV whodunit series. Thaw is much at home playing the cantankerous, cultured, clever, and egocentric Police Inspector who enjoys a drink, while Whately does well as his obedient sidekick. Clever plots and intelligent scripting make this a thought provoking and interesting series. Which has lead to other quirky British Police Inspectors such as Barnaby in The Midsomers Murders, and Frost in A Touch of Frost. One might argue that Oxford, and for that matter in the other series small English country villages seem alive with serial killers, rather not conducive to tourism, but allowing for poetic license these stories capture the interest more than most.