Endeavour: Series 1-8 [DVD] [2021]

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While a series of deaths are announced in the newspaper before they have occurred, a biker is killed and storm clouds gather as the past continues to rear its ugly head. a b Fullerton, Huw (30 January 2017). "Morse prequel Endeavour to return to ITV for a longer fifth series". Radio Times. Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson adds, “ Endeavour has been one of our most beloved MASTERPIECE series. Though we hate to see it end, we have been so proud to present this wonderful series to our viewers.” a b c d e f g h i j "Weekly top 10 programmes". BARB.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014 . Retrieved 2016-11-25. Series 4 covers summer to autumn 1967. Joan Thursday is still away and Morse learns that his sergeant's exam paper went "missing", which meant automatic failure. Bright finds out that Morse's exam paper was the only one missing and suggests to him that some of his enemies might be sabotaging his career. After solving another complex murder case, Morse refuses to be affected by failing his sergeant's exam and stays in Oxford. He locates Joan in Leamington Spa, in a relationship with a married man. She declines Morse's plea to return to Oxford. It is later learned that he agreed not to reveal her whereabouts to her father.

Mid June 1967. Gangland loyalties are tested when criminals vie to replace their dead boss Harry Rose. Police loyalties are tested when Fred Thursday is suspended for hitting an informant. Bank staff loyalties are tested where Joan Thursday works when armed robbers trap them along with Morse, who is there investigating a killing and payroll robbery. As hostages are taken, he and Joan try to conceal their identities. Morse realises he is part of someone else's plan to conceal another crime.

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Series 1 was released on DVD on 6 May 2013, series 2 on 5 May 2014, series 3 on 1 February 2016, and series 4 on 30 January 2017. [34] DVD Releases Commented Executive Producer Damien Timmer on behalf of producers, Mammoth Screen:“ Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of TV. Russell always knew where he wanted the series to end, and that Remorseful Day is nearly upon us! We’d like to thank Shaun and Roger and all the other members of the Endeavour family on and off screen, and the show’s fans both in the U.K. and abroad. Russell has many surprises up his sleeve for the final three films, with the return of some familiar faces and new challenges for Endeavour and Thursday to face before the final goodbye!” June 1965. An investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl and the apparent suicide of her boyfriend lead Oxford City Police to the discovery of illegal sex parties where under-age girls are procured for politicians, businessmen, Oxford dons, and policemen. Endeavour's superior, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, recognising the young constable as a detective he can trust, takes him under his wing. Determined to break the case, he and Morse bring it to a successful conclusion. [a] Finally, in 'Terminus', Sam Thursday goes AWOL in Northern Ireland, causing conflict in the Thursday family. Morse finds himself stranded at an abandoned hotel during a snowstorm with a group of bus passengers and no communication with the outside world, dealing with the consequences of a murder spree at the hotel eight years earlier.

Having studied at Oxford gives Morse advantages and disadvantages when dealing with Oxford's "town and gown" divide. During the pilot episode he tenders his resignation, but his superior, veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday ( Roger Allam), sees in him an unblemished detective whom he can trust and takes him under his wing to be his new "bag man" (aide), replacing a corrupt detective sergeant. January 1970. Morse, on holiday in Venice, strikes up a sexual relationship with Violetta Talenti. During Morse's two-week absence, Thursday investigates the murder of Molly Andrews on a towpath and suspects her boyfriend, Carl Sturgis, but he has an alibi. Come April, Morse is asked by Chief Superintendent Bright to take a second look at the case, and he is led to scientists researching "latent brain activity" ( ESP) using volunteers, one of whom was Andrews. Soon, one of the researchers, Dr. Benford, is found dead; Benford had a highly gifted volunteer, Jenny Tate, who saw the murder in her mind. Morse has his wallet stolen in the street and an old Oxford classmate, Ludo, comes to his aid; Ludo later turns out to be Violetta's husband. [q] The fourth episode of series 3, "Coda" has Jerome Hogg in a small role; Hogg was also seen in the Morse episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts". [21] Additionally, the episode "Prey" (series 3, episode 3) is set at Crevecoeur Hall, the setting for "The Dead of Winter" (episode 13) of Lewis. One of the last lines in series 8, episode 3 (Terminus), "It's beginning to thaw", is also considered to be a nod to Thaw's portrayal of the character. [22] [23] [24] March 1967. Morse is disillusioned after spending time in prison following his last case, and even though he is exonerated, ponders his future with the police. Having relocated to an isolated lake front cottage, Morse is befriended by an unhappy millionaire and his friends. At a funfair on Cowley Green a young woman, Jeannie Hearne, is spirited away into the night, seemingly without explanation. When her body is found the next morning, Inspector Thursday investigates and discovers that Morse's new friends are involved. When Morse's millionaire friend is killed, but then appears the next day, Morse realises his future is as a detective and the solution lies at the funfair where Hearne went missing.

a b Young, Kari (30 April 2018). "13 Things We Know (and Think We Know) About Endeavour Series 6 – We Will (Once Again) Be Dragged Through the Morse-Joan Thursday Storyline". popsugar.co.uk. San Francisco: Popsugar, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018 . Retrieved 18 June 2022.

Hubbard, Lauren (29 May 2022). "Everything We know About Endeavour Season 9". Town and Country Magazine . Retrieved 26 June 2022. Whilst US viewers still have at least a few months more before they can watch Endeavour season 9, the final season of the Oxford-set show has now started in the UK on ITV1 at 8pm on Sundays. UK-based fans can also stream Endeavour season 9 on ITVX, though unlike Unforgotten season 5 not all episodes are there to watch in one go. Instead, they become available on a weekly basis, increasing the sense of suspense as fans await the highly-anticipated final ever episode. This is fun with the detective show,” says Shaun Evans. “There's a real lightness and Kevin was fantastic.” The final episode, with the gang rivalry looming all over town, includes the death of DC George Fancy (who gets hit by bullets that do not match any of those of the crossfire between gangs that occurred where he was found) and the departure of WPC Shirley Trewlove to Scotland Yard, while the rest come to terms with the death and the closure of the Cowley Station. The series concludes with Morse asking Joan Thursday if her offer to go for coffee was still open (after he had said no to having coffee with her earlier in the series). In the last scene, they look at one another before Joan responds. [2] Series 6 (2019) [ edit ]

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In addition to the face-in-the-mirror scene, Endeavour includes another recognition of Thaw. His daughter, Abigail Thaw, appears as the editor of the Oxford Mail, whom Morse questions. [19] Abigail Thaw, daughter of the original Morse actor John Thaw, played the part of Dorothea Frazil in a scene at the Oxford Mail. At the end of the scene she pauses for a moment, then asks if she has met him before, eventually noting it may have been "in another life". [20] Nurse, Jon (6 April 2014). "Bearwood College scene of murder in ITV's Endeavour tonight". BerkshireLive. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 . Retrieved 5 June 2022.

Midgeley, Neil (5 May 2017). "30 years of Morse – how John Thaw's legacy lives on in Endeavour". Radio Times. Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060 . Retrieved 31 May 2017. In the closing moments, as Thursday asks Morse where he sees himself in 20 years, Morse looks in the rear view mirror and the face of Thaw is shown in the reflection. At the same time, the original series music begins and plays through the credits. This effect is repeated in the closing scenes of the last episode of series 9.

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Sweeny, Mark (3 January 2012). "Endeavour pays off with 6.5m viewers". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 March 2013. The new season begins with Endeavour returning to Oxford after seeking help for his drinking problems. But life at Castle Gate police station is about to change… Early June 1967. The missing persons case of Danish au pair Ingrid Hjort proves far from routine, pulling Endeavour into the duelling worlds of Oxford scientific academia, the city's vast parks, as well as an urban legend said to haunt the untamed wilderness of the Oxfordshire countryside. The opener sees the sleuths looking into a mysterious death at a reception for a prestigious orchestra, while the subsequent demise of a musician in the orchestra complicates matters, and the murder of an old face from Thursday’s past rings alarm bells.