- Rating: 8.60
- Year of issue: 2012
- Genres: Crime, , Drama
- Countries: United Kingdom
- Duration: 89 minutes
Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
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1. Girl
DescriptionThe sudden death of a secretarial student and the shooting of a doctor appear unconnected, but Morse suspects otherwise. -
2. Fugue
DescriptionThe strangulation of a married woman and the poisoning of an elderly botanist lead Morse to bring a serial killer to justice. -
3. Rocket
DescriptionAn unpopular fitter is murdered during a royal visit at a family owned munitions factory. -
4. Home
DescriptionMorse investigates a seemingly apparent hit-and-run accident that has claimed the life of an Oxford don.
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1. Trove
DescriptionWhen an unknown man plummets to his death, Morse unearths secrets in the very bowels of the university and far beyond the city. -
2. Nocturne
DescriptionThe death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls. -
3. Sway
DescriptionA housewife is found choked to death in her own house, which marks the third strangling in a month, setting Oxford City Police on edge. -
4. Neverland
DescriptionWhen a petty criminal absconds from an open prison, it sets off a chain reaction of troubling events, threatening to expose unspeakable horrors of the past.
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1. Ride
DescriptionWhile recuperating in a wooden shack in a forest, Morse is drawn into the complex lives of the rich people across the lake. -
2. Arcadia
DescriptionThe death of an artist in a horrendous house fire leaves Oxford City Police baffled as to the cause of the blaze. -
3. Prey
DescriptionThe detectives are called in to deal with the case of a missing au pair who disappeared after her evening class at Night School. -
4. Coda
DescriptionAs Morse takes his sergeant exam, a garment factory owner is shot dead outside a bank during a wage snatch.
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1. Game
DescriptionAs Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls Oxford's Finest into their darkest adventure. -
2. Canticle
DescriptionThe so called ‘permissive society’ comes under the spotlight as Endeavour is tasked with protecting conservative social activist, Joy Pettybon, after she receives a death threat while visiting Oxford to promote her ‘Keep Britain Decent’ campaign. -
3. Lazaretto
DescriptionWhispers that Cowley General contains a cursed ward - and a seemingly innocuous death - set off a chain of events that lead Endeavour to investigate. -
4. Harvest
DescriptionWhen a body is found in Bramford Mere, a marshland outside of Oxford, everyone assumes they are the remains of Dr Matthew Laxman, an Oxford botanist who mysteriously disappeared near the site five years earlier.
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1. Muse
DescriptionThe newly promoted Detective Sergeant Morse investigates when a famous international thief tries to steal a Faberge egg from an auction. The case leads to the gruesome murders of an academic and a gangster, and Morse is convinced the deaths are the work of the same man. As he struggles with his new responsibilities, he finds himself forced to mentor a younger partner. -
2. Cartouche
DescriptionHollywood glamour comes to Oxford as the stars of a new horror movie sequel begin filming in the city. Meanwhile, the unexplained poisoning of a former detective sergeant leads Endeavour and Thursday to a local cinema, which is playing host the film's stars in a special event. -
3. Passenger
DescriptionThe railway takes centre stage as Endeavour investigates the disappearance of a local woman - with initial fears linking it to the unsolved murder of a teenager, killed several years earlier. -
4. Colours
DescriptionA photo-shoot on an army base turns sinister when one of the models is found dead. But the investigation is complicated when Sam Thursday is revealed to be involved. -
5. Quartet
DescriptionAn assassination attempt at an international sporting event opens a new case for Endeavour and Thursday, but their investigation is quickly brought to an unexpected end. -
6. Icarus
DescriptionAfter the mysterious disappearance of a teacher, Endeavour finds himself investigating the dark and secret world of a public school.
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1. Pylon
DescriptionWith the Cowley team scattered across Oxfordshire, Endeavour finds himself policing a lonely country patch, and back in uniform. His day job is a monotonous investigation of missing livestock and stolen tractors. But when he discovers the dead body of a missing schoolgirl, it opens this quiet backwater to the roar of Castle Gate CID – now staffed by Thursday and an old adversary, the newly promoted DCI Ronnie Box, alongside sidekick DS Alan Jago. -
2. Apollo
DescriptionAs the highly-anticipated moon landings of Apollo 11 draw near, Endeavour finds himself investigating the death of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend. Their deaths seeming to be a result of a tragic car accident on first inspection, with the clues pointing to foul play, Endeavour enlists the help of an injured Thursday to uncover the truth. -
3. Confection
DescriptionThe murder of a chocolate factory owner during a local hunt leads Endeavour to the sleepy village of Chigton Green. When he learns of a vicious campaign of gossip and rumour, it seems likely that two murders are connected. One of the targets, a beautiful, single mother, captures Endeavour's attention, giving him food for thought about the future. -
4. Degüello
DescriptionWhen a librarian is gruesomely murdered at the Bodleian, Endeavour and Thursday have little to go on besides a set of muddy boot prints. With the two main suspects having their own motives for killing the librarian, Endeavour digs deeper into their backgrounds, tracking a trail that appears to connect to seemingly innocent college bequest.
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1. Episode 1
DescriptionA grisly murder on an Oxford towpath speaks to Thursday's intuition. -
2. Raga
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3. Zenana
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1. Striker
DescriptionOpening the series in 1971, a death threat to Oxford Wanderers’ star striker Jack Swift places Endeavour and his team at the heart of the glitz and glamour of 1970s football, exposing the true cost of success and celebrity, and with it, a deep-rooted division that is soon reflected much closer to home. -
2. Scherzo
DescriptionMorse and the team are called to investigate the murder of a taxi driver found dead in his cab on the outskirts of Oxford, and worry that a recent string of assaults on cab drivers has escalated to murder. As the inquiry unfolds, the detective finds the case hits too close to home and starts to retreat from those close to him. -
3. Terminus
DescriptionIt is the winter of 1971 and the team is split up by a snowstorm while investigating the murder of a college don, and Endeavour is stranded at an abandoned hotel where he becomes the subject of a revenge plot.
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1. Prelude
DescriptionEndeavour's return to duty at Castle Gate with a newfound sobriety coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden linked to an Oxford orchestra. -
2. Uniform
DescriptionEndeavour suspects a connection between a woman's disappearance and her past employer but another missing persons case demands his attention. This time, it's a notable artist, whose work adorns the covers of a series of paperback mysteries. -
3. Exeunt
DescriptionEndeavour's investigation into a number of untimely death notices in the Oxford Mail, each with a cryptic message, takes him to a series of funerals, then behind the curtain at a funeral directors', before forcing him to confront his own mortality.