Editing Inspector Morse (section)

===Television===
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====''Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000)====
The Inspector Morse novels were made into a [[Inspector Morse (TV series)|TV series]] (also called ''Inspector Morse'') for the British commercial TV network [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. The series was made by [[Zenith Productions]] for [[Central Independent Television|Central]] (a company later acquired by [[Carlton Television|Carlton]]) and comprised 33&nbsp;two-hour episodes (100&nbsp;minutes excluding commercials)—20&nbsp;more episodes than there are novels—produced between 6 January 1987 and 15 November 2000. The last episode was adapted from the final novel ''The Remorseful Day'', in which Morse dies from a heart attack. Morse was played by [[John Thaw]] and Lewis by [[Kevin Whately|Kevin Whateley]].

====''Lewis'' (2006–2015)====
A spin-off series, similarly comprising 33&nbsp;two-hour episodes and based on the television incarnation of [[Sergeant Lewis|Lewis]], was titled ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''; it first aired on 29 January 2006 and last showed on 10 November 2015. The spin-off consisted the following cast members: [[Kevin Whately]] as DI Robbie Lewis, [[Laurence Fox]] as DS James Hathaway, [[Clare Holman]] as Dr Laura Hobson and [[Rebecca Front]] as CS Jean Innocent.

====''Endeavour'' (2012–2023)====
In August 2011, ITV announced plans to film a [[prequel]] drama called ''[[Endeavour (TV series)|Endeavour]]'', with author Colin Dexter's participation. English actor [[Shaun Evans]] was cast as a young Morse in his early career.<ref>[http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9005186.Inspector_Morse_set_for_TV_comeback_as_young_man/ Inspector Morse set for TV comeback as young man], ''[[Oxford Mail]]'', 4 May 2011</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110806033549/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8681868/Inspector-Morse-is-an-enigma-lets-keep-him-that-way.html Inspector Morse is an enigma – let's keep him that way], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 5 August 2011</ref> The pilot episode was broadcast on 2 January 2012 on ITV. The prequel was made by [[Mammoth Screen]]. Four new episodes were televised from 14 April 2013, showing Morse's early cases working for DI Fred Thursday ([[Roger Allam]]) and with [[Chief Superintendent Strange|Jim Strange]] ([[Sean Rigby]]), initially as PC Jim Strange, later DS Jim Strange, and pathologist Max De Bryn ([[James Bradshaw (actor)|James Bradshaw]]), plus Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright ([[Anton Lesser]]), DS Peter Jakes ([[Jack Laskey]]), WPC Shirley Trewlove ([[Dakota Blue Richards]]), DC George Fancy (Lewis Peek), DI Ronnie Box (Simon Harrison) and DS Alan Jago (Richard Riddell). Alongside the police department, the prequel also consisted of Fred Thursday’s family members: Win Thursday, (Caroline O’Neill), Sam Thursday ([[Jack Bannon (English actor)|Jack Bannon]]), Joan Thursday ([[Sara Vickers]]) and the newspaper editor Dorothea Frazil ([[Abigail Thaw]]). A second series of four episodes followed, screening between 30 March 2014 and 20 April 2014. On 3 January 2016, the third series aired, also containing four episodes. A fourth series was aired, once again with four episodes, on 8 January 2017. Filming of a fifth series of six episodes began in early 2017 with the first episode of the fifth series aired on 4 February 2018. On 10 February 2019 the sixth series aired, which comprises four 1-hour-30-minute episodes. A seventh series of three episodes was filmed in late 2019, aired on 9 February 2020 and in August 2019 ITV announced that the series has been recommissioned for an eighth series, screened on 12 September 2021, also containing three episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-16/endeavour-confirms-eighth-series/|title=Endeavour confirms eighth series|work=Radio Times|date=19 August 2019|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> Morse was voted number two on the top 25 list in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s Britain's Favourite Detective first broadcast on 30 August 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/britains-favourite-detective/|title=Britain's Favourite Detective|publisher=ITV|date=21 July 2020|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

On 23 May 2022, a day after filming began for the ninth series, ITV announced that ''Endeavour'' would end production after a decade on air at the conclusion of the ninth series, bringing the total number of ''Endeavour'' episodes to 36. The ninth and final series comprised the final three episodes, which aired from 26 February 2023 to 12 March 2023.