Inspector Morse (TV series)

Inspector Morse
Logo used from Series 4
Genre	Crime drama Murder mystery Detective fiction
Created by	Colin Dexter
Based on	the novel series by Colin Dexter
Developed by	Anthony Minghella Kenny McBain
Starring	John Thaw Kevin Whately James Grout
Theme music composer	Barrington Pheloung
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7 series (1987–1993) and 5 specials (1995–2000)
No. of episodes	33 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Ted Childs
Running time	98–105 minutes
Production companies	Zenith Productions Central Independent Television Carlton Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	6 January 1987 (1987-01-06) – 15 November 2000 (2000-11-15)
Related
Lewis Endeavour
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Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) produced between 6 January 1987 and 15 November 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes.

In 2018, the series was named the greatest British crime drama of all time by Radio Times’ readers.^[1] In 2000, the series was ranked 42 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute.

It was followed by the spin-off Lewis and prequel Endeavour.