List of Inspector Morse episodes

First released

Last released

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3

6 January 1987 (1987-01-06)

20 January 1987 (1987-01-20)

2

4

25 December 1987 (1987-12-25)

22 March 1988 (1988-03-22)

3

4

4 January 1989 (1989-01-04)

25 January 1989 (1989-01-25)

4

4

3 January 1990 (1990-01-03)

24 January 1990 (1990-01-24)

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5

20 February 1991 (1991-02-20)

27 March 1991 (1991-03-27)

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5

26 February 1992 (1992-02-26)

15 April 1992 (1992-04-15)

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3

6 January 1993 (1993-01-06)

20 January 1993 (1993-01-20)

8

5

29 November 1995 (1995-11-29)

15 November 2000 (2000-11-15)

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1

"The Dead of Jericho"

Alastair Reid

Anthony Minghella

6 January 1987 (1987-01-06)

Anne Stavely, a fellow chorister and romantic interest of Morse, is found hanged at her home in Jericho. Her death is presumed to be a suicide but Morse investigates, despite not being assigned to the case. While searching for a suicide note at her home, he encounters Sergeant Lewis. The suicide note was taken by neighbour George Jackson, who uses

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2

"The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn"

Brian Parker

Julian Mitchell

13 January 1987 (1987-01-13)

When Nicholas Quinn, a deaf member of Oxford's Foreign Examinations Syndicate, is found dead at his home, Morse presumes murder, and Quinn's fellow syndics soon become suspects. Morse and Lewis investigate the movements of the staff on the Friday afternoon in question. The staff consists of Martin, Roope, Ogleby, Bartlett and the attractive divorce

3

3

"Service of All the Dead"

Peter Hammond

Julian Mitchell

20 January 1987 (1987-01-20)

Morse and Lewis are called to St Oswald's where the churchwarden, Harry Josephs, is reported to have been stabbed by a local vagrant following a service. While the hunt for the vagrant begins, the vicar, Lionel Pawlen, and his congregation are all eyed with suspicion. Max the pathologist informs Morse that the dead man had a lethal amount of morphi

4

1

"The Wolvercote Tongue"

Alastair Reid

Julian Mitchell

25 December 1987 (1987-12-25)

A tour group of older Americans descend on the Randolph Hotel, including a woman who is about to donate a priceless artefact, the ‘Wolvercote Tongue’, to the Ashmolean Museum. When she is found dead shortly after arriving and the Tongue is missing from her hotel room, Morse suspects foul play, despite the hotel doctor's insistence that she died fro

5

2

"Last Seen Wearing"

Edward Bennett

Thomas Ellice

8 March 1988 (1988-03-08)

Valerie Craven, the daughter of a local building magnate, has been missing for six months, and an otherwise-idle Morse is assigned the case. When a letter with a London postmark arrives, purportedly from the missing girl, initial inquiries take Morse and Lewis in the direction of her former boyfriend John Maguire. Guesswork from Morse surprisingly

6

3

"The Settling of the Sun"

Peter Hammond

Charles Wood

15 March 1988 (1988-03-15)

Morse is hoping to rekindle a romantic relationship with Dr Jane Robson and is present with her at an Oxford college when a foreign summer student is murdered. The Japanese man, Yukio Li, had excused himself from dinner and was discovered in his room in a ritual pose with injuries to his face, hands and feet and a dagger in his chest. Max, the path

7

4

"Last Bus to Woodstock"

Peter Duffell

Michael Wilcox

22 March 1988 (1988-03-22)

Morse and Lewis are called to a pub outside Oxford where a young woman named Sylvia Kane has been found dead in the car park, seemingly run over but with scratches on her face that suggest an attack. An envelope is found in Sylvia's purse, addressed to her superior at work, Jennifer Coleby, and containing what Morse identifies as a coded letter. In

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1

"Ghost in the Machine"

Herbert Wise

Julian Mitchell

4 January 1989 (1989-01-04)

Morse and Lewis are sent to Hanbury House where an upper-class family has apparently suffered a break-in and the theft of a number of paintings. Sir Julius Hanbury is nowhere to be seen, which is particularly unusual since he is vying to be the next Master of an Oxford college and the vote is tied. Exploring the grounds of Hanbury House, Morse is s

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2

"The Last Enemy"

James Scott

Peter Buckman

11 January 1989 (1989-01-11)

Oxford academic Dr David Kerridge is believed to be missing, and a decapitated body is found in the local canal. Morse investigates, despite being encumbered by a toothache. Lewis establishes that the clothes on the body belong to Kerridge, but Kerridge is actually in London. Sir Alexander Reece, Master of Beaumont College, known to Morse from his

10

3

"Deceived by Flight"

Anthony Simmons

Anthony Minghella

18 January 1989 (1989-01-18)

Anthony Donn, Morse's college roommate from twenty years prior, comes to Oxford for an annual cricket match. He calls Morse to get together and talk. They eat chips on a bench, but Donn never tells Morse what is on his mind. Morse begins investigating a hate crime involving the fire bombing of a radical bookshop in which three people are killed. Af

11

4

"The Secret of Bay 5B"

Jim Goddard

Alma Cullen

25 January 1989 (1989-01-25)

A murder at a multistorey car park uncovers a crime of passion involving a jealous husband, his wife, and her lover. The dead man was Michael Gifford, an architect, whose diary indicates he was meeting someone there. Lewis finds Gifford's house ransacked and is knocked unconscious by the intruder. He and Morse investigate Brian Pierce, an associate

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1

"The Infernal Serpent"

John Madden

Alma Cullen

3 January 1990 (1990-01-03)

Environmentalist and senior fellow Dr Julian Dear is on his way to give a rare speech at an Oxford Union debate when he is attacked, later dying in hospital. Morse and Lewis are encouraged by Chief Superintendent Rennie to wrap up the case quickly because the cause of death was a heart attack and because Matthew Copley-Barnes, the Master of Beaufo

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2

"The Sins of the Fathers"

Peter Hammond

Jeremy Burnham

10 January 1990 (1990-01-10)

Morse investigates a family brewery after the managing director, Trevor Radford, is found murdered. He had been working late preparing a defence against a takeover bid from a rival brewery, and his body was found in one of the vats. Family members and two Radfords directors, Norman Weekes and Victor Preece, would have benefited from the takeover. W

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3

"Driven to Distraction"

Sandy Johnson

Anthony Minghella

17 January 1990 (1990-01-17)

When two women are murdered in similar circumstances Morse, Lewis and Sergeant Maitland, an expert in violence against women, set out to catch the killer before he strikes again. Both of the deceased, Maureen Thomson and Jackie Thorn, owned cars, and attention turns to the local dealer where the cars were purchased and its owner Jeremy Boynton. Aft

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4

"Masonic Mysteries"

Danny Boyle

Julian Mitchell

24 January 1990 (1990-01-24)

Morse, in his own words, becomes the hunted rather than the hunter, when he is framed for murder. The victim, Beryl Newsome, is an acquaintance of Morse. They are chorus members in a local production of The Magic Flute, the music of which recurs throughout the episode. After exchanging tense words with Morse on the way to dress rehearsal, Newsome r