INSPECTOR MORSE

English version

Es ist eigentlich nicht zu fassen, aber von diesem erfolgreichsten britischen TV-Exportartikel der letzten 15 Jahre sind in Deutschland nur eine Handvoll Folgen im DDR-Fernsehen gelaufen. In den deutschen Sendeanstalten ist wohl die Meinung vorherrschend, das Morse-Terrain sei mit Derrick hinreichend abgedeckt. Ein ebenso erbärmlicher wie tragischer Irrtum. Die Serie, entwickelt von Kenny McBain, basiert auf Romanen von Colin Dexter, die anfangs und dann wieder mit The Way Through the Woods zu Drehbüchern umgearbeitet wurden. Sie wurde mit zum Trendsetter des britischen TV- Detektivfilms, mit Poirot und PD James Mysteries. Die meisten Folgen sind Originaldrehbücher. Morse ist wie Redcap, The Sweeney, Mitch, You Again, Kavanagh QC und anderen um John Thaw (gest. 2002), dem britischen TV-Darsteller par excellence, herumkonzipiert.

EPISODE GUIDE

Executive Producer Ted Childs Music Barrington Pheloung
Season 1
(1.01) The Dead Of Jericho tx 06.01.87 Guest Stars Gemma Jones James Laurenson Patrick Troughton Norman Jones Stunts Peter Brayham Special Effects Arthur Beavis Writer Anthony Minghella Assistant Director Ken Baker Photography Clive Tickner Editors Edward Marnier Michael Feinberg Designer David McHenry Associate Producer Laurie Greenwood Producer Kenny McBain Director Alastair Reid
(1.02) The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn tx 13.01.87 Guest Stars Barbara Flynn Michael Gough Roger Lloyd-Pack Clive Swift Frederick Treves Writer Julian Mitchell Director Brian Parker
(1.03) Service of All the Dead tx 20.01.87 Guest Stars Michael Hordern Angela Morant Maurice O'Connell Writer Julian Mitchell Producer Kenny McBain Director Peter Hammond
(1.04.) The Wolvercote Tongue tx 25.12.87 Guest Stars Kenneth Cranham Nicholas Bell John Bloomfield Simon Callow Jane Bertish Writer Julian Mitchell Photography Clive Tickner Editors Edward Marnier Michael Feinberg Designer David McHenry Producer Kenny McBain Director Alastair Reid

Season 2
(2.01) Last Seen Wearing tx 08.03.88 Guest Stars Glyn Houston Elizabeth Hurley Frances Tomelty Fiona Mollison Peter McEnery Suzanne Bertish Julia Sawalha Writer Thomas Ellice Photography Clive Tickner Designer David McHenry Director Edward Bennett
A bit of a casting coup here: Tomelty and Morrison were they female leads in Strangers.
(2.02) The Settling of the Sun tx 15.03.88 Guest Stars Amanda Burton Anna Calder-Marshall Robert Lang Derek Fowlds Avis Bunnage Writer Charles Wood Producer Kenny McBain Director Peter Hammond
(2.03) Last Bus to Woodstock tx 22.03.88 Guest Stars Paul Geoffrey Terrence Hardiman Anthony Bate Fabia Drake Holly Aird Writer Michael Wilcox Director Peter Duffell

Season 3
(3.01) The Ghost in the Machine tx 04.01.89 Guest Stars Patricia Hodge Clifford Rose John Cater Writer Julian Mitchell Director Herbert Wise
(3.02) The Last Enemy tx 11.01.89 Guest Stars Barry Foster Amanda Hillwood Tenniel Evans Michael Aldridge Albert Welling Gertan Klauber Stunts Bill Weston Wayne Michael Writer Peter Buckman Photography Michael Davis Editor Laurence Méry-Clark Designer Rod Stratfold Producer Chris Burt Director James Scott
(3.03) Deceived By Flight tx 18.01.89 Guest Stars Norman Rodway Bryan Pringle Sharon Maughan Daniel Massey Nicky Henson Geoffrey Beevers Jane Booker Writer Anthony Minghella Director Anthony Simmons
(3.04) The Secret of Bay 5B tx 25.01.89 Guest Stars Andrew Wilde Mel Martin Marion Bailey Writer Alma Cullen Photography Michael Davis Editors Laurence Méry-Clark Peter Krook Designer Rod Stratfold Producer Chris Burt Director Jim Goddard

Season 4
(4.01) The Infernal Serpent tx 03.01.90 Guest Stars Cheryl Campbell Barbara Leigh-Hunt Geoffrey Palmer Denys Hawthorne Writer Alma Cullen Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Bob Dearberg Designer Terry Ackland-Snow Director John Madden
(4.02) The Sins of the Fathers tx 10.01.90 Guest Stars John Bird Lisa Harrow Isobel Dean Lionel Jeffries Kim Thomson Andrew Bradford Writer Jeremy Burnham Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Alan Jones Designer Terry Ackland-Snow Producer David Lascelles Director Peter Hammond
(4.03) Driven to Distraction tx 17.01.90 Guest Stars Christopher Fulford Patrick Malahide Writer Anthony Minghella Director Sandy Johnson
(4.04) Masonic Mysteries tx 24.01.90 Guest Stars Ian McDiarmid (Hugo De Vries) Iain Cuthbertson Diane Fletcher Richard Huw Tip Tipping Writer Julian Mitchell Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Bob Dearberg Designer Terry Ackland-Snow Producer David Lascelles Director Daniel Boyle
"FREEMASONS, LEWIS!!"

Season 5
(5.01) Second Time Around tx 20.02.91 Guest Stars Kenneth Colley Oliver Ford Davies Ann Bell Christopher Eccleston Graeme Du-Fresne Writer Daniel Boyle Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Bob Dearberg Designer David McHenry Producer David Lascelles Director Adrian Shergold
(5.02) Fat Chance tx 27.02.91 Guest Stars Maurice Denham Zoe Wanamaker Kenneth Haigh Nicholas Selby Josephine Welcome Writer Alma Cullen Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Andrew Nelson Designer David McHenry Producer David Lascelles Director Roy Battersby
(5.03) Who Killed Harry Field? tx 13.03.91 Guest Stars John Castle Freddie Jones Geraldine James Ronald Pickup Nicola Cowper Philip Locke Veronica Lang Maureen Bennett (Liz Lewis) David Belcher Vania Vilers Trevor Byfield Writer Geoffrey Case Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Bob Dearberg Designer David McHenry Producer David Lascelles Director Colin Gregg
(5.04) Greeks Bearing Gifts tx 20.03.91 Guest Stars James Hazeldine Martin Jarvis Jan Harvey James Faulkner Maureen Bennett (Liz Lewis) Writer Peter Nichols Photography Paul Wheeler Editor Andrew Nelson Designer David McHenry Producer David Lascelles Director Adrian Shergold
(5.05) Promised Land tx 27.03.91 Guest Stars John Jarratt Rhondda Findleton Peter Browne Vanessa Patterson Noah Taylor Writer Julian Mitchell Photography Ellery Ryan Paul Wheeler Editor Bob Dearberg Designers Michael Bridges David McHenry Producer David Lascelles Director John Madden
"LIGHT BEER, LEWIS, IS AN INVENTION OF THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS!!"

Season 6
(6.01) Dead on Time tx 26.02.92 Guest Stars Richard Pasco Joanna David Samantha Bond Adrian Dunbar David Haig Lesley Vickerage Writer Daniel Boyle Photography Peter Greenhalgh Operator John Maskall Editor Kevin Lester Designer Maurice Cain Producer Deirdre Keir Director John Madden
(6.02) Happy Families tx 11.03.92 Guest Stars Gwen Taylor Alun Armstrong Rupert Graves Anna Massey George Raistrick Writer Daniel Boyle Photography Peter Greenhalgh Operator John Maskall Editor Peter Krook Designer Maurice Cain Producer Deirdre Keir Director Adrian Shergold
(6.03) The Death of the Self tx 25.03.92 Guest Stars Michael Kitchen Frances Barber Peter Blythe Writer Alma Cullen Photography Peter Greenhalgh Operator John Maskall Editors Peter Krook Michael Feinberg Designer Maurice Cain Producer Deirdre Keir Director Colin Gregg
(6.04) Absolute Conviction tx 08.04.92 Guest Stars Diana Quick Jim Broadbent Philip Davis Sean Bean James Aubrey Tony Steedman Suzanna Hamilton Richard Hampton David Howey Robert Pugh Barrington Pheloung Writer John Brown Photography Peter Greenhalgh Operator John Maskall Editor Kevin Lester Designer Maurice Cain Producer Deirdre Keir Director Antonia Bird
(6.05) Cherubim and Seraphim tx 15.04.92 Guest Stars John Junkin Isla Blair Larrington Walker Christopher Benjamin Writer Julian Mitchell Photography Peter Greenhalgh Operator John Maskall Editor Kevin Lester Designer Maurice Cain Producer Deirdre Keir Director Daniel Boyle

Season 7
(7.01) Deadly Slumber tx 16.01.93 Guest Stars Brian Cox Janet Suzman Robert Swann Richard Owens Writer Daniel Boyle Director Stuart Orme
(7.02) The Day of the Devil tx 13.01.93 Guest Stars Richard Griffiths Patrick O'Connell Michael Culver Keith Allen Lloyd McGuire Harriet Walter Writer Daniel Boyle Director Stephen Whittaker
(7.03) Twilight of the Gods tx 20.01.93 Guest Stars John Gielgud Robert Hardy Brian Bovell Rachel Weisz Sheila Gish John Bluthal Myles Hoyle Writer Julian Mitchell Photography Colin Munn Operator Malcolm Vinson Editor Trevor Waite Designer Terry Ackland-Snow Producer Chris Burt Director Herbert Wise

(TVM1) The Way Through the Woods tx 29.11.95 Guest Stars Chris Fairbank Michelle Fairley Nicholas LePrevost Neil Dudgeon Simon Scott Malcolm Storry Writer Russell Lewis Photography Chris O'Dell Editor David Rees Designer Maria Djurkovic Producer Chris Burt Director John Madden

(TVM2) The Daughters of Cain tx 27.11.96 Guest Stars Lynn Farleigh Benjamin Whitrow Nadim Sawalha Tony Haygarth Writer Julian Mitchell Director Herbert Wise

(TVM3) Death is Now My Neighbour tx Guest Stars Richard Briers Maggie Steed John Shrapnel Judy Loe Colin McCormack Walter McMonagle Writer Julian Mitchell Director Charles Beeson

(TVM4) The Wench Is Dead tx Guest Stars Lisa Eichhorn Nick Raggett Judy Loe Writer Malcolm Bradbury Director Robert Knights

(TVM5) The Remorseful Day tx Guest Stars Meg Davies T. P. McKenna Jesse Birdsall Annette Ekblom Paul Freeman Barrington Pheloung Writer Stephen Churchett Director Jack Gold

In order to find out more about Inspector Morse please try the following links:

http://www.inspectormorse.co.uk
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/I/htmlI/inspectormor/inspectormor.htm
http://www.morsemania.co.uk
http://homepages.tesco.net/~plk33/plk33/Guide/InspectorMorse.htm

Literatur:

Christoper Bird, The World of Inspector Morse. Boxtree 1998
David Bishop, The Complete Inspector Morse. NN 2002?
Mark Sanderson, The Making Of Inspector Morse (1st ed.), Macmillan 1991
Lyn Thomas, "In Love with Inspector Morse: Feminist Subculture and Quality Television." Feminist Review (London), Autumn 1995

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