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Once upon a time, there was an Inspector named Morse. Based on the novels by Colin Dexter and starring John Thaw as the titular detective, it was initially broadcast on ITV's regional broadcasters in the mid-1980s. When it came over the next year as part of Masterpiece'
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Endeavour's Season 8 finale begins with the death at the end of the line for the 33 Bus to Chipping Compton, while newspaper articles from eight years previous splash headlines about a bloodbath at Tafferton Park. Morse is out, "sick" (read hungover AF), when Thursday and
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The second episode of Endeavour Season 8 starts jauntily. The wisteria is blooming; women are wearing short skirts in loud, groovy patterns. Model Lynn Parry (Lottie Tolhurst) hits on Bright during his art class, and cute girl Patty Grady (Kirsty Oswald) gets winked at by cabbies. The Applebys, Allison, and
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Even as the opening flashes of the Endeavour premiere set up Season 8's larger mystery, the overarching theme is Morse and his drinking problem. The new season opens with Thursday confronting a couple of rough types in an alley alone, needing backup, while Morse drinks and Strange listens
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The prequel spinoff of Inspector Morse, Endeavour, will end with Season 9, which airs later this year in the U.K. and probably next year on PBS. Series creator Russell Lewis said at the time that the show had a ten-year plan, and though it will only be nine seasons
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After two years away from American televisions, Endeavour is finally returning next month, debuting a new three-episode season starting Sunday, June 19. The Inspector Morse prequel spinoff has also already been renewed, and Season 9 is currently filming, assuring PBS viewers that there will be more for 2023. Unfortunately, fans
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It's been almost two years since Endeavour Season 7 aired on PBS in August 2020. The three-episode season brought the long-running series into 1970 and was a welcome return to the shorter format of the show after the Season 6 six-episode banner season. Unfortunately, it would be a
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Some series lucked out when the pandemic hit in 2020, having just completed filming or being close enough to get away with it, but Endeavour wasn't one of them. The Inspector Morse spinoff is usually only 3 or 4 episodes per season. However, in recent years the cast
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After a first half of the year that was somewhat derailed by filming delays stemming from coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, Masterpiece has a plethora of fan favorites returning in the second half of the year on PBS. Unforgotten is airing now; Grantchester will kick off the fall slate, followed by Call
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The coronavirus pandemic delays hit some shows harder than others. Over at Netflix, for example, The Crown's planned schedule managed to sidestep the pandemic completely. The Witcher struggled but lucked into finishing relatively on time, while Stranger Things remains in limbo. Here at PBS, the pandemic upended most
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Popular period mystery series Endeavour will officially return for an eighth season. This news was announced just as the Inspector Morse prequel began production on Season 7, and filming kicked off in the U.K. The seventh season will be comprised of three feature length mysteries, a slight step down