AnnaSophia Robb did not do all of her surfing in the 2011 American biographical drama film Soul Surfer. While she performed some of the surfing scenes in the film, Bethany Hamilton performed the more challenging post-shark attack surfing scenes for authenticity and to showcase her incredible skill.
AnnaSophia Robb stars as Bethany Hamilton in “Soul Surfer,” but Hamilton herself performed the complex surfing scenes after the shark attack (Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Bethany Hamilton: The Inspiration Behind ‘Soul Surfer
The biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara is based on Bethany Hamilton’s 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. The book describes her life as a surfer after she lost her left arm in a shark attack at age 13.
The book tells the story of her life, from her early days as a surfer to her recovery from the attack...
AnnaSophia Robb stars as Bethany Hamilton in “Soul Surfer,” but Hamilton herself performed the complex surfing scenes after the shark attack (Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Bethany Hamilton: The Inspiration Behind ‘Soul Surfer
The biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara is based on Bethany Hamilton’s 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. The book describes her life as a surfer after she lost her left arm in a shark attack at age 13.
The book tells the story of her life, from her early days as a surfer to her recovery from the attack...
- 4/18/2024
- by Jan Stromsodd
- Your Next Shoes
It can’t go on. Must-watch TV shows have been arriving at an unmanageable rate for so long that releasing an excellent new series is now essentially an act of violence. Nobody has the time to be this thoroughly entertained.
Curation is our only solution. Recommendations that cut through promotional budgets and PR hype, leaving behind just the good stuff. Below, we’ve collected the best of the best from this year of UK television so far. If you only have time to watch a handful of shows in 2023, make them these gems. We’ll add any others that make the grade as the year goes on, and do please make your own recommendations below.
Happy Valley Series 3
Stream on: BBC iPlayer (UK); AMC+/BBC America/Acorn TV from May 22nd (US)
Series three is when the word-of-mouth enthusiasm for Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley started to break through even...
Curation is our only solution. Recommendations that cut through promotional budgets and PR hype, leaving behind just the good stuff. Below, we’ve collected the best of the best from this year of UK television so far. If you only have time to watch a handful of shows in 2023, make them these gems. We’ll add any others that make the grade as the year goes on, and do please make your own recommendations below.
Happy Valley Series 3
Stream on: BBC iPlayer (UK); AMC+/BBC America/Acorn TV from May 22nd (US)
Series three is when the word-of-mouth enthusiasm for Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley started to break through even...
- 8/7/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for the Endeavour series nine finale ‘Exeunt’.
It’s almost a year since filming wrapped on Endeavour in August 2022, and longer than that since actor-director-producer Shaun Evans first read the script for his character’s exit. During that time, Evans has reflected on the show’s finale ‘Exeunt’, what his years as Morse have meant to him (spoiler: a great deal), and what the future may hold for his crossword-solving, bitter-drinking detective in the decades before Inspector Morse begins.
In an in-depth and poignant new interview with PBS Masterpiece (read it in full here), Evans says goodbye to the role for good, and explains why Joan and Fred’s endings struck exactly the right bittersweet note.
When the script for Endeavour’s finale arrived, Shaun Evans tells PBS Masterpiece, he thought “That’s it. That’s exactly what it should be.” Now that ‘Exeunt’ has aired in...
It’s almost a year since filming wrapped on Endeavour in August 2022, and longer than that since actor-director-producer Shaun Evans first read the script for his character’s exit. During that time, Evans has reflected on the show’s finale ‘Exeunt’, what his years as Morse have meant to him (spoiler: a great deal), and what the future may hold for his crossword-solving, bitter-drinking detective in the decades before Inspector Morse begins.
In an in-depth and poignant new interview with PBS Masterpiece (read it in full here), Evans says goodbye to the role for good, and explains why Joan and Fred’s endings struck exactly the right bittersweet note.
When the script for Endeavour’s finale arrived, Shaun Evans tells PBS Masterpiece, he thought “That’s it. That’s exactly what it should be.” Now that ‘Exeunt’ has aired in...
- 7/10/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s almost time to bid farewell to young Endeavour Morse. PBS has set a release date for Endeavour Season 9, which will be the last for the period mystery drama.
‘Endeavour’ Season 9 premieres June 18 on PBS Shaun Evans as Morse in ‘Endeavour’ | Courtesy of Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece.
Endeavour Season 9 will premiere Sunday, June 18 at 9 p.m. Et on PBS. The final season of the Inspector Morse prequel series will have three, 90-minute episodes.
Shaun Evans returns in the title role, along with Roger Allam as Fred Thursday, Anton Lesser as Reginald Bright, and Sean Rigby as Jim Strange. Pennyworth’s Jack Bannon, who plays Thursday’s son Sam, will also return after being absent from the past several seasons. Other returning cast members include James Bradshaw, Abigail Thaw, Caroline O’Neil, and Sara Vickers. Endeavour creator Russell Lewis wrote all three episodes.
Ahead of the final season premiere, PBS will air a documentary,...
‘Endeavour’ Season 9 premieres June 18 on PBS Shaun Evans as Morse in ‘Endeavour’ | Courtesy of Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece.
Endeavour Season 9 will premiere Sunday, June 18 at 9 p.m. Et on PBS. The final season of the Inspector Morse prequel series will have three, 90-minute episodes.
Shaun Evans returns in the title role, along with Roger Allam as Fred Thursday, Anton Lesser as Reginald Bright, and Sean Rigby as Jim Strange. Pennyworth’s Jack Bannon, who plays Thursday’s son Sam, will also return after being absent from the past several seasons. Other returning cast members include James Bradshaw, Abigail Thaw, Caroline O’Neil, and Sara Vickers. Endeavour creator Russell Lewis wrote all three episodes.
Ahead of the final season premiere, PBS will air a documentary,...
- 3/25/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The end is nigh for young Endeavour Morse.
PBS Masterpiece announced Wednesday that Endeavour‘s ninth and final season will arrive Stateside on Sunday, June 18, at 9/8c. The premiere date is accompanied by a new teaser trailer, which you can watch above.
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“Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute [screenwriter] Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of TV,...
PBS Masterpiece announced Wednesday that Endeavour‘s ninth and final season will arrive Stateside on Sunday, June 18, at 9/8c. The premiere date is accompanied by a new teaser trailer, which you can watch above.
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“Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute [screenwriter] Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of TV,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Endeavour, the PBS Masterpiece detective drama that stars Shaun Evans and Roger Allam, will return for its ninth and final season June 18.
Inspired by Inspector Morse, the spinoff set in the ’70s will wrap with Endeavour Morse (Evans) and his superior officer Fred Thursday (Allam) facing new crimes and an unsolved case from the past. Jack Bannon (Pennyworth) will return as Sam, while other characters from former seasons are expected to appear in the finale.
The ensemble cast includes Anton Lesser as Cs Reginald Bright, Sean Rigby as Jim Strange and James Bradshaw as Dr. Max DeBryn.
The final season was written by Endeavour creator Russell Lewis, who was also responsible for the 36 episodes over the past decade.
An hourlong documentary titled Morse and The Last Endeavour is planned for June 11.
Inspired by Inspector Morse, the spinoff set in the ’70s will wrap with Endeavour Morse (Evans) and his superior officer Fred Thursday (Allam) facing new crimes and an unsolved case from the past. Jack Bannon (Pennyworth) will return as Sam, while other characters from former seasons are expected to appear in the finale.
The ensemble cast includes Anton Lesser as Cs Reginald Bright, Sean Rigby as Jim Strange and James Bradshaw as Dr. Max DeBryn.
The final season was written by Endeavour creator Russell Lewis, who was also responsible for the 36 episodes over the past decade.
An hourlong documentary titled Morse and The Last Endeavour is planned for June 11.
- 3/22/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s tough to say goodbye. Endeavour’s ninth series concluded over a decade spent with the Cowley Station (later Thames Valley) gang, so it’s only natural for fans feeling bereft to seek out their favourites’ next steps. Having hung up his Fred Thursday hat, Roger Allam can be seen this year on screen and stage, while Shaun Evans is taking on a very different kind of crime drama role.
From Endeavour production company Mammoth Screen, there’s a new period drama co-production, plus the return of series creator Russell Lewis’ next ITV detective drama, starring John Simm. Find all the info below.
Shaun Evans – True Crime Serial Killer Drama Delia Balmer (w/t)
Actor-director Shaun Evans is currently filming the role of real-life serial killer John Sweeney in a new ITV true crime drama. Evans will star opposite Anna Maxwell-Martin, who plays Sweeney’s former girlfriend Delia Balmer in the four-part series,...
From Endeavour production company Mammoth Screen, there’s a new period drama co-production, plus the return of series creator Russell Lewis’ next ITV detective drama, starring John Simm. Find all the info below.
Shaun Evans – True Crime Serial Killer Drama Delia Balmer (w/t)
Actor-director Shaun Evans is currently filming the role of real-life serial killer John Sweeney in a new ITV true crime drama. Evans will star opposite Anna Maxwell-Martin, who plays Sweeney’s former girlfriend Delia Balmer in the four-part series,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for Endeavour Series 1 – 9.
Endeavour’s blend of long-form storytelling and case-of-the-week thrills means that rewarding character moments are dotted throughout its ingenious murder mysteries. Its very best episodes strike a fine balance between the two. Satisfying puzzles, diverting investigations that make the most of the period setting, and enjoyable guest stars are one thing, but Endeavour’s success also lies in the simultaneous development of characters and relationships that have come to mean a great deal to fans over the years.
The 10 episodes below, listed in (an entirely subjective) order of greatness, achieve all of that. They could easily have been joined by half a dozen more – cases could certainly be made for ‘Sway’, ‘Harvest’, ‘Fugue’ and pilot episode ‘Overture’, to name just a few – from the 36 films totalling over 50 hours of drama from creator Russell Lewis and Mammoth Screen. If you find this selection wide of the mark,...
Endeavour’s blend of long-form storytelling and case-of-the-week thrills means that rewarding character moments are dotted throughout its ingenious murder mysteries. Its very best episodes strike a fine balance between the two. Satisfying puzzles, diverting investigations that make the most of the period setting, and enjoyable guest stars are one thing, but Endeavour’s success also lies in the simultaneous development of characters and relationships that have come to mean a great deal to fans over the years.
The 10 episodes below, listed in (an entirely subjective) order of greatness, achieve all of that. They could easily have been joined by half a dozen more – cases could certainly be made for ‘Sway’, ‘Harvest’, ‘Fugue’ and pilot episode ‘Overture’, to name just a few – from the 36 films totalling over 50 hours of drama from creator Russell Lewis and Mammoth Screen. If you find this selection wide of the mark,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for the Endeavour Series 9 finale and the Inspector Morse finale.
There have scarcely been more elegant TV endings. In its final episode ‘Exeunt’, Endeavour bid farewell much in the restrained and upright manner of its central characters. Like them, it said a great deal without saying too much, and paid purposeful tributes with a light touch.
The finale’s last moments played out dialogue-free with a meaningful passing of the baton. As young Morse drove his black Jaguar Mk 1 out of the Blenheim Palace grounds, he passed a red Jaguar Mk 2 travelling in the opposite direction. Each driver clocked the other in their rear view mirror – the eyes of Shaun Evans in one, and the eyes of Inspector Morse star John Thaw in the other.
That moment was a call-back to almost the very same at the end of the 2012 Endeavour pilot ‘Overture’ in which Thaw’s...
There have scarcely been more elegant TV endings. In its final episode ‘Exeunt’, Endeavour bid farewell much in the restrained and upright manner of its central characters. Like them, it said a great deal without saying too much, and paid purposeful tributes with a light touch.
The finale’s last moments played out dialogue-free with a meaningful passing of the baton. As young Morse drove his black Jaguar Mk 1 out of the Blenheim Palace grounds, he passed a red Jaguar Mk 2 travelling in the opposite direction. Each driver clocked the other in their rear view mirror – the eyes of Shaun Evans in one, and the eyes of Inspector Morse star John Thaw in the other.
That moment was a call-back to almost the very same at the end of the 2012 Endeavour pilot ‘Overture’ in which Thaw’s...
- 3/13/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
‘Endeavour’ Season 8 Finale: Morse Battles the Bottle & a Blizzard in a Most Unusual Mystery (Recap)
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the Endeavour Season 8 finale, “Terminus.”] The penultimate season of British drama Endeavour, Masterpiece’s longest-running current series, concluded on PBS Sunday with one of its more unusual installments: a mystery that fused Agatha Christie and slasher films. “Terminus” was the title of the series’ 33rd episode, written by creator and executive producer Russell Lewis and directed by Kate Saxon, but it could just as easily have been called “Friday the 13th, 1971” or “I Know What You Did Eight Winters Ago.” In the middle of a blizzard, Detective Sergeant Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) and a group of stranded bus passengers take refuge in an abandoned hotel that closed down years ago after guests were massacred by an escaped psychopath. Or were they? When suspicious things start happening in dark rooms and twisted corridors, it looks as if the killer may be among them, and it’s a chance for Morse, who drank...
- 7/4/2022
- TV Insider
Endeavour Morse is back for a seventh season after the period drama starring the eponymous detective was renewed by ITV.
The British commercial broadcaster handed Mammoth Screen-produced Endeavour, which airs on PBS in the U.S., a new set of films. It is likely to return for four new episodes.
The show, which charts the early career of the young Endeavour Morse, played by Shaun Evans, alongside his mentor Di Fred Thursday, played by Roger Allam.
Creator Russell Lewis, who has penned all of the 27 Endeavour screenplays to date, continues in this role. The new series, which will air in 2020, will be set in 1970 and production will take places later this year in Oxford. Mammoth Screen’s Damien Timmer and Helen Ziegler will exec produce Lewis and Wgbh’s Rebecca Eaton. ITV Studios Global Entertainment distributes.
Lewis said, “We’re thrilled ITV has asked #TeamEndeavour to continue to add...
The British commercial broadcaster handed Mammoth Screen-produced Endeavour, which airs on PBS in the U.S., a new set of films. It is likely to return for four new episodes.
The show, which charts the early career of the young Endeavour Morse, played by Shaun Evans, alongside his mentor Di Fred Thursday, played by Roger Allam.
Creator Russell Lewis, who has penned all of the 27 Endeavour screenplays to date, continues in this role. The new series, which will air in 2020, will be set in 1970 and production will take places later this year in Oxford. Mammoth Screen’s Damien Timmer and Helen Ziegler will exec produce Lewis and Wgbh’s Rebecca Eaton. ITV Studios Global Entertainment distributes.
Lewis said, “We’re thrilled ITV has asked #TeamEndeavour to continue to add...
- 3/4/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Gem Wheeler Jan 30, 2017
It's farewell to series 4 of Endeavour, offering a fitting tribute too to John Thaw's Inspector Morse...
This review contains spoilers.
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4.4 Harvest
When a man’s skeleton is discovered at Bramford Mere, Thursday’s mind immediately turns to the unsolved disappearance of Matthew Laxman, an Oxford botanist who vanished in autumn 1962. Dr DeBryn soon reveals, however, that the bones belonged to a man who died in what appears to have been a ritual sacrifice two thousand years earlier; as Strange puts it, looking for next of kin won’t be too easy. Morse spots a pair of spectacles in the disturbed earth, which Laxman’s wife Alison (Natalie Burt) is able to identify as likely belonging to her husband. She points the detectives in the direction of Professor Donald Bagley (Michael Pennington), a physicist friend...
It's farewell to series 4 of Endeavour, offering a fitting tribute too to John Thaw's Inspector Morse...
This review contains spoilers.
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4.4 Harvest
When a man’s skeleton is discovered at Bramford Mere, Thursday’s mind immediately turns to the unsolved disappearance of Matthew Laxman, an Oxford botanist who vanished in autumn 1962. Dr DeBryn soon reveals, however, that the bones belonged to a man who died in what appears to have been a ritual sacrifice two thousand years earlier; as Strange puts it, looking for next of kin won’t be too easy. Morse spots a pair of spectacles in the disturbed earth, which Laxman’s wife Alison (Natalie Burt) is able to identify as likely belonging to her husband. She points the detectives in the direction of Professor Donald Bagley (Michael Pennington), a physicist friend...
- 1/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Gem Wheeler Jan 10, 2017
Morse prequel Endeavour returns to ITV with what promises to be a richly rewarding fourth series...
This review contains spoilers.
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4.1 Game
It’s the summer of 1967, and we rejoin Endeavour Morse and his colleagues only a fortnight after the dramatic events of series three’s finale. The aftermath of that episode’s bank robbery casts a long shadow over Game. Joan Thursday, traumatised by her experience as a hostage, has abruptly departed Oxford for pastures new, leaving her parents bereft. For Morse, who’d realised his love for her too late, the suffering’s just as acute. He gets no comfort from Fred Thursday, who’s sunk into a...
Morse prequel Endeavour returns to ITV with what promises to be a richly rewarding fourth series...
This review contains spoilers.
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4.1 Game
It’s the summer of 1967, and we rejoin Endeavour Morse and his colleagues only a fortnight after the dramatic events of series three’s finale. The aftermath of that episode’s bank robbery casts a long shadow over Game. Joan Thursday, traumatised by her experience as a hostage, has abruptly departed Oxford for pastures new, leaving her parents bereft. For Morse, who’d realised his love for her too late, the suffering’s just as acute. He gets no comfort from Fred Thursday, who’s sunk into a...
- 1/10/2017
- Den of Geek
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Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour, will return to ITV for a fourth series, due to start filming in Spring 2016...
In the wake of its ratings-hit third run, sixties-set Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour has been renewed for a fourth series.
ITV will welcome Shaun Evans back to the role of the young Endeavour Morse for series four, alongside co-star Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and more from the Cowley Police Station team.
The new series, set in 1967, is due to go into production on location in Oxford in late Spring of this year, with Endeavour creator and Inspector Morse writer, Russell Lewis, back on scripting duties. Morse novelist, Colin Dexter, will remain a consultant on the series.
Find our series two and three Endeavour reviews here, and see if you agree with our pick of the top ten episodes of the series that started it all, Inspector Morse,...
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Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour, will return to ITV for a fourth series, due to start filming in Spring 2016...
In the wake of its ratings-hit third run, sixties-set Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour has been renewed for a fourth series.
ITV will welcome Shaun Evans back to the role of the young Endeavour Morse for series four, alongside co-star Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and more from the Cowley Police Station team.
The new series, set in 1967, is due to go into production on location in Oxford in late Spring of this year, with Endeavour creator and Inspector Morse writer, Russell Lewis, back on scripting duties. Morse novelist, Colin Dexter, will remain a consultant on the series.
Find our series two and three Endeavour reviews here, and see if you agree with our pick of the top ten episodes of the series that started it all, Inspector Morse,...
- 2/9/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Endeavour series 3 comes to a moribund end with its final episode, Coda...
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3.4 Coda
The final episode of Endeavour’s third series opens with a funeral. It’s far from unexpected, given that we’ve been noting disturbing hints of impending tragedy ever since we first learnt of Thursday’s failing health. However, the cortege belongs to someone else entirely: local villain Harry Rose, whose mourners are under the surveillance of none other than Thursday and Strange. The scene neatly encapsulates two of the major characteristics of the show in general, and this series in particular. Its melancholy points to sad events yet to come, while highlighting writer Russell Lewis’ taste for allusions to scenes and characters familiar to fans of Inspector Morse. The gangland funeral in Kensal Green cemetery is a direct reference to a scene in the 1991 episode, Promised Land, and the...
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Endeavour series 3 comes to a moribund end with its final episode, Coda...
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3.4 Coda
The final episode of Endeavour’s third series opens with a funeral. It’s far from unexpected, given that we’ve been noting disturbing hints of impending tragedy ever since we first learnt of Thursday’s failing health. However, the cortege belongs to someone else entirely: local villain Harry Rose, whose mourners are under the surveillance of none other than Thursday and Strange. The scene neatly encapsulates two of the major characteristics of the show in general, and this series in particular. Its melancholy points to sad events yet to come, while highlighting writer Russell Lewis’ taste for allusions to scenes and characters familiar to fans of Inspector Morse. The gangland funeral in Kensal Green cemetery is a direct reference to a scene in the 1991 episode, Promised Land, and the...
- 1/26/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Endeavour delivers its most unusual case yet, in an emotionally satisfying episode that's rewarding for long-time Morse viewers...
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3.3 Prey
When Ingrid Hjort (Eleanor Williams) goes missing after an evening out, the police can find no trace of the Danish au pair. Her employer, widowed scientist Dr Hector Lorenz (Milo Twomey) claims to know nothing about her disappearance, while her fellow students at the night school she attended are similarly clueless. Thursday’s convinced that the presumed murder is linked to the vicious attack in 1963 that left another young woman in a coma, but in the absence of Ingrid’s body, nothing can be proved.
The investigation soon takes a turn for the macabre when a man’s severed arm is retrieved from the river. The victim, Ricky Parker (David Burnett) was having fun on the riverbank at night with friends when he disappeared without a trace.
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Endeavour delivers its most unusual case yet, in an emotionally satisfying episode that's rewarding for long-time Morse viewers...
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3.3 Prey
When Ingrid Hjort (Eleanor Williams) goes missing after an evening out, the police can find no trace of the Danish au pair. Her employer, widowed scientist Dr Hector Lorenz (Milo Twomey) claims to know nothing about her disappearance, while her fellow students at the night school she attended are similarly clueless. Thursday’s convinced that the presumed murder is linked to the vicious attack in 1963 that left another young woman in a coma, but in the absence of Ingrid’s body, nothing can be proved.
The investigation soon takes a turn for the macabre when a man’s severed arm is retrieved from the river. The victim, Ricky Parker (David Burnett) was having fun on the riverbank at night with friends when he disappeared without a trace.
- 1/18/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Dakota Blue Richards has joined the cast of ITV's Endeavour as a regular character.
The former Skins and Golden Compass star will play Wpc Shirley Trewlove in the Inspector Morse prequel series opposite Shaun Evans as the title character.
Trewlove is described as a "thorough, determined and forthright" officer, who becomes a valuable member of the force and attracts the admiration of Endeavour.
Creator Russell Lewis said of the character: "Bright, capable and brave, Wpc Shirley Trewlove is a very welcome addition to the ranks of Oxford's Finest. While very much a young woman of the 1960s, Trewlove also evokes a very particular kind of timeless British heroine.
"The sort of clear-eyed, resourceful young woman one wouldn't be surprised to find behind the wheel of the ambulance in Ice Cold in Alex or keeping Robert Donat company across the moors in The 39 Steps. In Dakota we have found our perfect Trewlove.
The former Skins and Golden Compass star will play Wpc Shirley Trewlove in the Inspector Morse prequel series opposite Shaun Evans as the title character.
Trewlove is described as a "thorough, determined and forthright" officer, who becomes a valuable member of the force and attracts the admiration of Endeavour.
Creator Russell Lewis said of the character: "Bright, capable and brave, Wpc Shirley Trewlove is a very welcome addition to the ranks of Oxford's Finest. While very much a young woman of the 1960s, Trewlove also evokes a very particular kind of timeless British heroine.
"The sort of clear-eyed, resourceful young woman one wouldn't be surprised to find behind the wheel of the ambulance in Ice Cold in Alex or keeping Robert Donat company across the moors in The 39 Steps. In Dakota we have found our perfect Trewlove.
- 5/20/2015
- Digital Spy
The third series of Endeavour is in production at ITV.
Shaun Evans will return in the Inspector Morse prequel as Endeavour Morse, who was last seen framed for a murder that he did not commit.
Series two also saw Di Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) being shot in the chest.
Confirmed to be returning are Jack Laskey as DS Peter Jakes, Sean Rigby as PC Jim Strange, Anton Lesser as Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright, James Bradshaw as Dr Max DeBryn and Abigail Thaw as Dorothea Frazil.
Comprising of four 120-minute films, the third series is set in 1967 with the first instalment following the murder of a bus conductress on the night she visited the local fairground.
"Our next quartet of mysteries will take the audience on a psychedelic Summer of Love fairground ride, filled with twists and turns, shrieks and scares," teased writer Russell Lewis.
"In particular, one encounter at a...
Shaun Evans will return in the Inspector Morse prequel as Endeavour Morse, who was last seen framed for a murder that he did not commit.
Series two also saw Di Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) being shot in the chest.
Confirmed to be returning are Jack Laskey as DS Peter Jakes, Sean Rigby as PC Jim Strange, Anton Lesser as Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright, James Bradshaw as Dr Max DeBryn and Abigail Thaw as Dorothea Frazil.
Comprising of four 120-minute films, the third series is set in 1967 with the first instalment following the murder of a bus conductress on the night she visited the local fairground.
"Our next quartet of mysteries will take the audience on a psychedelic Summer of Love fairground ride, filled with twists and turns, shrieks and scares," teased writer Russell Lewis.
"In particular, one encounter at a...
- 3/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour will return for a third series on ITV.
Again written by Lewis creator and Inspector Morse writer Russell Lewis, the show will pick up from series two's cliffhanger which saw Endeavour Morse framed for a murder he did not commit, and Di Fred Thursday being shot in the chest.
"I'm really excited to be revisiting the '60's as young Morse," said star Shaun Evans.
"The audience reaction to Endeavour has been fantastic and this series promises to be the best we've made so far. It'll be well worth the wait!"
Creator Lewis added: "Endeavour '67... Pepper - Piper - Purple Haze...
"As 'Oxford's finest' encounter friends and foes both old and new, our next quartet of mysteries will take the audience on a psychedelic Summer of Love fairground ride, filled with twists and turns, shrieks and scares. For something wicked this way comes..."
Director of...
Again written by Lewis creator and Inspector Morse writer Russell Lewis, the show will pick up from series two's cliffhanger which saw Endeavour Morse framed for a murder he did not commit, and Di Fred Thursday being shot in the chest.
"I'm really excited to be revisiting the '60's as young Morse," said star Shaun Evans.
"The audience reaction to Endeavour has been fantastic and this series promises to be the best we've made so far. It'll be well worth the wait!"
Creator Lewis added: "Endeavour '67... Pepper - Piper - Purple Haze...
"As 'Oxford's finest' encounter friends and foes both old and new, our next quartet of mysteries will take the audience on a psychedelic Summer of Love fairground ride, filled with twists and turns, shrieks and scares. For something wicked this way comes..."
Director of...
- 9/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Here's another installment featuring Joe Dante's reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video Watchdog and Tim Lucas for his editorial embellishments!
Fairish collection of mini‑chillers has Kim Novak and class cast for marquee plus routine horror angles. Title may prove a hindrance, otherwise a passable ballyhoo entry. Rating: R.
Multiple‑story horror films have met with some commercial success recently but few, if any, have amounted to much as movies. The plots usually rely entirely on gimmicky "kickers" at the end, and by now, the supply of possible twist endings seems to be depleted. As a result the stories often seem maddeningly predictable. Such is the problem with Tales That Witness Madness, a four‑story British effort that appears headed for just fair boxoffice response in saturation ballyhoo markets, despite a classy cast toplining the long‑absent Kim Novak.
Fairish collection of mini‑chillers has Kim Novak and class cast for marquee plus routine horror angles. Title may prove a hindrance, otherwise a passable ballyhoo entry. Rating: R.
Multiple‑story horror films have met with some commercial success recently but few, if any, have amounted to much as movies. The plots usually rely entirely on gimmicky "kickers" at the end, and by now, the supply of possible twist endings seems to be depleted. As a result the stories often seem maddeningly predictable. Such is the problem with Tales That Witness Madness, a four‑story British effort that appears headed for just fair boxoffice response in saturation ballyhoo markets, despite a classy cast toplining the long‑absent Kim Novak.
- 8/12/2014
- by Joe Dante
- Trailers from Hell
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 4, “Neverland”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Bad apples, Morse. Every barrel’s got them”
Endeavour has had a near perfect second season run. Yes, the season hasn’t packed the same emotional punch that the first did, but the mysteries have been intriguing and the most important aspect of Endeavour, its characters, have continued to develop and fascinate. The show has also managed to break away once and for all from the shadow of Inspector Morse. Smart storylines and powerful performances, particularly by Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as Thursday, have made the show one of the best character studies on TV.
Like all Endeavour episodes, the finale features three seemingly unconnected cases that eventually come together. There is a missing boy with a brutally abusive father, a murdered journalist, and a convict who breaks...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Bad apples, Morse. Every barrel’s got them”
Endeavour has had a near perfect second season run. Yes, the season hasn’t packed the same emotional punch that the first did, but the mysteries have been intriguing and the most important aspect of Endeavour, its characters, have continued to develop and fascinate. The show has also managed to break away once and for all from the shadow of Inspector Morse. Smart storylines and powerful performances, particularly by Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as Thursday, have made the show one of the best character studies on TV.
Like all Endeavour episodes, the finale features three seemingly unconnected cases that eventually come together. There is a missing boy with a brutally abusive father, a murdered journalist, and a convict who breaks...
- 7/21/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 3, “Sway”
Directed by Andy Wilson
Written by Russell Lewis
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“There’s more to life then coppering, or at least there should be for a man your age”
The exploration of character and character development on Endeavour has always been the show’s strongest suit. It has never been afraid to examine the darkest sides of a character’s personality. Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is sometimes a frustratingly closed off man, incapable of making human connections and often baffled by things that don’t concern his job or the puzzles he must solve. Since his shooting at the end of last season, his estranged father’s death, and his subsequent return home, he seems too have evolved, at least to a degree. He’s developed a relationship with his pretty next door neighbor, nurse Monica (Shvorvne Marks) and though he’s still...
Directed by Andy Wilson
Written by Russell Lewis
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“There’s more to life then coppering, or at least there should be for a man your age”
The exploration of character and character development on Endeavour has always been the show’s strongest suit. It has never been afraid to examine the darkest sides of a character’s personality. Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is sometimes a frustratingly closed off man, incapable of making human connections and often baffled by things that don’t concern his job or the puzzles he must solve. Since his shooting at the end of last season, his estranged father’s death, and his subsequent return home, he seems too have evolved, at least to a degree. He’s developed a relationship with his pretty next door neighbor, nurse Monica (Shvorvne Marks) and though he’s still...
- 7/14/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour Sway ITV
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
- 7/14/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 2, “Nocturne”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I have an overwhelming sense of dread”
Endeavour has always had a quiet and understated edge to it, which really isn’t all that different from our main character. Still struggling with the effects of his shooting, Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is put on a case involving the murder of a museum worker with a ceremonial dagger and a girl’s boarding school in a small town called Slepe. The opening scene, a flashback to a murder in July of 1866, is particularly disturbing and does an excellent job at setting up an eerie tone for the rest of the episode. Between the 100 year old murder, young girls convinced their school is haunted, and Endeavour’s bafflement, “Nocturne” is an unsettling episode.
Like most episodes of Endeavour,...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I have an overwhelming sense of dread”
Endeavour has always had a quiet and understated edge to it, which really isn’t all that different from our main character. Still struggling with the effects of his shooting, Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is put on a case involving the murder of a museum worker with a ceremonial dagger and a girl’s boarding school in a small town called Slepe. The opening scene, a flashback to a murder in July of 1866, is particularly disturbing and does an excellent job at setting up an eerie tone for the rest of the episode. Between the 100 year old murder, young girls convinced their school is haunted, and Endeavour’s bafflement, “Nocturne” is an unsettling episode.
Like most episodes of Endeavour,...
- 7/7/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 1, “Trove”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“It’s all fun until the music stops”
With so much time between seasons, it’s easy to forget how stunningly brilliant Endeavour is. “Home”, the show’s first season finale, was one of the most devastating and perfectly constructed hours of television in 2013. Shaun Evans, given the daunting task of making a legendary character his own, consistently turned in a powerful, entertaining, and lived in performance that is always affecting.
Picking up four months after Endeavour was shot, as he is returning to duty with the Oxford police department, we see a much different man than the one we’ve gotten to know. His near death experience has left him jittery, an unusual sight for a character we know to be so composed. Even more concerning, he’s drinking too much.
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“It’s all fun until the music stops”
With so much time between seasons, it’s easy to forget how stunningly brilliant Endeavour is. “Home”, the show’s first season finale, was one of the most devastating and perfectly constructed hours of television in 2013. Shaun Evans, given the daunting task of making a legendary character his own, consistently turned in a powerful, entertaining, and lived in performance that is always affecting.
Picking up four months after Endeavour was shot, as he is returning to duty with the Oxford police department, we see a much different man than the one we’ve gotten to know. His near death experience has left him jittery, an unusual sight for a character we know to be so composed. Even more concerning, he’s drinking too much.
- 6/30/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour Sway ITV
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
- 4/14/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour co. ITV
Filming has commenced on season two of ITV’s hugely popular Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour. Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) is directing the first episode which has the working title Trove. The tale involves a missing girl, a beauty queen and Anglo-Saxon treasures. Trove will be broadcast as the first of four 120 minute films some time next year. The new episodes are written by Russell Lewis while Morse creator Colin Dexter continues to act as a consultant for the show. Cast regulars including Shaun Evans, Anton Lesser and Sean Rigby will also be returning for the new season.
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Filming has commenced on season two of ITV’s hugely popular Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour. Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) is directing the first episode which has the working title Trove. The tale involves a missing girl, a beauty queen and Anglo-Saxon treasures. Trove will be broadcast as the first of four 120 minute films some time next year. The new episodes are written by Russell Lewis while Morse creator Colin Dexter continues to act as a consultant for the show. Cast regulars including Shaun Evans, Anton Lesser and Sean Rigby will also be returning for the new season.
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- 9/22/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 3: “Rocket”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Craig Viveiros
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 4: “Home”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Colm McCarthy
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Rocket” the third episode of the masterful PBS mystery Endeavour starts off slow and builds around its many characters. Of course, that’s one of the many things that make Endeavour shine, it takes the time to build each character, even ones that will only be on one episode and treats each story with care and ease.
The episode finds Morse (Shaun Evans) investigating the murder of a somewhat unlikeable factory worker who is killed on the day of a royal visit. The police unit has been given the task to provide extra security for the event.
With “Rocket” we begin to catch glimpses into Endeavour’s past. Readers of the books or people who have watched...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Craig Viveiros
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 4: “Home”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Colm McCarthy
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Rocket” the third episode of the masterful PBS mystery Endeavour starts off slow and builds around its many characters. Of course, that’s one of the many things that make Endeavour shine, it takes the time to build each character, even ones that will only be on one episode and treats each story with care and ease.
The episode finds Morse (Shaun Evans) investigating the murder of a somewhat unlikeable factory worker who is killed on the day of a royal visit. The police unit has been given the task to provide extra security for the event.
With “Rocket” we begin to catch glimpses into Endeavour’s past. Readers of the books or people who have watched...
- 8/2/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 1: “Girl”
Written by Russel Lewis
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 2: “Fugue”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
Television is flush with mysteries, quirky detectives who don’t play nice with authority, and period dramas. So how is that a show which mixes all three of these themes works so exceptionally well? For one thing Endeavour takes a beloved character, cranky opera loving Detective Inspector Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), and imagines him as a young handsome, brilliant but sometimes sullen character that’s frequently squeamish at crime scenes.
Based on a series of books by Colin Dexter it is a prequel to the wildly popular long running Inspector Morse series. After a successful one episode run that aired in 2012 the series was commissioned for a first season currently airing on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery for the next four weeks.
Written by Russel Lewis
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 2: “Fugue”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
Television is flush with mysteries, quirky detectives who don’t play nice with authority, and period dramas. So how is that a show which mixes all three of these themes works so exceptionally well? For one thing Endeavour takes a beloved character, cranky opera loving Detective Inspector Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), and imagines him as a young handsome, brilliant but sometimes sullen character that’s frequently squeamish at crime scenes.
Based on a series of books by Colin Dexter it is a prequel to the wildly popular long running Inspector Morse series. After a successful one episode run that aired in 2012 the series was commissioned for a first season currently airing on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery for the next four weeks.
- 7/16/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
B Van Heusen
The first full series of Endeavour (Morse) made its PBS Masterpiece debut tonight with a complex mystery involving, blackmail, family secrets and a whole slew of murders. Girl began with two seemingly unrelated murder cases. Chief Superintendent Bright (Anton Lesser) felt things could be wrapped up quickly with some good old fashioned police work. Endeavour had other ideas and used his cryptanalytical skills to nail the real killer. He was the only police officer to connect the dots between the drug dealer, the secretly gay vicar and the rash of Post Office burglaries.
The great thing about Endeavour is that you get to see the future Inspector Morse in his formative years. He has a gift for detective work but he makes the kind of rookie mistakes that would make the average bobby blush. He unashamedly carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
B Van Heusen
The first full series of Endeavour (Morse) made its PBS Masterpiece debut tonight with a complex mystery involving, blackmail, family secrets and a whole slew of murders. Girl began with two seemingly unrelated murder cases. Chief Superintendent Bright (Anton Lesser) felt things could be wrapped up quickly with some good old fashioned police work. Endeavour had other ideas and used his cryptanalytical skills to nail the real killer. He was the only police officer to connect the dots between the drug dealer, the secretly gay vicar and the rash of Post Office burglaries.
The great thing about Endeavour is that you get to see the future Inspector Morse in his formative years. He has a gift for detective work but he makes the kind of rookie mistakes that would make the average bobby blush. He unashamedly carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
- 7/8/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
N Conrad
ITV have commissioned a second season of the hit Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour. Originally planned as a one-off TV movie, the show was so popular that ITV chiefs commissioned a four part series that aired earlier this year. A four part second season of the show will go into production later this year. Creator Russell Lewis will be the executive producer while Shuan Evans (The Last Weekend) will return as the title character.
Season one of Endeavour will air in the U.S. this July after the network finishes broadcasting the sixth season of another Morse spin-off – Inspector Lewis. Following Endeavour, PBS will air season one of the BBC courtroom drama Silk followed by another returning ITV favorite – Foyle’s War.
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N Conrad
ITV have commissioned a second season of the hit Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour. Originally planned as a one-off TV movie, the show was so popular that ITV chiefs commissioned a four part series that aired earlier this year. A four part second season of the show will go into production later this year. Creator Russell Lewis will be the executive producer while Shuan Evans (The Last Weekend) will return as the title character.
Season one of Endeavour will air in the U.S. this July after the network finishes broadcasting the sixth season of another Morse spin-off – Inspector Lewis. Following Endeavour, PBS will air season one of the BBC courtroom drama Silk followed by another returning ITV favorite – Foyle’s War.
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- 6/7/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
From Downton Abbey to Mr. Selfridge to Broadchurch, the UK’s ITV has been enjoying a successful run of original drama series. Looking to continue the trend, the network has just ordered a second four-part outing for Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour, starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. A feature-length first episode of the crime drama debuted on ITV in 2012 and was co-produced by Masterpiece in the U.S. The film was one of ITV’s highest performing dramas of the year. A first four-part series then aired in 2013 and consistently won its time slot for ITV, averaging 7M viewers and a 25% share. The new series will be a quartet of 120 minute films set in 1966. Evans plays a young Morse and Allam is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Russell Lewis writes the series and novelist Colin Dexter, who created Morse, is a consultant to producers Mammoth Screen. Lewis will also exec produce...
- 6/5/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Shaun Evans will be returning for a second series of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour, it has been confirmed.
Evans took on the role of young Morse in a feature-length special in 2012 and was a ratings hit. The first full series aired earlier this year and regularly drew over 5 million viewers.
Shaun Evans stars alongside Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade's End), who plays Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
ITV's director of drama commissioning Steve November said: "The audience's response to the classic crime partnership of Endeavour and Thursday has been incredible and we're thrilled at the prospect of more Endeavour stories written by Russell Lewis and produced by Mammoth Screen."
Series two will start production in Oxford later this year. The second run will feature four 120-minute episodes.
"We're truly delighted by the audience's reaction to the first quartet of Endeavour stories, and very grateful to ITV for the opportunity to further embellish the legend,...
Evans took on the role of young Morse in a feature-length special in 2012 and was a ratings hit. The first full series aired earlier this year and regularly drew over 5 million viewers.
Shaun Evans stars alongside Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade's End), who plays Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
ITV's director of drama commissioning Steve November said: "The audience's response to the classic crime partnership of Endeavour and Thursday has been incredible and we're thrilled at the prospect of more Endeavour stories written by Russell Lewis and produced by Mammoth Screen."
Series two will start production in Oxford later this year. The second run will feature four 120-minute episodes.
"We're truly delighted by the audience's reaction to the first quartet of Endeavour stories, and very grateful to ITV for the opportunity to further embellish the legend,...
- 6/5/2013
- Digital Spy
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
Grey Feeney
The first full season of the Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour will have its British TV premier on Sunday April 14 at 8pm. The four episode season is written by Russell Lewis (Inspector Lewis) and features Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) as the younger version of the detective that made John Thaw into a household name.
Roger Allam (Life on Mars) plays Endeavour’s mentor Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. The cast also includes John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail, Anton Lesser (The Hour) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). Last year’s one-off Endeavour New year’s special attracted over 8 million viewers in the UK alone. The series will air in the Us on PBS Masterpiece Theatre later in 2013.
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Grey Feeney
The first full season of the Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour will have its British TV premier on Sunday April 14 at 8pm. The four episode season is written by Russell Lewis (Inspector Lewis) and features Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) as the younger version of the detective that made John Thaw into a household name.
Roger Allam (Life on Mars) plays Endeavour’s mentor Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. The cast also includes John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail, Anton Lesser (The Hour) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). Last year’s one-off Endeavour New year’s special attracted over 8 million viewers in the UK alone. The series will air in the Us on PBS Masterpiece Theatre later in 2013.
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- 4/5/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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I'm thrilled that Game of Thrones is back! The first episode was epic! Any hints for next week?
You don't have to tell us, brother! GoT kept its title as the most astonishing thing on TV when it returned to Sky Atlantic for its third season this week, serving up an episode containing massive great dragons, more terror from the...
- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
ITV has released a new online-exclusive trailer for Endeavour.
The Inspector Morse prequel returns for the first of four new films on Sunday, April 14 at 8pm.
Shaun Evans will reprise his role as Endeavour Morse, having first played the role in last year's pilot episode.
James Bradshaw will also return as Dr Max Debryn, while John Thaw's daughter Abigail will make further guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil.
A full series of Endeavour was officially commissioned by ITV in March 2012, following the ratings success of the pilot.
The four new films - 'Girl', 'Fugue', 'Rocket' and 'Home' - will again be written by Russell Lewis and will air in April and May on ITV.
> Shaun Evans Endeavour interview: 'The young Morse is flawed'
> Lewis will end on ITV after seventh series, confirms Laurence Fox...
The Inspector Morse prequel returns for the first of four new films on Sunday, April 14 at 8pm.
Shaun Evans will reprise his role as Endeavour Morse, having first played the role in last year's pilot episode.
James Bradshaw will also return as Dr Max Debryn, while John Thaw's daughter Abigail will make further guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil.
A full series of Endeavour was officially commissioned by ITV in March 2012, following the ratings success of the pilot.
The four new films - 'Girl', 'Fugue', 'Rocket' and 'Home' - will again be written by Russell Lewis and will air in April and May on ITV.
> Shaun Evans Endeavour interview: 'The young Morse is flawed'
> Lewis will end on ITV after seventh series, confirms Laurence Fox...
- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Endeavour. ITV
Filming has begun on the first full season of the Inspector Morse prequel – Endeavour. ITV commissioned the four part series after a one-off special based around the same character proved to be a ratings winner last winter. Endeavour attracted over 8 million viewers making it the most watched TV film from the last five years. Beyond the UK, the show also aired to rave reviews on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in the U.S.
Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) resumes his role as the title character while Roger Allam (Ashes to Ashes) plays his mentor. John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail will make several guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil while Anton Lesser (Casualty 1909) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes) have also signed on to appear in the show. Lewis creator Russell Lewis wrote the scripts for Endeavour and the series will be broadcast during 2013 on both on ITV and PBS.
Filming has begun on the first full season of the Inspector Morse prequel – Endeavour. ITV commissioned the four part series after a one-off special based around the same character proved to be a ratings winner last winter. Endeavour attracted over 8 million viewers making it the most watched TV film from the last five years. Beyond the UK, the show also aired to rave reviews on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in the U.S.
Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) resumes his role as the title character while Roger Allam (Ashes to Ashes) plays his mentor. John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail will make several guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil while Anton Lesser (Casualty 1909) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes) have also signed on to appear in the show. Lewis creator Russell Lewis wrote the scripts for Endeavour and the series will be broadcast during 2013 on both on ITV and PBS.
- 9/13/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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- 8/4/2012
- Horrorbid
Endeavour co. ITV
N Conrad
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ITV’s much anticipated Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour will air on 2 January at 9.00 p.m. The 2 hour special is set in Oxford during 1965 and Shaun Evans (The Take) plays the young detective constable Morse who is preparing to hand in his resignation. However, before he can deliver the note to his superiors he becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a missing school girl.
Endeavour is written by Lewis creator Russell Lewis and the cast includes Roger Allam, Charlie Creed-Miles and Patrick Malahide. Another notable among the cast is Abigail Thaw who is the real-life daughter of the late great John Thaw who played Morse in 33 stories that were broadcast over the course of 13 years between 1987 and 2000. This one-off special is being broadcast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original show.
N Conrad
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ITV’s much anticipated Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour will air on 2 January at 9.00 p.m. The 2 hour special is set in Oxford during 1965 and Shaun Evans (The Take) plays the young detective constable Morse who is preparing to hand in his resignation. However, before he can deliver the note to his superiors he becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a missing school girl.
Endeavour is written by Lewis creator Russell Lewis and the cast includes Roger Allam, Charlie Creed-Miles and Patrick Malahide. Another notable among the cast is Abigail Thaw who is the real-life daughter of the late great John Thaw who played Morse in 33 stories that were broadcast over the course of 13 years between 1987 and 2000. This one-off special is being broadcast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original show.
- 12/12/2011
- by admin
Endeavour has been picked up by PBS to air on Masterpiece Mystery in the Us next year. The ITV Inspector Morse prequel drama, starring Ashes to Ashes actor Shaun Evans, will mark the 25th anniversary of the iconic detective, originally played by the late John Thaw. The drama will be set in 1965 and follow the story of a missing schoolgirl in Oxford. It is written by Russell Lewis, who has also worked on Lewis and Cadfael. "Inspector (more)...
- 8/8/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
PBS has picked up Endeavour, a prequel of the long-running series Inspector Morse, to air on Masterpiece Mystery next year, which marks the 25th anniversary of the series' 1987 premiere. The prequel -- the title, Endeavour, is a reference to Morse’s first name -- stars British actor Shaun Evans (Ashes to Ashes), who will step into John Thaw’s shoes to play the younger version of Colin Dexter’s iconic character. Set in 1965, the story follows the hunt for a missing schoolgirl, which draws Endeavour Morse back to the place that will ultimately shape and define his destiny: Oxford. “Inspector Morse was one of my favorite detectives,” Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton said. “Shaun Evans has a similar depth and quiet charm. I can’t wait to see his Endeavour.” Another Inspector Morse offshoot, the series Inspector Lewis starring Kevin Whately in the role he originated in Inspector Morse, also airs on Mastepiece,...
- 8/8/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Inspectors Morse and Lewis
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ITV have announced that Shaun Evans is to play the role of Detective Constable Endeavour Morse in a one-off drama about the early life of one of British TV’s best loved cops. The 90-minute special is being written by Russell Lewis who is the mastermind behind ITV’s Morse spin-off Inspector Lewis, the fourth season of which is about to be aired by PBS in the U.S.
The story is set in Oxford during 1965, and revolves around the murder of a young girl. The episode will be broadcast in 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of Morse. The late John Thaw played the title role in the original series of Morse which consisted of 33 episodes that were broadcast over a period of 13 years. The rest of the cast have...
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ITV have announced that Shaun Evans is to play the role of Detective Constable Endeavour Morse in a one-off drama about the early life of one of British TV’s best loved cops. The 90-minute special is being written by Russell Lewis who is the mastermind behind ITV’s Morse spin-off Inspector Lewis, the fourth season of which is about to be aired by PBS in the U.S.
The story is set in Oxford during 1965, and revolves around the murder of a young girl. The episode will be broadcast in 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of Morse. The late John Thaw played the title role in the original series of Morse which consisted of 33 episodes that were broadcast over a period of 13 years. The rest of the cast have...
- 8/4/2011
- by admin
Shaun Evans has been cast as Endeavour Morse in ITV's prequel to the popular detective series. Endeavour, which is written by Russell Lewis (Lewis, Cadfael), will explore the origins of the character, famed for his love of crosswords, classical music and real ale. Evans, whose TV credits include The Take and Come Rain Come Shine, will play the younger version of the Oxford detective originally made famous to TV audiences by John Thaw. "Morse as a young man is a wonderful character that I'm very excited to be playing. My hope is that we can compliment what's come before, by telling a great story, and telling it well," said Evans. Endeavour will be part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the first episode of Morse, which aired on ITV in 1987. Thaw went on to film 33 more stories over the next 13 years. (more)...
- 8/3/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox's Lewis has been picked up for another series by ITV1. The Morse spinoff, which has been a regular ratings hit for the broadcaster, features Whately and Fox as Oxford's Inspector Robbie Lewis and DS James Hathaway. Three new titles for the series have been revealed as 'Generation of Vipers', 'The Age of Foolishness' and 'Death of the Author'. 'Vipers' has been penned by Patrick Harbinson, while Rachel Bennette, Simon Block and Russell Lewis teamed up for the other episodes. "Lewis and Hathaway have become a formidable partnership not only in terms of cracking murders cases, but also in terms of their (more)...
- 6/22/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Since 1992, actor Sean Bean has portrayed Richard Sharpe - a .working class. British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars who saves the Duke of Wellington and for his troubles is made an officer. The last Sharpe drama was in 1996, before Sharpe.s Challenge was filmed in 2006. Like fine wine, Sharpe just gets better with age. The adventures of Richard Sharpe are based on a series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, and this latest installment covers those stories that take place in India. The three India novels are Sharpe.s Tiger, Sharpe.s Triumph, and Sharpe.s Fortress - which have been adapted by Russell Lewis into the screenplay. Sharpe.s Challenge begins with a scene in India around 1803 when...
- 4/24/2010
- by June L.
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – Sean Bean is an actor who naturally exudes menace. His dark squinting eyes always seem to be up to something, and surely assisted him in getting cast as the bad guy in a variety of blockbusters. While American moviegoers know him primarily for roles such as Jack Ryan’s adversary in “Patriot Games,” British audiences view Bean as their equivalent to a heroic Jack Ryan-type everyman, thanks to his portrayal of swashbuckling soldier Richard Sharpe.
Based on Bernard Cornwell’s series of historical fiction novels, the “Sharpe” film saga was originally broadcast in the mid-90s, consisting of no less than fourteen installments. Sharpe starts out as a British sergeant who receives a promotion after saving the life of the future Duke of Wellington. The books, and their subsequent television adaptations, chronicle Sharpe’s adventures in the Napoleonic Wars, climaxing at the Battle of Waterloo. Two more “Sharpe” films were shot a decade later,...
Based on Bernard Cornwell’s series of historical fiction novels, the “Sharpe” film saga was originally broadcast in the mid-90s, consisting of no less than fourteen installments. Sharpe starts out as a British sergeant who receives a promotion after saving the life of the future Duke of Wellington. The books, and their subsequent television adaptations, chronicle Sharpe’s adventures in the Napoleonic Wars, climaxing at the Battle of Waterloo. Two more “Sharpe” films were shot a decade later,...
- 4/14/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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