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First broadcast 12th March 2023.
This documentary tells the story of Endeavour Morse--the brilliant but troubled Oxford detective who becomes a sometimes morose, intellectual crime fighter with a thirst for real ale and a love of opera and cryptic crosswords.
This documentary tells the story of Endeavour Morse--the brilliant but troubled Oxford detective who becomes a sometimes morose, intellectual crime fighter with a thirst for real ale and a love of opera and cryptic crosswords.
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00:00From the 1960s to the 21st century, the detective world of Morse, created by writer Colin Dexter,
00:15has been exploring the fictional crimes of Oxford.
00:18It's got such a loyal fan base, Morse, Lewis and Endeavour, people who've followed the shows right from the start.
00:27You never consider that it'll be going in 10 years' time or 35 years' time.
00:35The Oxford of Morse, of Endeavour, is definitely a dangerous place.
00:40Hello?
00:42One filled with big characters.
00:45But the biggest character at the helm of it has been Inspector Morse,
00:49the detective actor John Thor first brought to our screens back in 1987.
00:54Famous for his love of crosswords, classical music and his iconic red Jaguar.
01:01The famous maroon-coloured Jag was an old stunt car which John himself had written off in the Sweeney in a stunt more than once.
01:09You could see the road through the floor. It was hell on wheels.
01:14But over the past two decades, since the original Morse famously left our screens...
01:19Thank... Lewis... for me.
01:26...the Morse universe has expanded, first with his sidekick Lewis picking up the murderous threads in 2006.
01:32And for the past decade, the series Endeavour has told Morse's backstory as a brilliant young copper in 60s Britain.
01:47Who's a clever boy, then?
01:51But after nine series, the last ever episode of Endeavour has been shot,
01:56and the epic story of one of TV's most popular detectives is finally coming to an end.
02:02Being the last ever Endeavour director is scary.
02:06So you go, I hope I get it right.
02:08The final episode...
02:09It brings it all together, and I hope there'll be a few surprises for people.
02:19It all comes to a crescendo, you know, at the end.
02:23It's hard to describe. It's rather lovely, though.
02:26It has actually been one of the privileges of my life to work with this group of people.
02:30I feel a lot of gratitude to have been part of something that so many people have enjoyed.
02:40This is for everyone and all the fans who are involved with Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour,
02:44and this is the end, so let's have fun.
02:46The character of Inspector Morse,
03:06first featured in the award-winning crime novels written by Colin Dexter back in 1975.
03:12Colin was very much an academic,
03:14and I think when Kenny McBendon found the Morse books and tracked Colin down,
03:20Colin was a bit taken aback.
03:21I can remember when he didn't really quite understand how films worked to start with.
03:26But it was in 1987, when actor John Thor took on the TV role,
03:31that the wider world got to know and love the cranky academic detective.
03:35Somebody of my age, all of us remember the Morse theme during the 90s,
03:40and remember the Morse series and how loved that was,
03:43and John Thor's legacy and that.
03:45I need to be off duty on the dot tonight.
03:47Val's dead set on going to this slimming promotion.
03:50It's a special...
03:51I don't need to hear the details.
03:53I don't often ask, sir.
03:54Square up to the case, Lewis, maybe we can both be off on the dot.
03:58How incredibly important that series is to British television, culture and history,
04:05but I think also to the genre.
04:08With regular audiences of 15 million viewers,
04:11Morse was a huge hit both at home and abroad.
04:14And ran for the next 13 years.
04:26I'm hugely proud of them.
04:29I still get work now from the QDOS and I get from the Morse franchises.
04:33In January 2012, 12 years after the original Inspector Morse left our screens,
04:41the clocks were set back to 1965.
04:44And actor Sean Evans got to explore the backstory of television's most enigmatic detective.
04:50At that point I'd never seen any of the previous TV shows,
04:54so I came out afresh.
04:55And then I was intrigued then about how we could see this character as a younger man.
05:02For me, it's a coming-of-age story of how we take this period of time
05:09and take this man from his late 20s right through to his mid-30s.
05:18My name is Bright, Chief Superintendent Bright.
05:22It's centred on a police station somewhere in Oxfordshire.
05:26And you have the young Morse, who is a troubled character.
05:33Secondly,
05:35a brilliant detective, thinks out of the box,
05:42and he always comes at everything from a strange angle.
05:45Evelyn Balfour was strangled, sir, like Desdemona, Othello's wife.
05:49And there was a handkerchief stuffed in her mouth, embroidered with the initial D.
05:53The detective element is important, yes,
05:57but it's sort of a Trojan horse to get into who this person was.
06:04Squeamish, are we?
06:06You won't make much of a detective if you're not prepared to look death in the eye.
06:11Find me when you're done.
06:12It's got an unlikely character at the helm of it, you know, this...
06:19He's not your hero, he's not your average detective.
06:22He is an appreciator of classical music, of art, of architecture,
06:40of man's achievements at its highest, I suppose.
06:43It can't be separated from this story,
06:56and so then it's important to show them as much as you can.
07:00And this new world of crime expanded beyond Morse
07:03to include a much wider cast of regular characters.
07:0625 years ago, I got the best bit of luck any man ever had.
07:14The toast is my win.
07:19Win!
07:21It's a beautifully written period drama.
07:24There's the through line of the main characters
07:26whose lives you see emerging and changing.
07:34That's why people love it.
07:36It is more than just a detective drama.
07:39I think that's selling it short.
07:42Where have you been all night?
07:44Don't ask.
07:46So, are you dancing?
07:48Are you asking?
07:50It's got wonderfully nuanced characters
07:53that you want to meet time and time again.
07:55Three, two, one.
07:59I suppose what's lovely about the series of Endeavor
08:01is that there's just that plotting.
08:03We've got, you know, all nine series
08:06to see how he becomes the Inspector Morse
08:10that we know he's destined to be.
08:12But the backstory to Morse
08:14wasn't actually the work of original author Colin Dexter.
08:18Endeavor was the creation of writer Russell Lewis.
08:21Television writers don't normally write every single episode of a series,
08:27particularly not when there's 36
08:28and particularly not when there's 36 of 90 minutes.
08:32It's very, very unusual.
08:34Russell has such a way of writing,
08:36not only his dialogue,
08:38but his stage directions.
08:39I really wish people could see his scripts
08:41because they're so detailed.
08:45Up a bit.
08:47Up a bit more.
08:49Left a bit.
08:52Knowing the show as he did,
08:54he wrote for Morse, he wrote for Lewis.
08:56There is very rarely a character name,
08:59an address,
09:00a name of a department store,
09:02you name it,
09:03there will be a connection
09:05to something within the Morse universe.
09:07And Russell Lewis was inspired
09:09to create one very special character
09:11for an actor
09:12with a personal connection to John Thor.
09:15So, what's the story?
09:17Well, there isn't one.
09:19Yet.
09:20I play Dorothea Frazel,
09:21who's the editor of the Oxford Mail newspaper.
09:24If that's for the morning edition,
09:26you're cutting it fine.
09:28My agent called me and said
09:29that they were looking for
09:30a young John Thor, basically,
09:33to play the young Endeavour.
09:36And did I know anyone
09:37who reminded me of my father?
09:42I couldn't imagine it.
09:43I said, well, I want to part in it.
09:46Just be a nice little quirky thing.
09:49And Russ and I talked
09:51and he wrote a little scene for me.
09:54Have we met?
09:57I don't think so.
10:00Another life, then.
10:01I wasn't expecting anything
10:04as lovely and as moving as that.
10:07I thought I was just going to be
10:08plonked on a desk and, you know.
10:10But, no, Russ had a much better idea
10:12and the rest is history.
10:15And Dorothea has remained
10:16a key character
10:17across all nine seasons
10:19of the hit detective series.
10:21It's such an interesting character,
10:23I think, Dorothea Frazel.
10:24Like, she's this woman
10:27existing in this man's world.
10:30Actually, Miss Frazel,
10:31I'd urge you
10:32in the strongest possible terms
10:33not to make this communication
10:35known to the public.
10:36As a favour.
10:3924 hours.
10:41After that?
10:43Pray that's enough.
10:45Boss?
10:45Another key character
10:48created for the series
10:50was Detective Inspector
10:51Fred Thursday,
10:52who played mentor
10:53to the fledgling detective
10:55Endeavour Morse.
10:56You're here on merit.
10:59Not that you know
11:00about this state of view.
11:01You might have found
11:01time to run an iron.
11:02That shirt looks like
11:03you slept in it.
11:04First impressions, Morse.
11:06Thursday really wants
11:07to help Endeavour
11:08and he's a prickly bugger.
11:12I'm a good detective.
11:14And a poor policeman.
11:16No one can teach you the first.
11:18Any fool can learn the second.
11:20Fred's task,
11:21as he sees it,
11:22is to turn him
11:23into a good copper
11:24and not get quite so high
11:26for looting, you know,
11:27in the possible solving
11:29of all these crimes.
11:31One day I'll send you out
11:32for a routine inquiry
11:34and it'll turn out
11:34to be just that.
11:36But I won't hold my breath.
11:37You'll find something suspicious
11:38in a saint's sock drawer.
11:40With Morse and Lewis,
11:41that is reversed.
11:43It's Morse as the senior man.
11:47If anyone wants me,
11:48they'll find me looking at fish
11:49through the bottom
11:51of a beer glass.
11:53I think the relationship
11:54between Thursday and Endeavour
11:56actually is sadder
11:57than the one with Lewis
11:58and Morse.
12:01Go home.
12:03Put your best record on.
12:05Loud as it'll play.
12:06And with every note
12:09you remember.
12:13That's something that the darkness
12:15couldn't take from you.
12:16If you look at Endeavour,
12:18it's working class
12:19old sweat
12:20that's keeping this
12:22very bright young cop
12:23on the right track.
12:25So it's quite similar
12:26to the Lewis situation
12:28except that Sean's a lot
12:29better looking
12:30than the rest of us
12:31and so you've got
12:33a very handsome Morse
12:34but otherwise
12:35it's the same situation.
12:37It's hugely important
12:49that Oxford
12:50is a character
12:51in the series.
12:57Thank you, Professor.
12:59One of the things Oxford
13:01is best known for
13:02besides the university,
13:03et cetera,
13:04is the Inspector Moore
13:05series of books
13:06and the Inspector Morse
13:08and Lewis
13:08are now in Endeavour series.
13:13It is the last time
13:15in Endeavour's
13:16series history
13:17that we are in Oxford
13:18and Endeavour
13:20is visiting the joke shop
13:21looking for evidence.
13:35Bye now.
13:36I say, I say, I say, I say,
13:38what can I do for you then, sir?
13:40He asked him knowingly.
13:42It's a sad time for everybody.
13:43We will miss everybody
13:44in Oxford who makes us welcome
13:45and we will, of course,
13:47miss coming together away
13:48for three or four nights
13:50as a team
13:50to get the material
13:51that is always so, so beautiful,
13:53especially on a day like today.
13:55People come to see us.
13:56Sometimes they travel
13:57from really quite a long way
13:59away as well.
13:59Well, I've been following Endeavour
14:04really since the beginning.
14:05I stumbled across their filming
14:07in season one
14:08and then in season two
14:10I took them some cakes down
14:11and it's struggled from there.
14:14To acknowledge this Oxford universe
14:16of Morse coming to an end,
14:18Julia created a particularly special cake.
14:21It's terribly, terribly sweet.
14:23When we were in Oxford this time,
14:25we got that enormous cake
14:27with lots of brilliant sort of icing on it
14:31that was newspapers
14:33and Fred and Morse at the top.
14:36It was the most remarkable thing.
14:38Oh, look, you can go to all
14:40my lovely locations.
14:42I've got that in the back of my car still.
14:45Three, two, one.
14:52The Endeavour crew are really welcoming.
14:55Mmm.
14:56Oh, sweet.
14:57It's nice.
14:58And I'm not a cake lover.
14:59You get a lot of tourists
15:00who are fascinated
15:01and then you get the hardcore fans
15:03that come specially
15:04and usually we're allowed
15:05to skulk in a corner
15:06in a safe place out of the way
15:08but they never stop us.
15:10The Endeavour fans are amazing.
15:11I don't know how they know
15:12where we are
15:13but they always do.
15:14I'm from Boston
15:15in the United States.
15:17In the US,
15:17you wouldn't get near filming
15:19as closely as the people here
15:20seem to do it.
15:21They're sweet.
15:22They are part of the Endeavour family.
15:24Amazing likeness.
15:25I mean, you might be about
15:2640 years older than you do, Rod,
15:28but don't worry about it.
15:31One distinct addition
15:33to the 60s world of Morse
15:34was the relationship
15:35between Endeavour
15:36and the family life
15:37of his boss, Fred Thursday.
15:39Not to be safe for family.
15:41And what if you don't have any?
15:42Do you think that's how
15:45you end up your days?
15:47Alone in some
15:48two-bob kip?
15:50Nothing but a bottle
15:50for company.
15:51There was often
15:52the contrast between
15:53the warm and loving
15:55Thursday family
15:56and Morse as the outsider.
15:59Set yourself down.
16:00He won't be a take.
16:01The family is
16:02a place where he can
16:04get away from
16:05the disturbances
16:06and the violence
16:08that the job
16:09often presents him with.
16:11We see that lightness
16:12without his hat on
16:14enjoying his,
16:15you know,
16:16dinner around the table
16:18and I think the audience
16:18loved those scenes.
16:20All stands down on ceremony.
16:21Budge up, Sam.
16:23You shouldn't have
16:24let me sleep, sir.
16:24What do you look like
16:25you could do with it?
16:26Mrs Thursday's
16:27done you some tea.
16:28Wind, dear.
16:29Endeavour as a character
16:30wants to be part
16:31of that family
16:32and wants that safety.
16:35And the linchpin
16:36of the Thursday household
16:37was Fred's wife,
16:38Wynne.
16:40Early on in the series
16:41I think my main
16:43sort of thrust
16:45was bringing tea
16:46and making sandwiches.
16:47The way you went
16:47out of here this morning
16:48I didn't even get
16:49a chance to do
16:49your sandwiches.
16:51Have you got time now?
16:53No, I'll just
16:53pop back to get my pipe
16:55left it in the shed.
16:57I'll do you a quick round.
16:59I do feel she's
17:00an integral part
17:01of the show.
17:02I do feel that
17:03and I do feel
17:03the audience love her.
17:05I'm there in the morning
17:06giving you sandwiches
17:07and saying,
17:08come home safe.
17:10Which is another
17:11one of her little isms.
17:13She always says,
17:13come home safe.
17:15But playing Wynne Thursday
17:16wasn't actor Caroline O'Neill's
17:18first journey
17:19into the Morse universe.
17:21I had a little tiny
17:22appearance in Lewis
17:23many moons ago.
17:24My husband was murdered
17:26so I did get the opportunity
17:28to work with him on that.
17:30That's rich.
17:30Thanks,
17:32Mrs. Chairman.
17:34Come and tea?
17:35There have been a few
17:36actors who've come in.
17:38I know Roger
17:38didn't inspect
17:39to Morse.
17:40Those links
17:41are wonderful.
17:42The journalism,
17:43that's your only
17:44connection with Mr. Owens?
17:46Absolutely.
17:47Sure, sir.
17:49Because you see,
17:50we believe he was
17:52engaged in blackmail.
17:54Good God.
17:55People are absolutely
17:57obsessed with Morse.
17:58You know,
17:58people do dissertations
18:00on it in university,
18:01which is very touching.
18:02And as those university
18:05experts will know,
18:06back in the year 2000,
18:08after 13 years
18:09and 33 episodes,
18:11the original series
18:12of Inspector Morse
18:13became famous
18:14for its bold decision
18:15to kill off
18:16its title character.
18:17For Morse
18:18to actually die
18:19on screen
18:20was quite a big deal.
18:21Well,
18:21it was a huge deal
18:22at the time.
18:23I didn't quite
18:25catch that, Morse.
18:31Thank
18:32Lewis
18:33for me.
18:37In 2006,
18:38Kevin Wakely
18:39returned to the
18:40Oxford crime scene,
18:41this time
18:42as the lead detective,
18:43Lewis.
18:44Who the hell are you?
18:46Inspector Lewis,
18:47Sergeant Hathaway,
18:48Oxfordshire Police.
18:50Audiences like
18:51to feel that,
18:52relaxed with,
18:53with characters
18:54and are used
18:55to having
18:55that friendly face
18:56in the corner
18:57of their room.
18:59I think
19:00there's definitely
19:01a through line
19:02through all the films
19:03and the different franchises,
19:05but there's a different
19:06dynamic on Endeavour
19:07because Russell's
19:08got the historic thing
19:10and he links it
19:11to whatever's going on,
19:13which is very clever.
19:16Given that it's set
19:1750 years
19:18prior to where
19:20we are now,
19:21when you look
19:22at the things
19:23that are happening
19:24socially and politically
19:25and you're able
19:26to hold the mirror up
19:27in a more
19:28artful way,
19:31then that's when
19:31I think it works
19:32rather than just
19:34a attractive
19:36chocolate box
19:37of a show,
19:38you know what I mean?
19:38It becomes
19:39something else.
19:40My husband
19:41had Hitler's ear.
19:43We could have
19:44persuaded him,
19:46softened his resolve.
19:48He wasn't immune
19:49to reason.
19:50Charming
19:50conversationalist,
19:51no doubt.
19:52As an audience member,
19:53I can watch it
19:54and think,
19:54God,
19:54this is extraordinary
19:55how Russell writes
19:58these incredibly complex
20:00episodes that are linked
20:02to, you know,
20:03whether it's politics
20:04in the 70s,
20:05racism,
20:06the strikes.
20:07That's one of the things
20:08that all drama does
20:09very, very well
20:10and has been doing
20:11from time immemorial,
20:12you know,
20:13looking at the past
20:15and using that
20:17as a way of looking
20:18where we are now.
20:20There's an episode
20:21that Joan was in
20:22and that kind of
20:23coincided with
20:23the Black Lives Matter.
20:25Ease Equation,
20:26war reduction!
20:27Ease Equation,
20:28war reduction!
20:28Sign on this door
20:34says no colours.
20:37This is the language
20:39of segregation.
20:40It's great that we can
20:42look back to reflect,
20:44to see,
20:45in some sense,
20:46how far we've come
20:46and in other senses,
20:48how far we still need to come.
20:49One of the strengths
21:06of Endeavour
21:06is the attention
21:08to detail
21:09and that's
21:10across the board,
21:11you know,
21:11with the crew
21:12and the music
21:13and the casting.
21:15There's so much detail
21:16that's gone into it.
21:17And one character
21:19with an attention
21:19to detail
21:20second only to Morse
21:21is their resident
21:23pathologist.
21:25Ah.
21:25Max de Bryn
21:26is the resident
21:27home office
21:28pathologist
21:29so he's
21:30good at his job,
21:32he's skilled.
21:33People always seem
21:34to like the directness.
21:37Anything, Doc?
21:38Well,
21:39his head's in this room
21:40and his body's
21:41in that room
21:41so that
21:42might have something
21:44to do with it.
21:45People seem to love that.
21:46Time of death?
21:482,000 years ago.
21:502,000 years?
21:51Yes.
21:52Give or take
21:52a couple of hundred years.
21:54I have trouble
21:54notifying his next of kin.
21:56What a brilliant character
21:58Max de Bryn is.
21:59This morbid humour
22:01and these
22:02witticisms
22:03and sayings.
22:05Male,
22:05late 50s,
22:06early 60s.
22:08What's with all the blood?
22:10Someone stuck
22:11a broken bottle
22:12in his neck.
22:13I didn't realise
22:15how much
22:15forensics
22:16had changed
22:17until I did
22:18a bit of research
22:19whether that's
22:19what did for him
22:20or he was already
22:21on his way out.
22:23I'm afraid
22:23I won't be able
22:24to express an opinion
22:25until after the
22:26post-mortem.
22:28Shall we say
22:28two o'clock?
22:30Cut there.
22:31Beautiful.
22:31Turn that piece.
22:34And for actor
22:35James Bradshaw,
22:36understanding the details
22:37of his fictional job
22:38has always been important.
22:40DNA didn't actually
22:42come into
22:43being used
22:44as a forensic tool
22:45until the 1980s.
22:47Even wearing
22:48surgical gloves
22:49at a crime scene
22:50didn't become
22:51standard procedure
22:52until 1972.
22:54So,
22:55it was just fascinating
22:56to find all this stuff out.
23:02It looks to be
23:03a cap badge.
23:04And as the serious
23:07Morse fans know,
23:08the character
23:09of Max de Brin
23:10is one of the few
23:11original characters
23:12to appear
23:13from the 1980s
23:14TV series.
23:15Oh, by the way,
23:17you wore a hearing aid.
23:21He was played
23:21by Peter Woodthorpe
23:22in the original series.
23:24My job, sir,
23:26is to satisfy death
23:27where it has occurred
23:28and to ascertain
23:29where possible
23:30the physical causes.
23:32Now,
23:33Inspector Morse
23:33came out,
23:34I would have been
23:3411, 12.
23:36I had a vague
23:36memory of it.
23:38I think I looked
23:38at a picture
23:39of Peter Woodthorpe
23:40and there was
23:42the bow tie
23:42and the glasses.
23:44So, I kept
23:45that in mind.
23:47Plus,
23:47the one other
23:48original character
23:49was, of course,
23:50police constable
23:50Jim Strange.
23:52Jim Strange
23:53is a career
23:54policeman
23:55and he
23:56has
23:57no ulterior
23:59motives
23:59other than
24:00advancement.
24:02Congratulations,
24:02by the way,
24:03Sergeant Strange.
24:05Yeah.
24:07Well,
24:08like piles, eh?
24:11An advancement
24:13that would see
24:13the character
24:14become Chief
24:15Superintendent Strange
24:16and eventually
24:17Endeavour's boss.
24:19Fundamentally,
24:20there's a part
24:21of Endeavour
24:22that Strange
24:23will never understand.
24:25They both
24:26very much
24:26get on
24:27with what they do.
24:28Look, matey,
24:29I know it's
24:30no locker room
24:30mystery,
24:31but sometimes
24:31the simplest
24:32answer is the
24:33right one.
24:34What have you
24:34got against it
24:34being him?
24:35Nothing.
24:35I'm just trying
24:36to keep an open
24:37mind.
24:37It is the job,
24:38isn't it?
24:39Where they've clashed
24:40is their personalities,
24:42which are
24:42absolutely chalk
24:43and cheese.
24:46With 36 episodes,
24:48Endeavour has now
24:48become the longest
24:49running series
24:50in the trio
24:51of Morse detective
24:52adventures,
24:53and it has never
24:54neglected to
24:54acknowledge its roots,
24:56from John Thor's
24:57Morse of the 1980s
24:58to the cameos
24:59by writer Colin Dexter,
25:01whose original novels
25:02have now inspired
25:03over four decades
25:04of TV crime.
25:05I actually had
25:07the joy of sitting
25:08on a bus
25:08with Colin Dexter.
25:09He sat in front
25:10of me,
25:11and it was just
25:12brilliant,
25:12because, you know,
25:13it's like,
25:13oh my God,
25:14I can't believe it,
25:15you know,
25:15because I hadn't
25:16had the pleasure
25:16of meeting him
25:17until then.
25:18And although
25:18Colin died
25:19back in 2017,
25:21the series
25:22continued to honour
25:23him.
25:24We try and have
25:24a little thing
25:25of Colin Dexter
25:25somewhere in each
25:26of the films,
25:27whether it's a
25:27poster on the wall
25:28or a bust
25:29in the library.
25:31It's important.
25:33Nod to the
25:34heritage.
25:35As long as
25:36it's not overwhelming,
25:37I think,
25:37you know,
25:37as long as
25:37it becomes
25:39a part of the story.
25:42And in recent years,
25:43lead actor Sean Evans
25:44has taken on
25:45a bigger role
25:46in the storytelling
25:47of the series.
25:48One of the draws
25:49of the job
25:50for me,
25:51you know,
25:52as soon as I realised
25:52it was going to go
25:53a little further
25:53than just a one-off,
25:55to see,
25:57oh, actually,
25:57I could learn
25:58by the end of this
25:59how to be broader,
26:01how to be able
26:02to tell stories,
26:03not just from
26:04an acting point of view.
26:06The first one
26:06that I directed
26:07of Endeavour
26:08was Apollo
26:09and it's about
26:10the moon landing.
26:13I have no idea
26:27how he did it.
26:28I think that's
26:29a string to his bow
26:30that he wants
26:30to develop more.
26:31Get on a set
26:32and action!
26:35But some of the text
26:37that he has to speak
26:39while he's keeping
26:40a director's hat on
26:42was ridiculously difficult.
26:46Geoff Slayton's
26:47personal assistant
26:47is murdered.
26:48His scientific advisor
26:49dies in a car crash
26:50intended for someone else
26:51and not 48 hours later
26:52one of his puppeteers
26:53is found dead.
26:53I would say
26:54they were connected.
26:55And now I'm,
26:56because now I'm getting old
26:57and I have to learn
26:59my words weeks in advance.
27:01I just look with horror
27:02at the stuff
27:03that he has to do.
27:04But he seems to thrive on it.
27:06Working on it
27:07for a period of time
27:08and also peering back
27:09communicating and being
27:09and starting to direct
27:11and whatnot
27:12has made me
27:13approach all of the work
27:15in a different way.
27:17And cut.
27:17Let's give that
27:18another whirl please
27:18my friends.
27:19He's in it 100%
27:20and it's interesting
27:21because I think
27:22there's parts of Morse
27:23that are quite like
27:25Sean as well.
27:26His dedication
27:27to the work
27:28and his detail
27:30that he puts
27:31into his work.
27:33There was one scene
27:33in particular
27:34where he had to find
27:35a tape
27:36at the back
27:36of a doll's house
27:37and for a couple of takes
27:39what he did was
27:39he asked one of the crew
27:41to hide it
27:42in a different place
27:43each time
27:43so that he would
27:45actually have to go
27:46and find it
27:46so that he was
27:47actively searching
27:48as opposed to just
27:49acting the search.
27:50I think
27:51someone was looking
27:52for something
27:53only they didn't find it
27:55because
27:56she's hidden it
27:58somewhere safe.
28:03It's just things like that
28:04those little bits
28:06that you think
28:06you've been doing this
28:07for so long
28:08and it would be
28:09so easy
28:09to say
28:10I've got this
28:11you know what
28:11I'll just phone it in
28:12but he never
28:13ever did that.
28:17Across 36 years
28:18the streets
28:19and spires
28:20of Oxford
28:20have become home
28:21to the television
28:22universe of Morse
28:23and at the heart
28:24of it all
28:25has been one
28:26complex character.
28:28Like any good
28:29protagonist
28:30on TV
28:31he's a man
28:32of layers
28:34and there are
28:35a lot of
28:35different endeavours
28:36for people
28:37who've watched
28:37the show
28:38over the years
28:39you'll have seen
28:40the hardworking
28:41detective
28:42the romantic
28:43the melancholic
28:45the alcoholic
28:46the depressive
28:48you've seen him
28:50as a good friend
28:50a bad friend
28:51you've seen him
28:52as a good detective
28:53a bad detective
28:53Don't ever do that again
28:55I'm questioning a suspect
28:57I expect you to back me
28:58Questioning a suspect?
29:00If you want to take a leave
29:01out of Thursday's book
29:01there's better places to start
29:02Look
29:03let's get one thing straight
29:04matey
29:04you don't tell me
29:05I'll tell you
29:06alright
29:06job calls for brains
29:07you'll be the first
29:08in the queue
29:09something like this
29:10leave it to those
29:11who've got the sand
29:12he contains
29:13multitudes
29:14but
29:15I think
29:16probably one of his
29:17cornerstones
29:17is that he's a bit
29:18grumpy
29:19but that's why
29:20we love him
29:21But who loved
29:23this somewhat
29:23unlovable character?
29:25John Thor's
29:26Inspector Morse
29:27was a regular flirt
29:28even with suspects
29:29played by familiar
29:31actors
29:31and voiceover artists
29:33Can you at least
29:34remember what he had
29:35to drink?
29:36Cherry
29:37Medium I think
29:38That's better than
29:39the stuff that
29:40passes for ale
29:41in there
29:41anyway
29:42Well that I wouldn't
29:43know
29:43I don't drink much
29:45at the best of times
29:45and never at lunch
29:46I like to be in
29:48complete command of
29:49myself when I'm
29:49working Inspector
29:50Really?
29:52I like to let go
29:54I always drink at
29:55lunchtime
29:55It helps my
29:57imagination
29:57But there were many
29:59women with whom
30:00he had relationships
30:01You're known around
30:02here as one of the
30:03good guys
30:03Morse
30:04But no love was ever
30:18convinced to stay
30:19I'm sorry
30:21You're very nice
30:23I've just had enough
30:26of men for the moment
30:27It's okay
30:27And the roots of the
30:29detective's failed
30:30love life became
30:31the cornerstone of
30:32the Endeavour
30:33backstory
30:33What do they call
30:35you then?
30:36Morse
30:37Endeavour has had
30:38this thing about
30:39Joan we know
30:40but he's had a thing
30:41about quite a number
30:42of other people as
30:43well and hasn't
30:44done too badly
30:45on the front of
30:47having relationships
30:48you know with the
30:49lovely nurse
30:50He's had so many
30:59lovely women
31:00over the series
31:01that he's had
31:02brief relationships
31:03with and he doesn't
31:05seem to be able
31:06to forge relationships
31:07They say you're
31:08never so alive
31:09as when you're
31:10close to death
31:10well maybe the
31:11reverse is also true
31:12Jesus it's just
31:13sex
31:13It's not love
31:16I know
31:23I suppose he
31:25is conflicted
31:26but he's a
31:27solitary figure
31:28isn't he?
31:38But for Morse
31:39there was one love
31:40that was there
31:41right from the start
31:42Fred and Wynne's
31:43daughter
31:44Joan
31:45The first few
31:46episodes
31:47she's going
31:47out on dates
31:48you see her
31:49kind of being
31:50quite mischievous
31:51with Morse
31:51you know
31:52trying to wind
31:53him up
31:53Well don't stand
31:54on ceremony
31:55It's probably
31:58best if I wait
31:59I think it's
31:59probably best
32:00if you just
32:01do as you're
32:01told
32:02You wouldn't say
32:03You wouldn't say
32:04they were
32:05you know
32:05the perfect
32:06pair
32:07in the sense
32:07that she's
32:08quite outgoing
32:08he's quite
32:09awkward
32:10and it's
32:11interesting
32:11because with
32:12the kind
32:13of love
32:14story that
32:15emerged
32:16that it was
32:16really early
32:17on
32:18there was an
32:19episode where
32:19Jake takes
32:21Joan out for a
32:22date
32:22Endeavour walks
32:29her home
32:30after it goes
32:30wrong
32:31and I remember
32:33in the stage
32:33directions
32:34Russell had
32:35written
32:35this is the
32:36moment he
32:37will look
32:37back on
32:38as the
32:39moment that
32:39he knew
32:40he'd fallen
32:41in love
32:42Joan has
32:53been on
32:54quite a
32:54journey
32:54we see
32:56her quite
32:56bright-eyed
32:57and bushy-tailed
32:58right at the
32:59beginning
32:59she's still
33:00living with
33:01her mum and
33:01dad
33:01she's taking
33:02quite a
33:02respectable
33:02job at
33:03the bank
33:04doing the
33:05right thing
33:05It's a
33:06lunch hour
33:07Sorry Mr
33:07Fordyce
33:08I'll make
33:08it up
33:09Indeed
33:09you will
33:10Miss
33:10Thursday
33:10And then
33:11there's that
33:12incident at
33:12the bank
33:13with Endeavour
33:14He happens
33:27to be there
33:27as well
33:28It's a good
33:29job you're
33:29here
33:30I mean I'm
33:33glad
33:33if it's any
33:34comfort
33:35Me too
33:35We see
33:38through
33:39the series
33:40how
33:41that
33:42kind of
33:43life
33:43has taken
33:43its toll
33:44on her
33:44as well
33:45Stay
33:46I can't
33:47Just give
33:48it time
33:48I'm a huge
33:49admirer of
33:50Sarah
33:51She's
33:51terrific actress
33:53Take care of
33:56yourself
33:56most
33:56You too
34:00Miss Thursday
34:01I think
34:03what we've
34:04I hope
34:05what we've
34:06achieved
34:06very subtly
34:07is
34:08those
34:08dynamic
34:09shifts
34:09I've
34:10made
34:11such
34:11a mess
34:11I don't
34:16know what
34:16to do
34:16There was
34:19one point
34:19where I
34:19said
34:20Marry me
34:21And she
34:26goes
34:26she doesn't
34:27marry him
34:27I don't
34:36want
34:36your
34:36pity
34:36Every
34:41time I
34:41got a
34:41script
34:42I was
34:42thinking
34:42is this
34:43going to
34:43be it
34:44is there
34:44going to
34:44be this
34:46kiss
34:46is there
34:46going to
34:47be this
34:47moment
34:47are they
34:47going to
34:48finally
34:48get
34:49together
34:49Do you
34:50want to
34:51come in
34:51For
34:55coffee
34:55Yeah
34:59Over this
35:00series there
35:01are those
35:01moments where
35:02they look at
35:02each other
35:02and you
35:04just think
35:04oh go on
35:04do it
35:05now
35:05you know
35:05kiss
35:06each other
35:06now
35:06profess
35:07I don't
35:08go much
35:08for coffee
35:09Right to
35:11the bitter
35:11end we
35:11get those
35:12all the
35:12way
35:12along
35:13Actually
35:15I should
35:15probably
35:15go
35:16You just
35:17got here
35:18Yeah
35:20at work
35:20I just
35:23wanted to
35:23wish you
35:23well
35:24I
35:25just
35:26love the
35:27bones of
35:27her
35:28you know
35:28she's
35:28it's just
35:29exciting to
35:30play
35:30and I'll
35:31be sad
35:31to get
35:32my hair
35:32back
35:33combed
35:33for the
35:33last
35:34time
35:34Action
35:44We've got
35:49our biggest
35:49day of
35:50the shoot
35:50today
35:51we've got
35:52a wedding
35:53so we've
35:54got all
35:55our regular
35:56cast for
35:57the first
35:57time in
35:58the show's
35:58history
35:58and also
36:00shooting with
36:00the amount
36:01of crowd
36:01that we have
36:02here today
36:02all the
36:03wedding guests
36:03it's an
36:05enormous team
36:06effort
36:06this is
36:08one of
36:08the first
36:09occasions
36:10if not
36:10the first
36:11occasion
36:11where we've
36:12all been
36:12together
36:13as a
36:14cast
36:14we had
36:15the reception
36:15and I got
36:16to have a
36:16dance with
36:17Mrs Thursday
36:17and sort
36:19of chatting
36:19to Dorothea
36:21Abby's
36:21character
36:22yeah it was
36:22great
36:23it's just
36:23lovely
36:23we all
36:24tend to
36:24have our
36:25little sort
36:25of boxes
36:26of characters
36:27and this
36:28time having
36:29this wedding
36:29has brought
36:31us all
36:31together
36:31just like
36:32a real
36:32wedding
36:33and the
36:35sort of
36:35bittersweet
36:36fact that
36:37Joan and
36:38Strange have
36:39got together
36:39and it's
36:41not Endeavour
36:41and Joan
36:42that's one
36:43thing but
36:44on the other
36:45hand it's
36:45also very
36:46joyous and
36:47it seems
36:47the sort
36:47of the
36:48right
36:48thing to
36:50do to
36:51all end
36:51at a
36:51wedding
36:52and finally
36:54Joan and
36:55Jill's
36:55wedding
36:55action
36:56after much
37:02anticipation
37:03Joan had
37:04said yes
37:05to marrying
37:05not Morse
37:06but the
37:07other
37:07long-running
37:08detective
37:08in the
37:08series
37:09Jim
37:10Strange
37:10we had
37:11absolutely
37:12everybody
37:12there
37:12and we
37:13had a lot
37:14of fun
37:14a lot
37:14of laughs
37:15as we
37:15tend to
37:16do
37:16whenever
37:16there
37:16were
37:16groups
37:17of us
37:17getting
37:17together
37:18to
37:18shoot
37:19scenes
37:19but
37:20this
37:20happy
37:20occasion
37:21was
37:21of course
37:21fraught
37:22for one
37:22key
37:23character
37:23Endings
37:27can be
37:28very
37:29difficult
37:29because
37:30you're
37:30trying
37:30to tie
37:31everything
37:31up
37:31and
37:31you
37:32can't
37:32please
37:32all the
37:33people
37:33all the
37:34time
37:34there's
37:35a
37:35beautiful
37:35scene
37:36in the
37:36last
37:36episode
37:37where
37:38Joan
37:39is
37:39about
37:39to be
37:40married
37:40and
37:42she
37:44goes
37:44over
37:44to
37:45Morse
37:45and
37:47she
37:47says
37:47you know
37:48I don't
37:48think
37:49you've
37:49ever
37:49called
37:49me
37:49by
37:49my
37:49name
37:50have
37:52I
37:52not
37:53no
37:54well
37:57that's
37:57probably
37:57for the
37:57best
37:58how's
37:59that
37:59because
38:00if
38:00I
38:00had
38:00said
38:02once
38:02out
38:02loud
38:02and
38:03I
38:03think
38:03I
38:03might
38:03never
38:03have
38:03been
38:04able
38:04to
38:04stop
38:04truth
38:08is
38:08I
38:11love
38:11you
38:11and you
38:13think
38:13oh my
38:14god
38:14it's so
38:16brilliant
38:16and then
38:18he says
38:18everything
38:19that you've
38:19wanted him
38:20to say
38:20for all
38:21this time
38:21should have
38:22said
38:23something
38:23I should
38:24have
38:24said
38:24something
38:25and now
38:28it's too
38:28late
38:28no
38:36it's
38:39not
38:39and
38:49and then
38:50it's
38:50just
38:51been
38:51in
38:51his
38:51head
38:52I
38:53don't
38:53think
38:53you've
38:53ever
38:53called
38:54me
38:54by
38:54my
38:54name
38:54have
38:55I
38:55not
38:55no
38:57of course
38:59Mrs.
39:02Strange
39:02well you
39:07might give
39:08me a
39:08hug
39:08for
39:10luck
39:10but it's
39:15everything
39:15as a
39:16as a
39:16viewer
39:16you've
39:17been
39:17wanting
39:18him
39:18to do
39:19you know
39:19all
39:19this
39:20time
39:20for
39:20goodness
39:21sake
39:21just
39:22go
39:22and
39:22grab
39:22her
39:22and
39:23tell
39:23you
39:23love
39:23her
39:23it's
39:24it's
39:25beautiful
39:25really
39:26beautiful
39:26I
39:27suppose
39:27he's
39:27filled
39:28with
39:28feelings
39:29of
39:29regret
39:29that
39:30he
39:30didn't
39:31just
39:31do
39:32that
39:33much
39:33earlier
39:34on
39:34in
39:34the
39:34series
39:34but
39:35then
39:35of course
39:35he doesn't
39:36realise
39:36we wouldn't
39:37have had
39:37a really
39:38good
39:38series
39:39it
39:41couldn't
39:41have
39:41ended
39:41early
39:42on
39:42with
39:42Morse
39:43and
39:43Jane
39:43settling
39:44down
39:44because
39:44we
39:44know
39:45that
39:45Inspector
39:47Morse
39:47didn't
39:47do
39:47that
39:48never
39:49married
39:49that's
39:50right
39:51how was
39:53that
39:53do
39:54you
39:54mind
39:54not
39:56being
39:57married
39:57sometimes
40:00sometimes
40:02sometimes
40:02I
40:02mind
40:03it's
40:04interesting
40:04isn't
40:04it
40:04because
40:05I've got
40:07a lot of
40:08thoughts
40:08about it
40:08really
40:08a lot
40:08of feelings
40:09about it
40:09it's
40:10good
40:11for the
40:12character
40:12to be
40:12able to
40:13get that
40:13off his
40:13chest
40:14even if
40:16it's only
40:16in a
40:17fantasy
40:17sequence
40:18but
40:18ultimately
40:19Endeavor
40:20doesn't
40:21get the
40:21girl
40:21that was
40:23always
40:23a given
40:23Thursday's
40:25never mentioned
40:26in
40:27the
40:28Inspector
40:28Morse
40:29either
40:30the
40:30books
40:30or
40:30the
40:30series
40:31so
40:31something
40:32has to
40:32happen
40:32with
40:33those
40:33two
40:33characters
40:34which
40:35means
40:36that
40:36I
40:36never
40:36mention
40:36them
40:36again
40:37that's
40:38where
40:38those
40:38two
40:38things
40:39have
40:39to
40:39end
40:39and
40:40that's
40:40where
40:40we
40:40decide
40:41to
40:41end
40:42our
40:42story
40:43well here
40:47at air
40:47studios
40:47we're
40:48recording
40:48the very
40:48last
40:49episode
40:49of
40:49Endeavor
40:50one
40:50of the
40:51great
40:51privileges
40:51of
40:52this
40:52job
40:52is
40:52working
40:52with
40:52the
40:52composer
40:53Barrington
40:54and then
40:54Matt
40:54recorded
40:55with a
40:55full
40:56orchestra
40:56which
40:56is
40:56not
40:56that
40:57common
40:57for
40:57TV
40:58the
40:58London
40:59Metropolitan
40:59Orchestra
41:00was specially
41:01formed
41:01in 1986
41:02to record
41:03Barrington
41:04Phelong's
41:04original
41:05theme tune
41:05and the
41:06score for
41:07the music
41:07for
41:07Inspector
41:08Morse
41:08the
41:09baton
41:09passed
41:10to his
41:10collaborator
41:11Matt
41:11Slater
41:11when he
41:12died
41:12the
41:13journey
41:13that
41:13all
41:14of
41:14us
41:14in
41:14this
41:14orchestra
41:15and
41:15musicians
41:15that have
41:16worked
41:16on this
41:16over the
41:16years
41:17the
41:17thousands
41:17of
41:17hours
41:18that
41:18have
41:18gone
41:19in
41:19with
41:19Barry
41:20Phelong's
41:20score's
41:21mind
41:21I don't
41:22think
41:22there's
41:22anything
41:22been
41:23quite
41:23like
41:23it
41:23and
41:2436
41:24years
41:25later
41:25the
41:26orchestra
41:26who've
41:26recorded
41:27the
41:27scores
41:27of
41:27all
41:28102
41:28episodes
41:29of
41:29Inspector
41:30Morse
41:30Lewis
41:31and
41:31Endeavour
41:32are
41:32gathering
41:33to record
41:33for the
41:34very
41:34last
41:34time
41:35let's
41:36do
41:36this
41:36we're
41:36going
41:36to
41:36have
41:37an
41:37amazing
41:37day
41:37and
41:38this
41:38is
41:38for
41:38everyone
41:39and
41:39all
41:39the
41:39fans
41:39who
41:39are
41:40involved
41:40with
41:40Morse
41:40Lewis
41:41and
41:41Endeavour
41:42and
41:42this
41:42is
41:42the
41:43end
41:43so
41:43let's
41:43have
41:44fun
41:44Matt
41:45was
41:45determined
41:45that
41:45on
41:46the
41:46very
41:46last
41:46one
41:47we
41:47would
41:48have
41:48this
41:48get
41:49together
41:49here
41:50we go
41:50two
41:50bars
41:50into
41:51one
42:05standing
42:25on the
42:26podium
42:26and
42:26you've
42:27got
42:27everybody
42:27around
42:27you've
42:28got
42:28the
42:28orchestras
42:28you've
42:28got
42:28cast
42:29members
42:29that
42:30moment
42:30of
42:30those
42:31final
42:31final
42:31notes
42:32they
42:32mean
42:34so
42:34much
42:34to
42:34so
42:35many
42:35people
42:35sitting
42:51there
42:52in the
42:53middle
42:53of
42:53the
42:53orchestra
42:54I
42:55don't
42:55know
42:55it's
42:55kind
42:55of
42:56a
42:56wild
42:57feeling
42:58the
42:58music
42:59all
42:59around
43:00you
43:00yeah
43:01it's
43:01good
43:01it's
43:01kind
43:01of
43:01emotional
43:02for
43:02the
43:02guys
43:02as
43:02well
43:02they've
43:02been
43:02doing
43:03this
43:03far
43:03longer
43:03than
43:03I
43:03have
43:04there's
43:04very few
43:05moments
43:05in
43:05life
43:05that
43:05you
43:05get
43:06where
43:06you
43:07know
43:07instantly
43:07that
43:07moment
43:08is
43:08incredibly
43:08special
43:09and
43:09looking
43:09around
43:09everyone's
43:10faces
43:10the tears
43:11of their
43:11eyes
43:11the emotion
43:12of going
43:12through
43:12this score
43:13and what
43:13it meant
43:13to them
43:14was
43:14I don't think
43:15I'll ever get
43:15anything like that
43:15again but I'm so proud to be part of it
43:17and I'll see you
43:1836 years
43:1836 years after the first episode of Morse was filmed the final scene for the complex detective
43:23with a public of love the world over required a very pertinent piece of music
43:28it's been the finale scene of Endeavor ever which I'm so glad I'm doing Endeavor is in a choir
43:38they're singing for his requiem and parodism there was a lot of conversations about what music it would be whether there would be a choir
43:48that piece has been played I believe in the very first episode of Endeavor
44:18I think that's when he arrived on the bus
44:20we thought this would be a fitting closure
44:22as we were up there and singing it and filming
44:38the writer came in
44:39Russ
44:40and then the producer came in
44:42and when they came in each of them filled up
44:44and got a little bit emotional
44:48there was a feeling of
44:52all of the experiences that we'd had
44:55perhaps
44:56coming to an end
44:57so it was a release
44:59is that it
45:06that's it
45:07it's spine tingling and I hope the audiences will have been moved by and understand
45:19that it's just that little comma before we hit
45:22John Thor as Inspector Morse in the 80s
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46:03interesting
46:09so
46:10this is all based on all這一 flagship news
46:11this is also
46:23this move
46:24this has been very long
46:27today
46:28it will bring if this doesn't do
46:29it will bring it back
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