Season 2

Marking the 25th anniversary of the first episode of Inspector Morse, ITV1 presents a drama exploring the early years of Colin Dexter's legendary detective. In 1965, young Detective Constable Endeavour Morse has become disillusioned with the job - but then the search for a missing schoolgirl draws him back to Oxford, the city which will shape and define his destiny. As he gets deeper into a full-blown murder investigation led by Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, Morse finds himself side-lined, discredited and at a dead end. As he tries to face down the demons of his past, Morse begins his own quest for justice, risking everything in the hunt for a truth that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

Deep in a full-blown murder investigation and led by Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, Endeavour finds himself side-lined, discredited and at a dead end. Facing down the demons of his past, Endeavour begins his own quest in pursuit of justice.

An unknown menace stalks Oxford, strikingfear into the hearts of its citizens. At first glance, the killer appears to be just another deranged lunatic, striking at random.

Endeavour himself deeply embroiled in the affairs of the factory and its owners, the darkly dysfunctional Broom family. For an unpopular worker, Percy Malleson, has been found murdered in a secluded area of the shop floor.

Oxford lies in the grip of a bitter winter. Endeavour crams for his upcoming SergeantÕs Exam, but a road traffic accident sets events in motion which will lead to the Moonlight Rooms nightclub and a blood reckoning.

A baffling suicide, an anguished father searching for his missing daughter and the robbery of Anglo Saxon treasures tax DC Endeavour Morse's faltering intellect, as he returns to Oxford City Police following a four-month absence from duty.