Shaun Evans (The Take) steps into John Thaw’s shoes as the younger version of Colin Dexter’s iconic creation, Inspector Morse, shedding new light on the origins of the detective famed for his love of crosswords, classical music, real ale, and classic cars. In 1965, a reluctant Detective Constable Endeavour Morse was recruited into the hunt for a missing schoolgirl, drawing him back to the place that would ultimately shape and define his destiny—Oxford. Adrift in the midst of a full-blown murder investigation led by Detective Inspector Fred Thursday (Roger Allam, The Iron Lady), Morse finds himself sidelined, discredited, and at a dead end. Facing down small-time thugs, big-time politicians, and the demons of his past, Morse begins his own quest for justice—risking it all as he edges closer and closer to uncovering a truth that will haunt him for the rest of his days.

Four-part crime drama series. When a young secretarial student dies suddenly at home, Endeavour senses that there is more to the case than the initial verdict of heart attack.

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.

Four months after DC Morse’s brush with death, he is reunited with DI Fred Thursday(Roger Allam) to investigate an apparent suicide. When Morse begins to consider seemingly unrelated cases, Thursday worries that Morse’s wounds may have been more in mind than body.