I remember watching a few of these years ago. I must have been on the tail end of the series. I went to the library the other night and got a bunch of the shows on dvd's. I have started at the beginning and find it a bit slow at times, but interesting. The one I watched last night, is the first one in which he has not asked a suspect out.

The series is good and the books are even better: Very complex plots (not your basic Kojak).

Colin Dexter himself was a crossword puzzle master. There's a story that he was once on a train staring at The Times Sunday puzzle (quite difficult). The guy next to him asked if he needed to borrow a pencil. Dexter responded, "No thank you, I just finished it".

I agree with you about the plots, they can be complex. I have just finished season 2.

John Thaw died too young - 60. Imagine how many more Morse epsodes we would have. The cottage industry of Lewis and Endeavor spinoffs might never have happened.

BTW, John Thaw's daughter plays the newspaper editor in the Endeavor series.

I like the Inspector Morse books, especially “Last Bus to Woodstock”. But I like the somewhat similar Richard Jury books (Martha Grimes) even better. Like Morse, Jury, of Scotland Yard, has an entertaining sergeant.

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I’m a big Inspector Morse fan, I like how the endings aren’t wrapped up in a tidy fashion, they’re bittersweet, a lot like life is, often.

Also big fan. I like the Inspector Lewis followup series as well as the prequel Endeavor as well.

I would also recommend MidSomer Murders as well. A little harder to get into but the writing and acting is excellent. Its been on for twenty years and is still well done.

Big fan of Inspector Morse. I saw many of them when they were on PBS Mysteries for years. Am ticked off that I didn't record them when I had the chance; the DVD's I've seen for sale are pretty expensive.

I enjoy the Endeavor series on PBS...

Some of the Inspector Morse seasons are included with an Amazon Prime membership; also some of the Inspector Morse seasons are included if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime Britbox channel for $5 a month. A lot of other good British mysteries are available on Britbox or Acorn channels.

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Another vote for Britbox. There's an enormous amount of great material there. My GF, an anglophile, insisted that I subscribe to it. I don't regret it and you almost certainly won't either.

As of yesterday, I have watched all 33 episodes. I was binging there for a bit. I found it most interesting and very cerebral. There were also a number of attractive women who are older than 20.

I always enjoyed Morse.. the follow up series with Lewis I could not really get into... the prequels of Endeavor are pretty good if a bit on the harsh side...
Speaking of Endeavor it was not until the end of the original Morse series that we learned his first name.

Also keep a lookout for Foyle's War. Detective series that takes place during and just after WWII. It's available on Amazon but no longer available on Netflix.

I greatly enjoyed Foyle also. In one of the early Morse adventures, the actor who plays Foyle was a bad guy.

I can't imagine anyone but John Thaw in the role.

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I greatly enjoyed Foyle also. In one of the early Morse adventures, the actor who plays Foyle was a bad guy.

Michael Kitchen is in a lot of different UK shows. He played a Prince Charles like character who becomes King in the original House of Cards

Foyle’s War remains my favorite British mystery series by far, mostly due to Michael Kitchens’ acting and the wartime settings.
Next would be Inspector Lewis, then Endeavour, then perhaps Inspector Morse. Morse was always a little too crotchety for me. Also I hate Wagner.

Not even Tristan und Isolde?