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2 unusual facts about Inspector Morse


Jaguar Mark 2

The Mark 2 is also well known as the car driven by fictional TV detective Inspector Morse played by John Thaw; Morse's car was the version with 2.4 L engine, steel wheels and Everflex vinyl roof.

Lammas

In the Inspector Morse episode "Day of the Devil", Lammas Day is presented as a Satanic (un)holy day, "the Devil's day".


Colin Spaull

His credits include: Z-Cars (in which he played three characters between 1964 and 1969), Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (in the stories Revelation of the Daleks, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel"), Boon, Goodnight Sweetheart, Inspector Morse, The Bill (in which he has played seven characters between 1985 and 2003), Casualty and Holby City.

Diogenes Small

One of the distinctive features of Dexter's Inspector Morse novels is the use of quotations as chapter headings, which began in the second novel in the series, Last Seen Wearing (1976); then in the fourth, Service of All the Dead (1979); and in the sixth, The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983) onwards.

Faith Martin

Whereas Inspector Morse spent his time solving the surprisingly large number of murder cases in the city of Oxford, DI Hillary Greene restricts herself to the towns and villages in the north of Oxfordshire, where there also seem to be a large number of such cases.

Hillingdon Hospital

The hospital has been a popular filming location for many programmes, including Only Fools and Horses (during the birth of Derek Trotter's son Damien), Inspector Morse, defunct soap opera Family Affairs, and the BBC documentary Airport.

Lill Roughley

Roughley had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including All the Fun of the Fair, Tales of the Unexpected, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Bergerac and Inspector Morse.

Mary Jo Randle

Randle has also been seen in Holby City, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, The Royal, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bad Behaviour, Wire in the Blood and a public information film on smoke alarms.

Michael Goldie

He starred or appeared in numerous television serials including Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Wycliffe, Inspector Morse and Z-Cars.

Michael Melia

His rugged features have led to parts in numerous crime dramas: The Sweeney, The Bill, Minder in the Series 1 episode Monday Night Fever, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Campion, The Chinese Detective, Dempsey and Makepeace, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Maigret, The Detectives, Daylight Robbery and New Tricks.

Peter Buckman

He has published novels, non fiction, a biography and short stories, and has also written for television and film, including an episode of Inspector Morse, three episodes of The House of Elliot and television movie The Tale of Sweeney Todd, which was directed by John Schlesinger.

The Oxford English Centre

Among those who have lived and worked in the local area are the author of Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien, also Iris Murdoch, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), Philip Pullman, Crime writers PD James and Colin Dexter (author of the Inspector Morse series), the poet Philip Larkin, and more recently novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan (Atonement).

The Trout Inn

The pub features in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited and in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series, which was written and filmed in and around Oxford.

Wytham

Wytham village and Wytham Woods have frequently featured in the "Inspector Morse" detective novels by Colin Dexter.

Zenith Productions

Zenith Productions (later Zenith Entertainment) was a British independent film and television production company which made a number of drama series including Inspector Morse for ITV, and several series including Byker Grove and Hamish Macbeth for the BBC.


see also

Diogenes

Diogenes Small, fictional character created by Colin Dexter in the Inspector Morse series of books