Bearwood College on ITV this Sunday 6th April for Endeavour Episode 2 'Nocturne' ( 8-10pm)". UK Boarding Schools. The opener sees the sleuths looking into a mysterious death at a reception for a prestigious orchestra, while the subsequent demise of a musician in the orchestra complicates matters, and the murder of an old face from Thursday’s past rings alarm bells. Finally, in 'Terminus', Sam Thursday goes AWOL in Northern Ireland, causing conflict in the Thursday family. Morse finds himself stranded at an abandoned hotel during a snowstorm with a group of bus passengers and no communication with the outside world, dealing with the consequences of a murder spree at the hotel eight years earlier. In December 1966, a boy with a brutal father is reported missing from his home. The body of a journalist is found on a railway line and within days an escaped convict, with only a month of his sentence remaining, is found dead. The two men have connections with Blenheim Vale, a disused correctional facility for boys in Kidlington, soon to be redeveloped as a police station for the new Thames Valley Police, into which Oxford City Police and Oxfordshire Constabulary are about to be merged. Thursday's and Morse's investigation leads to a property developer and corruption in high places including missing police evidence in Morse's last three investigations. Morse is in jail and Thursday lies shot as the episode closes. In August 2019, ITV announced that the series had been recommissioned for an eighth series. [5] Filming for series eight, set in 1971, began in March 2021 and concluded in June 2021. Filming for the ninth series, set in 1972, began on 22 May 2022. The next day, it was confirmed that it would be the last. [6] Filming ended on 26 August 2022, and the series was broadcast between 26 February and 12 March 2023. In the United States, the first episode was broadcast on 18 June 2023.

Pennington, Gail (1 July 2012). "TV review: 'Masterpiece Mystery! Endeavour' on PBS". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ISSN 1930-9600. OCLC 1764810. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.Police Chief Superintendent (PCS), Oxford City Police, Cowley Police Station. Thames Valley Police CID, Castle Gate Police Station (Series 6–Series 9). Noting that the series received upwards of 6.5 million viewers, Mark Sweeny writing in The Guardian stated that any decision to commission a subsequent series should be easy. [27] Upon its US premiere, Los Angeles Times critic Robert Lloyd called it a "suitably complicated and pictorially engaging work of period suburban mystery." [28] Mid June 1967. Gangland loyalties are tested when criminals vie to replace their dead boss Harry Rose. Police loyalties are tested when Fred Thursday is suspended for hitting an informant. Bank staff loyalties are tested where Joan Thursday works when armed robbers trap them along with Morse, who is there investigating a killing and payroll robbery. As hostages are taken, he and Joan try to conceal their identities. Morse realises he is part of someone else's plan to conceal another crime. In the closing moments, as Thursday asks Morse where he sees himself in 20 years, Morse looks in the rear view mirror and the face of Thaw is shown in the reflection. At the same time, the original series music begins and plays through the credits. This effect is repeated in the closing scenes of the last episode of series 9.

Endeavour: The Final Season Airdate, Trailer & More". PBS Masterpiece. 16 June 2023 . Retrieved 25 June 2023. Endeavour: The Final Season Episodes January 1970. Morse, on holiday in Venice, strikes up a sexual relationship with Violetta Talenti. During Morse's two-week absence, Thursday investigates the murder of Molly Andrews on a towpath and suspects her boyfriend, Carl Sturgis, but he has an alibi. Come April, Morse is asked by Chief Superintendent Bright to take a second look at the case, and he is led to scientists researching "latent brain activity" ( ESP) using volunteers, one of whom was Andrews. Soon, one of the researchers, Dr. Benford, is found dead; Benford had a highly gifted volunteer, Jenny Tate, who saw the murder in her mind. Morse has his wallet stolen in the street and an old Oxford classmate, Ludo, comes to his aid; Ludo later turns out to be Violetta's husband. [q] Midgeley, Neil (5 May 2017). "30 years of Morse – how John Thaw's legacy lives on in Endeavour". Radio Times. Immediate Media. ISSN 0033-8060 . Retrieved 31 May 2017.Oxford seethes as a protest at a hair salon exposes rising racial tensions in the city. Meanwhile, Thursday's son discovers a murder at his Army base, and Morse must uncover long-held secrets within the regiment to solve the case. Sam Thursday departs for his military deployment. [k] In Episode 2, 'Raga' shows tensions between the Asian community and far-right political groups in the build-up to a general election. A delivery driver from an Indian restaurant is found dead in the home of a celebrity chef. Morse breaks things off with Violetta but she turns up at his home and they embrace. Thursday is haunted by Molly Andrews' murder and regularly walks along the towpath where it happened.

Sproule, Luke (3 February 2016). "Endeavour set to return for a fourth series". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 25 November 2016.Having studied at Oxford gives Morse advantages and disadvantages when dealing with Oxford's "town and gown" divide. During the pilot episode he tenders his resignation, but his superior, veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday ( Roger Allam), sees in him an unblemished detective whom he can trust and takes him under his wing to be his new "bag man" (aide), replacing a corrupt detective sergeant. A number of references to the Inspector Morse series were included in the pilot, serving to introduce younger versions of characters who appeared in the original series or to place iconic series or character elements into the film. For example, in an early episode, Morse states that he abstains from alcohol. After he faints at the mortuary, Thursday encourages him to drink a glass of real ale, after which Morse is shown drinking several pints before the episode's close. [17] [18] a b Mitchell, Molli (24 May 2022). "Why Has 'Endeavour' Been Canceled After 9 Seasons?". Newsweek . Retrieved 26 June 2022. July 1965. An unknown menace stalks Oxford, appearing at first to be just another deranged lunatic, killing at random. But Detective Constable Endeavour Morse uncovers an underlying method to the madness: the elaborate staging of the crimes suggests that the killer shares Endeavour's passion for opera. With Oxford city police scrambling to find the next potential victim, it seems that Endeavour has finally met his intellectual match. As the body count increases, letters containing cryptic clues, goading the police for their failures, are sent to the Oxford Mail. Only a detective of Endeavour's intellect can break them. [c] Oxford Mail journalist Dorothea Frazil is also part of the Endeavour season 9 cast, played by the original Morse John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail Thaw. Like we’ve seen with the likes of Shetland series 7 and Unforgotten’s season 5 cast, the regulars of Endeavour are being joined by some brilliant guest stars this final season. Though it’s always especially lovely to see some beloved familiar faces return. Endeavour season 9 finale: The devastating detail that could make it especially heartbreaking