Endeavour

Endeavour
About
Created by	Russell Lewis
Based on	Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter
Starring	See cast
Original language	English
No. of series	9
No. of episodes	36
Release and Format
Original network	ITV
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Running time	98 minutes (pilot) 90 minutes series 1 and 2 to 8
Original run	2 January 2012 - 12 March 2023

Endeavour is the prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse. It is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays a young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID.

Synopsis

Set in mid to late-1960s Oxford, England, the series centers on the early career of Endeavour Morse after leaving Lonsdale College of Oxford University late in his third year without taking a degree, spending a short time in the Royal Corps of Signals as a cipher clerk, and then joining the Carshall-Newtown Police.

Cast

• Shaun Evans - DC Endeavour Morse
• Roger Allam - DI Fred Thursday
• Anton Lesser - Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright
• Sean Rigby - PC Jim Strange (later DS Jim Strange)
• Jack Laskey - DS Peter Jakes
• James Bradshaw - Dr. Max DeBryn
• Abigail Thaw - Dorothea Frazil
• Shvorne Marks - Monica Hicks
• Caroline O'Neill - Win Thursday
• Sara Vickers - Joan Thursday
• Jack Bannon - Sam Thursday
• Dakota Richards - WPC Shirley Trewlove
• Lewis Peek - DC George Fancy
• Simon Harrison - DI Ronnie Box
• Richard Riddell - DS Alan Jago

Gallery

Episodes

Main article: List of Endeavour Episodes

Episode List

Pilot Episode

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	Overture	2nd January 2012	8.21

Season 1

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
2	1	Girl	14th April 2013	7.43
3	2	Fugue	21st April 2013	7.00
4	3	Rocket	28th April 2013	7.07
5	4	Home	5th May 2013	6.62

Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
6	1	Trove	30th March 2014	6.48
7	2	Nocturne	6th April 2014	6.19
8	3	Sway	13th April 2014	5.93
9	4	Neverland	20th April 2014	6.01

Season 3

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
10	1	Ride	3rd January 2016	6.84
11	2	Arcadia	10th January 2016	7.16
12	3	Prey	17th January 2016	6.89
13	4	Coda	24th January 2016	6.38

Season 4

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
14	1	Game	8th January 2017	7.56
15	2	Canticle	15th January 2017	7.18
16	3	Lazaretto	22nd January 2017	6.77
17	4	Harvest	29th January 2017	7.10

Season 5

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
18	1	Muse	4th February 2018	7.42
19	2	Cartouche	11th February 2018	6.61
20	3	Passenger	18th February 2018	6.73
21	4	Colours	25th February 2018	6.61
22	5	Quartet	4th March 2018	6.42
23	6	Icarus	11th March 2018	6.25

Season 6

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
24	1	Pylon	10th February 2019	7.53
25	2	Apollo	17th February 2019	7.09
26	3	Confection	24th February 2019	7.14
27	4	Degüello	3rd March 2019	6.87

Season 7

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
28	1	Oracle	9th February 2020	7.25
29	2	Raga	16th February 2020	6.73
30	3	Zenana	23rd February 2020	6.42

Season 8

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
31	1	Striker	12th September 2021	5.35
32	2	Scherzo	19th September 2021	5.03
33	3	Terminus	26th September 2021	5.27

Season 9

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original UK air date	UK viewers (millions)
34	1	Prelude	26th February 2023	5.04
35	2	Uniform	5th March 2023	5.00
36	3	Exeunt	12th March 2023	5.35