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A brief montage of scenes opens Season 9, the final season of Endeavour. Musicians and audience members gather for a concert by the Oxford Concert Orchestra, back in town after an extensive tour abroad. Sir Alexander Lemertov (Nicholas Farrell) conducts Mendelssohn with violin soloist Christina Poole (Kirstin Louie). A man
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Once upon a time, there was an Inspector named Morse. Based on the novels by Colin Dexter and starring John Thaw as the titular detective, it was initially broadcast on ITV's regional broadcasters in the mid-1980s. When it came over the next year as part of Masterpiece'
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Biopics of musicians have been major Oscar contenders over the last few years. From Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy to Rami Malik as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, these have been the type of movies that straddle the line between popular fare that have done well in theaters
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If one were to define PBS' Masterpiece anthology series by era, the current one began in 2011 with the arrival of Downton Abbey. However, it has been defined by a small coterie of long-running series, of which Endeavour is a significant tentpole. The prequel spinoff of Inspector Morse, Masterpiece&
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A decade ago, in 2013, Endeavour first crossed the pond for PBS viewers on Masterpiece. The series was the third in a line of mysteries based on the Inspector Morse series of novels by Colin Dexter, initially debuting in the 1980s and was Mystery!'s first successful non-period-set police
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Endeavour's Season 8 finale begins with the death at the end of the line for the 33 Bus to Chipping Compton, while newspaper articles from eight years previous splash headlines about a bloodbath at Tafferton Park. Morse is out, "sick" (read hungover AF), when Thursday and
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The second episode of Endeavour Season 8 starts jauntily. The wisteria is blooming; women are wearing short skirts in loud, groovy patterns. Model Lynn Parry (Lottie Tolhurst) hits on Bright during his art class, and cute girl Patty Grady (Kirsty Oswald) gets winked at by cabbies. The Applebys, Allison, and
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Even as the opening flashes of the Endeavour premiere set up Season 8's larger mystery, the overarching theme is Morse and his drinking problem. The new season opens with Thursday confronting a couple of rough types in an alley alone, needing backup, while Morse drinks and Strange listens
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Anton Lesser is a perfect example of the type of artist our British Actors You Should Know series was intended to highlight. He is an actor with an impressive resume who is comfortable performing in all mediums. Yet many viewers may draw a blank when his name comes up. Midlands-born
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The prequel spinoff of Inspector Morse, Endeavour, will end with Season 9, which airs later this year in the U.K. and probably next year on PBS. Series creator Russell Lewis said at the time that the show had a ten-year plan, and though it will only be nine seasons
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This season of Endeavour has been all about the deaths on the towpath, and the finale is no different. (Also, great covers of Vivaldi's "Winter" are my entire *jam,* so this opening got extra points for soundtrack choices.) The deceased is Win's pal Bridget,
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This week's Endeavour begins with an advert for The Jolly Rajah, the upcoming general election of 1970, and Stanley Nayle's (Ted Robbins) wrestling tourney. The Bombay Strangler (Harki Bhambra) fights Sloane, the Noble Brother (Graeme Stevely), as Win arrives with her pal Bridget (Flora London). The