Dennis Waterman, a.k.a. Gerry Standing, of British police procedural New Tricks fame, died Sunday at age 74 in hospital in Spain. As the last original ‘old dog’ member of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) of the Metropolitan Police Service in New Tricks, Waterman appeared in every episode of the series’ first 11 […]
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As UK fans of Endeavour make plans to settle in next month (9 February to be exact) for the premiere of series 7, Shaun Evans (DS Endeavour Morse) has teased that tensions may hit breaking point between the two during the upcoming series. Set in 1970, writer Russell Lewis told the press recently that “…Oxford’s Finest will head into […]
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As U.S. viewers settle in for Sundays series 5 finale of Endeavour on PBS, Shaun Evans is back at it both in front of and behind the camera as filming has begun on series 6. Sporting a new look complete with sunglasses and a moustache befitting of 1969, Evans will put his directorial mark on the […]
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Crime writer Colin Dexter, the creator/author of the ‘Inspector Morse’ books died peacefully at his home in Oxford yesterday. Overall, Dexter wrote 13 Morse novels between 1975 and 1999. They were later adapted for the long-running ITV series of the same name and starred John Thaw. The author worked closely behind the scenes of the Inspector Morse series […]
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Series 4 of the brilliant series, Endeavour, is in the books if you live in the U.K. Given the series will not air in the U.S. on PBS until Summer 2017, American viewers might not fully understand the sigh of relief coming from east of the Atlantic on Sunday night. What PBS audiences are not […]
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***Given the major plot twist in last night’s Sherlock, we thought it best to talk a little ‘Endeavour’ today and not spoil it for anyone watching last night’s episode online*** It continues to get better and better if you are an Endeavour fan. Unlike Downton Abbey, Crimson Field, Home Fires, Lewis, Wallander, Mr Selfridge and Indian Summers where there will be no more episodes produced, Endeavour just keeps chugging […]
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As we are all painfully aware, when it comes to the endless efforts by American broadcast networks to tap in to British telly greatness, remakes of any kind are several cards shot of a full deck. The British, however, seem to not only have written the book on how to create brilliant original content but […]
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When Kevin Whately begins to solve his final case beginning Sunday, August 7 as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, he’s got to feel a bit like Sir David Suchet and his quarter of a century on-screen relationship with Hercule Poirot. Whately stepped into the role of DS Robert “Robbie” Lewis in 1987, opposite the late John Thaw […]
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At the end of series 2, Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) was last seen isolated and alone languishing in prison, falsely accused and framed for the murder of Chief Constable Rupert Standish. Endeavour had unearthed corruption and missing police evidence at the very heart of the Oxford CID but his investigation had taken a rather bizarre twist. And let’s not […]
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With series 3 of Endeavour just around the corner as part of PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery! series this summer, ITV has confirmed that the series will go into production in late Spring 2016 and return for a fourth series. While this is welcome news for UK fans Endeavour Morse as ITV transmitted series 3 last month, it is brilliant news to American […]
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