DVD/TV Review: Endeavour complete series

Endeavour series
(DVD Endeavour)

From my first review of Endeavour when it started nine seasons ago: Endeavour follows the early years of policeman-in-training Endeavour Morse as he learns the ins and outs of police work with Investigator Fred Thursday in 1960s Oxford, England. As a fan of the Inspector Morse series with veteran actor John Thaw, I was curious to see how this series would hold up as a “prequel.”

 

Now the final season is over, I decided to go back and watch all of the seasons again from the beginning. One of the things that I liked most about this series is the superb writing and the attention to detail, tying together elements from the original Inspector Morse series and from the books by Colin Dexter. Endeavour Morse, always known as “Morse” to everyone, is a young Oxford-educated young man with a fondness for doing crosswords and solving mysteries, which is why he decided to try his hand at detective work. His knowledge of classical music, opera, Latin, and the classics gives him an edge over the other street-smarts cops that he works with in his division. The acting in this series is superb, with excellent acting by Roger Allam as Chief Inspector Fred Thursday, Anton Lesser as Superintendent Reginald Bright, James Bradshaw as Dr. Max DeBryn and of course, Sean Evans as Morse. One of the things that I would like to recommend is in the bonus features in Series Nine: a documentary about the making of this series and its previous series, Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis. Do watch all of the bonus features as you will learn much more about the making of these marvelous productions. I have to admit that I am sad that this is done now, but the producers did a wonderful job of bringing the stories together.

 

(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try the original series, Inspector Morse.)

 

(Also available: many of the Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter.)

 

( Internet Movie Database entry for this series )

 

See Kim J.’s original review of Endeavour, in the November 2014 Staff Recommendations here on BookGuide!

 

Recommended by Kim J.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service

 

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