(Roger
Allam & Shaun Evans)
Endeavour – the popular prequel to Inspector
Morse – returns to ITV Choice (DStv 123) for a sixth season on Wednesday,
February 13, 2019, at 20h00, within days of its broadcast in the UK.
The four-part series stars Shaun Evans, who
has won the hearts and minds of critics and viewers alike with his portrayal of
the young Morse, while acclaimed stage and screen actor Roger Allam returns as
Endeavour’s senior officer, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
Following the dissolution of Oxford City
Police and the merging with Thames Valley Constabulary at the end of the last
series, the latest instalment is set in 1969 and picks up with the team
dispersed and working in new roles. However, despite their separation, the
tragic murder of DC George Fancy still hangs over them with the case remaining
unresolved.
While reprising his role as Endeavour
Morse, Evans will also be putting his directorial mark on the show, heading
behind the camera for the second feature-length film in the series.
Evans’ character will similarly be
trialling pastures new, with Morse having started a new role as a uniformed
officer at the Woodstock police department and embracing the fashion of the
period by growing a moustache.
With their new positions also come new
colleagues and responsibilities. Thursday must adjust to working with new boss
DI Ronnie Box played by Simon Harrison and junior DS Alan Jago played by
Richard Riddell. Meanwhile, Joan has settled back in Oxford and is training to
work in social services under the mentor of new manager Viv Wall played by
Alison Newman.
Each story in the highly-anticipated sixth
series will once again be written by series creator Russell Lewis who has
penned each of the 23 screenplays to date.
Lewis says: “As our story reaches the last
year of the 1960s, and mankind makes its giant leap, all at #TeamEndeavour look
forward to exploring further early chapters in the casebook of Colin Dexter’s
beloved creation.”
Endeavour was recently voted the fourth greatest British crime drama in a UK
poll.
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