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Lewis is a British television detective drama produced for ITV, first airing in 2006 then 2007 (series 1).It is a spin-off from Inspector Morse and, like that series, it is set in Oxford.
DI Lewis returns to Oxford after two years' secondment to the British Virgin Islands, where he was sent to recover from his wife's death. He is reluctantly assigned by his new boss, DCS Innocent, to the murder of an Oxford mathematics student who is shot while participating in a sleep study.
Lewis is a sergeant on the staff of the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England, and in Inspector Morse is assistant to the eponymous Detective Chief Inspector Morse. Although Lewis's given name is Robert (Robbie), he is rarely referred to as anything but "Sergeant Lewis" or "Lewis". In the novels Lewis is Welsh; in the TV series he is Geordie.
Lewis, episode "Intelligent Design" Series 7 episodes 5/6: Carlyle College: Lewis, episode "The Soul of Genius" Exeter: Chaucer College: Lewis: Based on Merton College. Named after Geoffrey Chaucer, whose son Thomas also managed the affairs of Henry Beaufort, Oxford's Chancellor. Courtenay College: Inspector Morse T: Based on Oriel.
Hathaway, like Inspector Morse, Lewis' old boss from his days as a Detective Sergeant, is cerebral. Unlike Morse, Hathaway trained in Theology, and was a rather successful athlete, as his nickname 'Atta-way Hathaway' (revealed by a rival coach at Oxford) would attest, being a rowing star while at Cambridge. [3]
The Inspector Morse novels were made into a TV series (also called Inspector Morse) for the British commercial TV network ITV. The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central (a company later acquired by Carlton ) and comprised 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials)—20 more episodes than there are novels—produced ...
The show featured Inspector Morse, played by John Thaw, and his assistant Sergeant Robert Lewis, played by Kevin Whately. In the manner of Alfred Hitchcock, Dexter made a cameo appearance in almost all episodes. From 2006 to 2015, Morse's assistant Lewis was featured in a 33-episode ITV series titled Lewis (Inspector Lewis in the United States ...
Endeavour is the third of the Inspector Morse series, following the original Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and its spin-off, Lewis (2006–2015). Nine series were made, set from 1965 to 1972. After a pilot episode broadcast in 2012, set in 1965, the first series was broadcast in 2013, also set in 1965.