Degree days 2023
Throughout the year, degree days for Oxford University are held at The Sheldonian Theatre. These are always wonderful occasions and I love to see the students celebrating and looking very dapper in their academic dress. It does however mean that Oxford is even busier than usual. Colleges will be closed. If your tour should fall on a degree day then [...]
Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and Oxford – A Celebration event on Oxford on Saturday 4th March
On Saturday 4th March, there will be a celebration in Oxford to mark the end of the programmes. Endeavour Season 9 will air in the UK on 26th February (TBC) and will run for three episode but this will take is to the end of the road. Tickets are available on Universe and Abigail Thaw (Dorothea Frazil) plus Anton Lesser [...]
9th Season of Endeavour to start filming in Oxford
The ninth series of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour it to start filming in Oxford today (22/5/22) according to reports. Endeavour and Fred are back! Within Oxford; we believe Christ Church will be used which is a college that has not featured much in previous filming. Also New College which was used in Endeavour Canticle, Sway and Apollo and [...]
Morse, Lewis, Endeavour – a guide celebrating 35 years on Screen
Morse owes its longevity to breaking the mould After 35 years and three different iterations, the franchise has racked up 750 million global views and shows no sign of stopping, says John Mair Thirty-five years ago, on 6 January 1987, the Morse franchise debuted on TV with The Dead Of Jericho, set in a then unfashionable area of Oxford. Today, [...]
Oxford Filming
It was great to be in Oxford just before Christmas and see the Warner Bros. film unit in Radcliffe Square. They were filming for a new movie starting Timothée Chalamet and Oliva Coleman. This movie is Wonka, due to be released on 2023 and tells the story of a young Willy Wonka of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. We are [...]
Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and Oxford book
On the 6th January 1987, 35 years ago - the legend that became Morse first appeared on our Televisions. It was groundbreaking at the time - no other TV programme had aired over 2-hours - that was a movie! A total of 33 episodes were shown and then after a short gap, we were treated to 33 'Lewis' episodes. Then [...]
