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, [...]
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 [...]
All photos are copyright ©walkingtoursofoxford, please do not share individual photos but you are welcome to share the link to this post so that everyone can see! It was interesting to see all the positive comments and eager anticipation for Endeavour season 8 as it began filming last week. Reading some of the comments and thoughts, it would seem many [...]
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