Answer: A choral performance
Morse and Anne were both members of the same choir and he went to take her to a performance they were giving. When she doesn't answer the door he goes without her, only to return later when she is found hanging in her kitchen.
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Answer: John Thaw
Manchester-born John Thaw played many roles during his TV career. After "Morse" he went onto another series, "Kavanagh QC". He was married to actress Sheila Hancock, and, sadly, he died in February, 2002, at the young age of 60.
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Endeavour
His parents were Quakers, and "Endeavour" was considered a suitable name for Quakers. Additionally, his father was obsessed with Captain Cook.
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Answer: Barrington Pheloung
Barrington Pheloung was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1954. He based the theme music around the morse code for Morse. He also incorporated other character's names into the music. Sometimes it was the name of the murderer, sometimes it was an innocent person. He has numerous film and TV scores to his credit, and is also a respected conductor, having led, amongst others, The Royal Philharmonic and the Saddlers Wells Royal Ballet Orchestras.
Although born in Australia, his surname is Huguenot in origin.
From Quiz: 'Morse' Code
Answer: Judy Lowe
Judy Lowe is the actress; the other names are all characters in one episode of "Inspector Morse".
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Strange
He was played by the rotund James Grout, and always seemed torn between proper police protocol and indulging Morse.
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Answer: James Grout
Although mainly known for comedy roles, David Jason played 'Jack' Frost in "A Touch of Frost". John Nettles went from playing Jersey-based Jim Bergerac in "Bergerac" to Midsomer-based Tom Barnaby in "Midsomer Murders". Robbie Coltrane ('Hagrid' in the "Harry Potter" films) played Fitz, the pyschologist in "Cracker".
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: 33
All timed for two-hour long episodes. They spanned a number of years and comparisons between the technology in early episodes and that in the later ones is fascinating.
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Answer: Colin Dexter
He was born Norman Colin Dexter on 29th September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire. After he graduated from Cambridge in 1953 he began a career in teaching working in both Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. Because of the onset of deafness he left teaching and, in 1966, took up a post as Senior Assistant Secretary for the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations. He held this post until he retired in 1988.
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Answer: Richard Briers
Richard Briers, perhaps best known for the role of Tom Good in "The Good Life" played the reptilian Master of Lonsdale College, in the episode called "Death is now my neighbour". Mark McGann is one of a famous family of actors. Tom O'Connor is a Liverpool-born comedian while Tom Baker most famously played one of the many incarnations of "Doctor Who".
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Pagan
He was known as "Pagan" due to his distaste for all things religious. Sergeant Lewis had much amusement when he learnt this nickname.
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Answer: Kevin Whatley
Kevin Whatley, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roache and Tim Healey all acted together in the successful and amusing series "Auf Weidersehen, Pet".
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Robbie
The Detective Sergeant Robert 'Robbie' Lewis that we see on the TV screen is a slightly different character to the original one in the books. Dexter originally wrote him as a 60 year old Welshman and grandfather, not as the young Geordie we came to know. There were other changes from the books as well, including Morse's beloved red MkII Jaguar. It was originally written as a Lancia.
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Answer: Patrick Troughton
The very first episode of "Inspector Morse" was entitled "The Dead of Jericho" and saw Morse's love interest, Anne Staveley (played by Gemma Jones), being found dead.
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Diabetes
His drinking only exacerbated the diabetes. He began to 'adjust' his blood sugar readings for the hospital in order to conceal the truth.
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Answer: College porter
This episode revolves around the death of a member of The Clarets cricket team and Lewis goes undercover as a college porter so he can replace the dead man on the team. In the story Lewis himself is injured by being hit over the back of the head with a cricket bat. It turned out that it wasn't only murder that was involved. One of the team was a drug smuggler and used the teams overseas tours as a cover for his illegal activity. The actor who portrayed Lewis, Kevin Whately, has said this is his favourite of all 33 shows because he featured so heavily in it.
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Answer: Barry Foster
Barry Foster played Dutch detective Van Der Valk in the quirky TV series of that name.
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Colin Dexter
Dexter makes a walk-on appearance in almost every episode, although he never speaks.
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Answer: Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer has one of those faces for which "lugubrious" is the ideal word!
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Beer
Morse says "he thinks better" over a pint. This is a cause of some friction with colleagues and superiors, particularly when he never seems to have the cash on him to buy the next round.
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Answer: Lionel Jeffries
Jeffries played the eccentric grandfather in the film of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" as well as directing the delightful children's film "The Railway Children".
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Thames Valley
Although based in Oxford, he actually works for Thames Valley. Once or twice he is seen following up a lead in London.
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Answer: Heart attack
In 'The Remorseful Day', Morse returned to work after a period of illness. This was seen during the previous episode, 'The Wench Is Dead', in which we see him in hospital. Morse never looked after his health. It was alluded to several times during the run of the shows. The last episode saw Lewis, awaiting promotion to Inspector, leading an investigation into a year old death. Morse, in his typical way, takes over. During the investigation Morse suffers a heart attack. The final, poignant scene, shows Lewis visiting the body of his friend and mentor and kissing him on the forehead. The last words heard are Lewis saying " Goodbye Sir ". Further scenes were filmed but were deemed unnecessary.
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Answer: Ian McDiarmid
Ian McDiarmid played Chancellor (later Emperor) Palpatine in the "Star Wars" films. He is also an accomplished stage actor and director.
From Quiz: "Inspector Morse" - Who Played Who?
Answer: Jaguar
A vintage red Jaguar Mk II, registration 248 RPA. It is damaged in at least three episodes. It was bought for the series for £1,000 and sold at auction after the final episode for over £20,000
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