Here’s a piece of news that might make Fox’s ears perk up: A small-screen adaptation of Training Day is reportedly in the works.
According to our sister site Deadline, Antoine Fuqua — who directed the 2001 feature film — has teamed with producer Jerry Bruckheimer to develop a TV series based on the crime thriller, which starred Ethan Hawke as a Los Angeles narcotics officer who, on his first day, goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective (Denzel Washington).
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Fuqua will executive-produce and likely direct the potential pilot, which will reportedly...
According to our sister site Deadline, Antoine Fuqua — who directed the 2001 feature film — has teamed with producer Jerry Bruckheimer to develop a TV series based on the crime thriller, which starred Ethan Hawke as a Los Angeles narcotics officer who, on his first day, goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective (Denzel Washington).
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Fuqua will executive-produce and likely direct the potential pilot, which will reportedly...
- 8/7/2015
- TVLine.com
ABC Family is rounding out its cast for drama pilot Guilt from writers/executive producers Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price (The Game Plan) and executive producer Stephen McPherson. Billy Zane (Titanic), Daisy Head (Endeavour), Zachary Fall (Crossing Lines), Katrina Law (Arrow) and Kevin Ryan (Copper) have landed series regular roles on the pilot, a fictional story that draws parallels to the story of Amanda Knox, the American student convicted, acquitted, retried and…...
- 8/6/2015
- Deadline TV
Bentley Productions head of development Tom Winchester has joined the TV arm of 28 Days Later film producer DNA.
Winchester joins DNA TV as head of TV development having overseen script development for British crime drama series Midsomer Murders.
He worked with writers including Margaret Atwood, Lucy Kirkwood, Jack Lothian and the recent Bafta and Rts Award winners Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith after being appointed by the All3Media-owned indie Bentley in 2012.
A former Hat Trick Productions and Tiger Aspect exec, Winchester worked as a script editor for Mammoth Screen on shows including Lewis, Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Margot. He also developed Lewis prequel Endeavour for ITV.
DNA owner Andrew Macdonald said: “We are looking forward to building a vibrant British TV business with Tom.”
London-based DNA, which has produced films including Trainspotting, The Beach and The Last King of Scotland, partnered with Fox Networks to establish a TV division in February.
Winchester said: “DNA...
Winchester joins DNA TV as head of TV development having overseen script development for British crime drama series Midsomer Murders.
He worked with writers including Margaret Atwood, Lucy Kirkwood, Jack Lothian and the recent Bafta and Rts Award winners Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith after being appointed by the All3Media-owned indie Bentley in 2012.
A former Hat Trick Productions and Tiger Aspect exec, Winchester worked as a script editor for Mammoth Screen on shows including Lewis, Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Margot. He also developed Lewis prequel Endeavour for ITV.
DNA owner Andrew Macdonald said: “We are looking forward to building a vibrant British TV business with Tom.”
London-based DNA, which has produced films including Trainspotting, The Beach and The Last King of Scotland, partnered with Fox Networks to establish a TV division in February.
Winchester said: “DNA...
- 10/7/2014
- ScreenDaily
Christopher Eccleston has been cast with Marsha Thomason (White Collar) and Paterson Joseph (The Leftovers) in ITV’s new four-part drama series Safe House. Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Safe House is a thriller set in the wilderness of England’s Lake District. Eccleston plays Robert, a former detective who is asked by a close friend and police officer to turn his family’s remote guest house into a safe house. Their first ‘guests’ are a family in fear of their lives after they are violently attacked. For Robert, protecting them resurrects fears and anxieties bound up in a terrifying night gone wrong with a star witness. As a consequence of running the safe house, Robert begins to questions the incident and uncovers a web of lies. Inspired by a real couple, Safe House is written by Michael Crompton (Kidnap & Ransom, Carrie’s War), and directed by Marc Evans (Hinterland,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 4, “Neverland”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Bad apples, Morse. Every barrel’s got them”
Endeavour has had a near perfect second season run. Yes, the season hasn’t packed the same emotional punch that the first did, but the mysteries have been intriguing and the most important aspect of Endeavour, its characters, have continued to develop and fascinate. The show has also managed to break away once and for all from the shadow of Inspector Morse. Smart storylines and powerful performances, particularly by Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as Thursday, have made the show one of the best character studies on TV.
Like all Endeavour episodes, the finale features three seemingly unconnected cases that eventually come together. There is a missing boy with a brutally abusive father, a murdered journalist, and a convict who breaks...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Bad apples, Morse. Every barrel’s got them”
Endeavour has had a near perfect second season run. Yes, the season hasn’t packed the same emotional punch that the first did, but the mysteries have been intriguing and the most important aspect of Endeavour, its characters, have continued to develop and fascinate. The show has also managed to break away once and for all from the shadow of Inspector Morse. Smart storylines and powerful performances, particularly by Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as Thursday, have made the show one of the best character studies on TV.
Like all Endeavour episodes, the finale features three seemingly unconnected cases that eventually come together. There is a missing boy with a brutally abusive father, a murdered journalist, and a convict who breaks...
- 7/21/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour Sway ITV
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
- 7/14/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 2, “Nocturne”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I have an overwhelming sense of dread”
Endeavour has always had a quiet and understated edge to it, which really isn’t all that different from our main character. Still struggling with the effects of his shooting, Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is put on a case involving the murder of a museum worker with a ceremonial dagger and a girl’s boarding school in a small town called Slepe. The opening scene, a flashback to a murder in July of 1866, is particularly disturbing and does an excellent job at setting up an eerie tone for the rest of the episode. Between the 100 year old murder, young girls convinced their school is haunted, and Endeavour’s bafflement, “Nocturne” is an unsettling episode.
Like most episodes of Endeavour,...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I have an overwhelming sense of dread”
Endeavour has always had a quiet and understated edge to it, which really isn’t all that different from our main character. Still struggling with the effects of his shooting, Endeavour (Shaun Evans) is put on a case involving the murder of a museum worker with a ceremonial dagger and a girl’s boarding school in a small town called Slepe. The opening scene, a flashback to a murder in July of 1866, is particularly disturbing and does an excellent job at setting up an eerie tone for the rest of the episode. Between the 100 year old murder, young girls convinced their school is haunted, and Endeavour’s bafflement, “Nocturne” is an unsettling episode.
Like most episodes of Endeavour,...
- 7/7/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Detective Constable Morse will be visited by the Ghost of a Schoolgirl Passed when Endeavour returns this Sunday (PBS, 9/8c).
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The show, now in it’s second season, is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse series and follows the young detective (played by Shaun Evans, The Last Weekend) as he begins his career with the Oxford City Police. Roger Allam (V for Vendetta) co-stars as his boss and partner in crime-solving, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
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In this week’s episode,...
Related Homeland’s Damian Lewis Is PBS’ King Henry VIII
The show, now in it’s second season, is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse series and follows the young detective (played by Shaun Evans, The Last Weekend) as he begins his career with the Oxford City Police. Roger Allam (V for Vendetta) co-stars as his boss and partner in crime-solving, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
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In this week’s episode,...
- 7/1/2014
- TVLine.com
Endeavour, Season 2, Episode 1, “Trove”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“It’s all fun until the music stops”
With so much time between seasons, it’s easy to forget how stunningly brilliant Endeavour is. “Home”, the show’s first season finale, was one of the most devastating and perfectly constructed hours of television in 2013. Shaun Evans, given the daunting task of making a legendary character his own, consistently turned in a powerful, entertaining, and lived in performance that is always affecting.
Picking up four months after Endeavour was shot, as he is returning to duty with the Oxford police department, we see a much different man than the one we’ve gotten to know. His near death experience has left him jittery, an unusual sight for a character we know to be so composed. Even more concerning, he’s drinking too much.
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“It’s all fun until the music stops”
With so much time between seasons, it’s easy to forget how stunningly brilliant Endeavour is. “Home”, the show’s first season finale, was one of the most devastating and perfectly constructed hours of television in 2013. Shaun Evans, given the daunting task of making a legendary character his own, consistently turned in a powerful, entertaining, and lived in performance that is always affecting.
Picking up four months after Endeavour was shot, as he is returning to duty with the Oxford police department, we see a much different man than the one we’ve gotten to know. His near death experience has left him jittery, an unusual sight for a character we know to be so composed. Even more concerning, he’s drinking too much.
- 6/30/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour PBS
Morse (Shaun Evans) returned to regular duties in Trove — the first film in the second season of PBS’ Endeavour. As Chief Superintendant Bright (Anton Lesser) pointed out, last year was a harrowing one for the young detective and on first evidence it didn’t look as if he was holding up very well. Gaunt–looking and more introverted than in the past, Morse’s mental state was causing uneasiness in the office and in the Thursday household. Even the normally cantankerous Bright felt the need to treat the detective with an unusual degree of tact and sympathy.
However, the policeman’s lot is not a happy one and Morse soon found himself thrust back into the action. The drama began when a group of feminists fired blood pellets at Miss UK as she was parading through Oxford in a carnival to mark the city’s 900th year. Things...
Morse (Shaun Evans) returned to regular duties in Trove — the first film in the second season of PBS’ Endeavour. As Chief Superintendant Bright (Anton Lesser) pointed out, last year was a harrowing one for the young detective and on first evidence it didn’t look as if he was holding up very well. Gaunt–looking and more introverted than in the past, Morse’s mental state was causing uneasiness in the office and in the Thursday household. Even the normally cantankerous Bright felt the need to treat the detective with an unusual degree of tact and sympathy.
However, the policeman’s lot is not a happy one and Morse soon found himself thrust back into the action. The drama began when a group of feminists fired blood pellets at Miss UK as she was parading through Oxford in a carnival to mark the city’s 900th year. Things...
- 6/29/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour
Returns June 29th, 2014
Masterpiece Mystery
On the surface, Endeavour may sound like it’s full of tired clichés. Inspector Endeavour Morse (a brilliant Shaun Evans) is an emotionally damaged young detective who investigates complex murders in 1960s London. But Endeavour remains one of the most endlessly fascinating characters on television.
Created as a prequel series to Inspector Morse, which ran for thirteen years and starred John Thaw as the detective in his later years, Endeavour begins in 1965 as the young detective is writing his resignation letter. He’s never been one for dead bodies; he actually gets sick around them and doesn’t care much about attention and flashy cases. He simply likes the puzzle that cases represent and he often attacks them with a zeal that’s made him an outcast with other police officers. They feel he’s been given too much too young and is just plain weird.
Returns June 29th, 2014
Masterpiece Mystery
On the surface, Endeavour may sound like it’s full of tired clichés. Inspector Endeavour Morse (a brilliant Shaun Evans) is an emotionally damaged young detective who investigates complex murders in 1960s London. But Endeavour remains one of the most endlessly fascinating characters on television.
Created as a prequel series to Inspector Morse, which ran for thirteen years and starred John Thaw as the detective in his later years, Endeavour begins in 1965 as the young detective is writing his resignation letter. He’s never been one for dead bodies; he actually gets sick around them and doesn’t care much about attention and flashy cases. He simply likes the puzzle that cases represent and he often attacks them with a zeal that’s made him an outcast with other police officers. They feel he’s been given too much too young and is just plain weird.
- 5/7/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Tweens. Fallen angels. Supernatural occurrences. A love triangle. Lots and lots of brooding. Yep it's a familiar formula and you'll find it in spades once the big screen adaptation of Lauren Kate's Fallen gets here. Speaking of which, we have your first look... furrowed brows and all.
From the Press Release
Based on the worldwide bestselling book series, Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven...
From the Press Release
Based on the worldwide bestselling book series, Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven...
- 5/2/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Scheduled for a 2015 theatrical release, here’s a first look at Fallen. Based on the worldwide bestselling book series by Lauren Kate, Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks (Shine) will direct from a script by Michael Ross.
Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.
Fallen stars Addison Timlin (Stand Up Guys), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Harrison Gilbertson (Need For Speed...
Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries. Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.
Fallen stars Addison Timlin (Stand Up Guys), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Harrison Gilbertson (Need For Speed...
- 5/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Review Gem Wheeler 27 Apr 2014 - 19:42
Endeavour wraps up its second series with this impressive episode. Here's Gem's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.4 Neverland
All Arthur’s knights were brought down by earthly vices in the end: Lancelot by desire, Gawain by his pride and anger. Even the best of men had their price – all save one, Galahad. His destiny was to find the Grail, and to die as soon as he did so. No ties of love or family could bind him to this world for long. He saw men’s deeds with an outsider’s eye, and paid the outsider’s price in loneliness for doing so. It was the path forecast for him before his birth; there was none other open to him.
How appropriate, then, to be reminded of Galahad as we observe Morse at worship in the opening scenes of Neverland, the devastating final episode...
Endeavour wraps up its second series with this impressive episode. Here's Gem's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.4 Neverland
All Arthur’s knights were brought down by earthly vices in the end: Lancelot by desire, Gawain by his pride and anger. Even the best of men had their price – all save one, Galahad. His destiny was to find the Grail, and to die as soon as he did so. No ties of love or family could bind him to this world for long. He saw men’s deeds with an outsider’s eye, and paid the outsider’s price in loneliness for doing so. It was the path forecast for him before his birth; there was none other open to him.
How appropriate, then, to be reminded of Galahad as we observe Morse at worship in the opening scenes of Neverland, the devastating final episode...
- 4/27/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Review Gem Wheeler 16 Apr 2014 - 17:29
Morse is on the scent of serial killer in the latest episode of Endeavour. Here's Gem's review of Sway...
This review contains spoilers.
2.3 Sway
A serial killer is stalking Oxford in autumn 1966, and Vivienne Haldane, wife of an eminent physicist at the university, is the latest victim. Morse quickly establishes a pattern to the murders; apart from the fact that all three dead women were found with a particular brand of expensive silk stocking, ‘Le Minou Noir’, around their necks, each was married, but has had her wedding ring removed by the killer. Pathologist Dr DeBryn finds that Mrs Haldane had had intercourse not long before her death, but it was certainly not with husband Rufus (Michael Thomas), from whom she had long been estranged. The hunt is on for a murderer with a type: married women who he seduces and kills, for reasons...
Morse is on the scent of serial killer in the latest episode of Endeavour. Here's Gem's review of Sway...
This review contains spoilers.
2.3 Sway
A serial killer is stalking Oxford in autumn 1966, and Vivienne Haldane, wife of an eminent physicist at the university, is the latest victim. Morse quickly establishes a pattern to the murders; apart from the fact that all three dead women were found with a particular brand of expensive silk stocking, ‘Le Minou Noir’, around their necks, each was married, but has had her wedding ring removed by the killer. Pathologist Dr DeBryn finds that Mrs Haldane had had intercourse not long before her death, but it was certainly not with husband Rufus (Michael Thomas), from whom she had long been estranged. The hunt is on for a murderer with a type: married women who he seduces and kills, for reasons...
- 4/16/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Gem Wheeler 8 Apr 2014 - 07:00
Endeavour delivers one of its darkest episodes to date. Here's Gem's review of Nocturne...
This review contains spoilers.
2.2 Nocturne
His colleagues might be glued to their television screens as England advance to the World Cup final, but Morse, typically, has weightier matters on his mind. An elderly expert in heraldry, Adrian Weiss, is found brutally murdered in an Oxford museum; the murder weapon appears to be the Indian ceremonial dagger left lying by his side. Morse is despatched to interview the summer boarders at Blythe Mount School, who, along with their teacher, Victoria Danby (Susy Kane), were on a school trip to the museum at the time of Weiss’s death. Morse’s teenage interviewees are rather taken with the appealingly awkward young detective, though he is unsettled by the visit; not only does he find a note with the words ‘Save me’ scrawled...
Endeavour delivers one of its darkest episodes to date. Here's Gem's review of Nocturne...
This review contains spoilers.
2.2 Nocturne
His colleagues might be glued to their television screens as England advance to the World Cup final, but Morse, typically, has weightier matters on his mind. An elderly expert in heraldry, Adrian Weiss, is found brutally murdered in an Oxford museum; the murder weapon appears to be the Indian ceremonial dagger left lying by his side. Morse is despatched to interview the summer boarders at Blythe Mount School, who, along with their teacher, Victoria Danby (Susy Kane), were on a school trip to the museum at the time of Weiss’s death. Morse’s teenage interviewees are rather taken with the appealingly awkward young detective, though he is unsettled by the visit; not only does he find a note with the words ‘Save me’ scrawled...
- 4/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Gem Wheeler 1 Apr 2014 - 07:00
The new series of Endeavour maintains the tricky balance between satisfying Morse fans and drawing in new viewers...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Trove
Behind each of the cases solved by the young Endeavour Morse in 1960s Oxford lies a bigger mystery, one that taxes the audience’s puzzle-solving skills even as the detective remains blissfully unaware of the need to crack it. It is, of course, the enigma of Morse himself. John Thaw’s iconic portrayal of Colin Dexter’s dour, embittered yet thoroughly decent detective needs no real introduction, but Morse’s past exists for us only in outline: a broken engagement, a difficult Oxford career, an abiding resentment of the top brass who obstructed him at every turn.
Endeavour’s first series established Shaun Evans as a fine Morse, well able to capture the character’s established idiosyncrasies while making the role his own.
The new series of Endeavour maintains the tricky balance between satisfying Morse fans and drawing in new viewers...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Trove
Behind each of the cases solved by the young Endeavour Morse in 1960s Oxford lies a bigger mystery, one that taxes the audience’s puzzle-solving skills even as the detective remains blissfully unaware of the need to crack it. It is, of course, the enigma of Morse himself. John Thaw’s iconic portrayal of Colin Dexter’s dour, embittered yet thoroughly decent detective needs no real introduction, but Morse’s past exists for us only in outline: a broken engagement, a difficult Oxford career, an abiding resentment of the top brass who obstructed him at every turn.
Endeavour’s first series established Shaun Evans as a fine Morse, well able to capture the character’s established idiosyncrasies while making the role his own.
- 4/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Endeavour Sway ITV
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one — especially in Oxford where unsuspecting housewives are dropping like flies at the hands of a sinister strangler. The weapon of choice: a French stocking that can only be bought at Burridges, a high street department store.
As Sway began, Endeavour and company were called to investigate the killer’s third crime in three weeks. All of the women were married, but none of them were wearing rings — a detail that only Endeavour noticed. As it turned out, at least two of the women had been involved in sordid affairs with a mystery man in the weeks leading up to their murders. If Morse could identify Oxford’s answer to Don Juan, they’d have their killer.
The investigation at Burridges soon spawned several interesting subplots. Foremost among them, an awkward encounter involving Thursday and a long-forgotten love interest from World War II.
- 4/14/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour: ITV, 8pm
This week's case concerns a murder of a woman in her own home, a lady strangled with a pair of stockings - the third such incident in recent weeks. Oxford City police are on edge and under a thick fog, as they take an interest in a local department store. Di Thursday reveals a skeleton in his closet, when an Italian lady working in the hosiery department recognises him as "Fredo".
No married woman is safe, and there are more emotional struggles for Morse and Thursday as they narrow down the suspects. Colin Dexter, the author of the Morse novels, makes a cameo appearance.
Dirty Weekenders in France with Richard E Grant: Channel 4, 8pm
Richard E Grant explores his love for spending weekends scouring France for old antiques. He harbours an "insatiable desire for beaten-up old stuff", and often takes weekends away in France,...
This week's case concerns a murder of a woman in her own home, a lady strangled with a pair of stockings - the third such incident in recent weeks. Oxford City police are on edge and under a thick fog, as they take an interest in a local department store. Di Thursday reveals a skeleton in his closet, when an Italian lady working in the hosiery department recognises him as "Fredo".
No married woman is safe, and there are more emotional struggles for Morse and Thursday as they narrow down the suspects. Colin Dexter, the author of the Morse novels, makes a cameo appearance.
Dirty Weekenders in France with Richard E Grant: Channel 4, 8pm
Richard E Grant explores his love for spending weekends scouring France for old antiques. He harbours an "insatiable desire for beaten-up old stuff", and often takes weekends away in France,...
- 4/13/2014
- Digital Spy
Endeavour Season 2
Morse (Shaun Evans) returned to regular duties in Trove — the first film in the second season of ITV’s Endeavour. As Chief Superintendant Bright (Anton Lesser) pointed out, last year was a harrowing one for the young detective and on first evidence it didn’t look as if he was holding up very well. Gaunt–looking and more introverted than in the past, Morse’s mental state was causing uneasiness in the office and in the Thursday household. Even the normally cantankerous Bright felt the need to treat the detective with an unusual degree of tact and sympathy.
However, the policeman’s lot is not a happy one and Morse soon found himself thrust back into the action. The drama began when a group of feminists fired blood pellets at Miss UK as she was parading through Oxford in a carnival to mark the city’s 900th year.
Morse (Shaun Evans) returned to regular duties in Trove — the first film in the second season of ITV’s Endeavour. As Chief Superintendant Bright (Anton Lesser) pointed out, last year was a harrowing one for the young detective and on first evidence it didn’t look as if he was holding up very well. Gaunt–looking and more introverted than in the past, Morse’s mental state was causing uneasiness in the office and in the Thursday household. Even the normally cantankerous Bright felt the need to treat the detective with an unusual degree of tact and sympathy.
However, the policeman’s lot is not a happy one and Morse soon found himself thrust back into the action. The drama began when a group of feminists fired blood pellets at Miss UK as she was parading through Oxford in a carnival to mark the city’s 900th year.
- 3/30/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour: ITV, 8pm
Endeavour is back for its second series and Shaun Evans - as Inspector Morse - is on the case once again after his four-month sabbatical in the first of four feature-length episodes.
Inspector Morse has his plate full as he works on a baffling suicide, a missing persons case and a theft of medieval artefacts.
The Oxford city elections are also underway and it looks like it is going to be a photo finish, while simultaneously a beauty contest is also taking place.
Co-starring Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Jack Laskey and Sean Rigby.
The Musketeers: BBC One, 9pm
The show reaches its conclusion tonight and as drunken Athos holds a woman hostage, he and the rest of the gang are shocked when the woman reveals her identity as none other than Milady.
Tensions arise between the Musketeers and d'Artagnan over Milady, and this...
Endeavour is back for its second series and Shaun Evans - as Inspector Morse - is on the case once again after his four-month sabbatical in the first of four feature-length episodes.
Inspector Morse has his plate full as he works on a baffling suicide, a missing persons case and a theft of medieval artefacts.
The Oxford city elections are also underway and it looks like it is going to be a photo finish, while simultaneously a beauty contest is also taking place.
Co-starring Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Jack Laskey and Sean Rigby.
The Musketeers: BBC One, 9pm
The show reaches its conclusion tonight and as drunken Athos holds a woman hostage, he and the rest of the gang are shocked when the woman reveals her identity as none other than Milady.
Tensions arise between the Musketeers and d'Artagnan over Milady, and this...
- 3/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Morse returns to our screens this Sunday (March 30) - though we refer of course to the younger variant, played by Shaun Evans in ITV's returning '60-set series Endeavour.
Prequels are hot right now - Saul's days before Breaking Bad will be explored in a new series, while a new show exploring Commissioner Gordon's life pre-Batman is also in the works.
This proclevity for prequels got us thinking - which other popular TV shows would benefit from the same treatment?
24
Kiefer Sutherland's ex-ctu agent Jack Bauer is finally returning in May to take on new terrorist threats, but after four years without 24 on our screens, we're hungry for even more Jack.
His life prior to the first season of 24 has been much discussed, but never depicted on screen. While it's near-sacrilege to suggest anyone but Kiefer playing Jack, we'd definitely watch a show about a younger Bauer's exploits in Special Forces,...
Prequels are hot right now - Saul's days before Breaking Bad will be explored in a new series, while a new show exploring Commissioner Gordon's life pre-Batman is also in the works.
This proclevity for prequels got us thinking - which other popular TV shows would benefit from the same treatment?
24
Kiefer Sutherland's ex-ctu agent Jack Bauer is finally returning in May to take on new terrorist threats, but after four years without 24 on our screens, we're hungry for even more Jack.
His life prior to the first season of 24 has been much discussed, but never depicted on screen. While it's near-sacrilege to suggest anyone but Kiefer playing Jack, we'd definitely watch a show about a younger Bauer's exploits in Special Forces,...
- 3/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Yes, Endeavour might be based on Inspector Morse, but it's pretty clear by now that the show has become its own entity. "That was always my intention," star Shaun Evans told Digital Spy. "I think as it grows, yeah, I think it is treading its own path a little bit more." And with the second series starting on Sunday, we thought it was time we found out a little bit more about what could be coming. Enter Shaun, who gave us hints from romance to retirement, stranglers to shootings...
1. The end of the last series - you know, when Endeavour was shot and his dad died - will unsurprisingly have a bit of an impact on the new episodes.
"Four months have elapsed since the shooting and losing his dad, and then we pick up with my first day back. I've had four months off and I come back, and...
1. The end of the last series - you know, when Endeavour was shot and his dad died - will unsurprisingly have a bit of an impact on the new episodes.
"Four months have elapsed since the shooting and losing his dad, and then we pick up with my first day back. I've had four months off and I come back, and...
- 3/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Endeavour star Shaun Evans is to play one of the leads in Amazon comedy pilot Cosmopolitan.
Devised by filmmaker Whit Stillman, Cosmopolitan will star Evans as Hal, an American struggling to come to terms with his recent divorce.
Hal travels to Paris with a pair of his best friends - though those two roles are yet to be cast, Deadline reports.
Liverpool-born actor Evans is best known for playing a young Morse in ITV drama Endeavour - which returns to UK screens for a second series on March 30.
The 34-year-old's additional TV credits include roles in Silk, Whitechapel and Teachers.
It is currently unclear how Evans's commitments to Cosmopolitan might affect potential future series of Endeavour.
Endeavour gets second series from ITV
Watch Shaun Evans in a trailer for series two of Endeavour below:...
Devised by filmmaker Whit Stillman, Cosmopolitan will star Evans as Hal, an American struggling to come to terms with his recent divorce.
Hal travels to Paris with a pair of his best friends - though those two roles are yet to be cast, Deadline reports.
Liverpool-born actor Evans is best known for playing a young Morse in ITV drama Endeavour - which returns to UK screens for a second series on March 30.
The 34-year-old's additional TV credits include roles in Silk, Whitechapel and Teachers.
It is currently unclear how Evans's commitments to Cosmopolitan might affect potential future series of Endeavour.
Endeavour gets second series from ITV
Watch Shaun Evans in a trailer for series two of Endeavour below:...
- 3/21/2014
- Digital Spy
Shaun Evans (Endeavour) is set as a male lead in Amazon comedy pilot Cosmopolitan, from The Last Days Of Disco filmmaker Whit Stillman. Cosmopolitan, which Stillman wrote and will direct and executive produce, chronicles the loves and adventures of a group of young expatriates in Paris. Evans will play Hal, a divorced, good-looking but somber young man who’s struggling with his most recent heartache in the company of his two best friends, fellow American Jimmy and European Woddy, who’s less than sympathetic. The friend roles have yet to be cast. Evans, repped by Don Buchwald & Associates and Hamilton Hodell in the UK, next will be seen in upcoming feature War Book. Related: 2014 Amazon Studios Pilots Victor Rasuk (Raising Victor Vargas) has been cast as a series regular in CBS‘ untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot, from Warner Bros TV. Written by Williamson and directed by Liz Friedlander, the psychological thriller revolves around two detectives,...
- 3/20/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The last major role yet to be cast in Alan Taylor's upcoming "Terminator" reboot is that of a young Kyle Reese. Variety reports that the list of contenders has been whittled down to five actors who are set to test for the role early next week.
The two most well-known names are rising Aussie thesp Jai Courtney and Boyd Holbrook. A memorable role in Starz' "Spartacus" for Courtney led to a major role in "Jack Reacher," the co-lead role of John McClane's son in "A Good Day to Die Hard," and the key role of 'Eric' in the upcoming "Divergent". He also appears in this month's "I, Frankenstein" and is currently filming Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken".
Kentucky-born Holbrook began his work with a small role in "Milk" which led to roles on "The Big C" and "Hatfields and McCoys". Last year was a breakout year with key parts in "Out of the Furnace,...
The two most well-known names are rising Aussie thesp Jai Courtney and Boyd Holbrook. A memorable role in Starz' "Spartacus" for Courtney led to a major role in "Jack Reacher," the co-lead role of John McClane's son in "A Good Day to Die Hard," and the key role of 'Eric' in the upcoming "Divergent". He also appears in this month's "I, Frankenstein" and is currently filming Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken".
Kentucky-born Holbrook began his work with a small role in "Milk" which led to roles on "The Big C" and "Hatfields and McCoys". Last year was a breakout year with key parts in "Out of the Furnace,...
- 1/11/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
From Johnny Cash to Angela Lansbury, expect to see some familiar faces in the coming year
Pop
The lost Johnny Cash gets released
According to Cash's son John, the country legend was a prolific hoarder, hanging on to everything from original audio tapes for The Johnny Cash Show to "a camel saddle gift from the prince of Saudi Arabia". That explains why it's taken several years since his death in 2003 for anyone to find Out Among the Stars, an album he recorded in the early 1980s. Columbia dismissed the album as not worth releasing, but John Cash describes the 12 tracks – which include a duet with Johnny's wife, June Carter – as "beautiful". 24 March.
Theatre
Hairspray
Barely has the set for a blistering revival of Chicago been cleared away than director Paul Kerryson sets about reinventing this joyous musical, inspired by John Waters's cult movie. It's a show that mixes the heart-rending and the hair-curling,...
Pop
The lost Johnny Cash gets released
According to Cash's son John, the country legend was a prolific hoarder, hanging on to everything from original audio tapes for The Johnny Cash Show to "a camel saddle gift from the prince of Saudi Arabia". That explains why it's taken several years since his death in 2003 for anyone to find Out Among the Stars, an album he recorded in the early 1980s. Columbia dismissed the album as not worth releasing, but John Cash describes the 12 tracks – which include a duet with Johnny's wife, June Carter – as "beautiful". 24 March.
Theatre
Hairspray
Barely has the set for a blistering revival of Chicago been cleared away than director Paul Kerryson sets about reinventing this joyous musical, inspired by John Waters's cult movie. It's a show that mixes the heart-rending and the hair-curling,...
- 1/1/2014
- by Mark Lawson, Lyn Gardner, Peter Bradshaw, Stuart Heritage, Andrew Dickson, Brian Logan, Jonathan Jones, Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Endeavour co. ITV
Filming has commenced on season two of ITV’s hugely popular Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour. Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) is directing the first episode which has the working title Trove. The tale involves a missing girl, a beauty queen and Anglo-Saxon treasures. Trove will be broadcast as the first of four 120 minute films some time next year. The new episodes are written by Russell Lewis while Morse creator Colin Dexter continues to act as a consultant for the show. Cast regulars including Shaun Evans, Anton Lesser and Sean Rigby will also be returning for the new season.
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Filming has commenced on season two of ITV’s hugely popular Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour. Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) is directing the first episode which has the working title Trove. The tale involves a missing girl, a beauty queen and Anglo-Saxon treasures. Trove will be broadcast as the first of four 120 minute films some time next year. The new episodes are written by Russell Lewis while Morse creator Colin Dexter continues to act as a consultant for the show. Cast regulars including Shaun Evans, Anton Lesser and Sean Rigby will also be returning for the new season.
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- 9/22/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
The National Television Awards 2014 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (September 17) open.
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2014 awards take place at London's O2 on January 22.
Full list of 2014 nominations:
Drama
Broadchurch
Call The Midwife
Casualty
Dci Banks
Death In Paradise
Doc Martin
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Endeavour
Foyle's War
Holby City
Homeland
Jonathan Creek
Last Tango in Halifax
Law & Order: UK
Lewis
Love and Marriage
Luther
Midsomer Murders
Mr Selfridge
New Tricks
Poirot
Revolution
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Shetland
Silent Witness
The Fall
The Paradise
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Syndicate
The Village
The White Queen
Under The Dome
Vera
What Remains
TV Detective
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
David Tennant - Broadchurch
Stephen Tompkinson - Dci Banks
Shaun Evans - Endeavour
Michael Kitchen - Foyle's War
Alan Davies - Jonathan Creek...
Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2014 awards take place at London's O2 on January 22.
Full list of 2014 nominations:
Drama
Broadchurch
Call The Midwife
Casualty
Dci Banks
Death In Paradise
Doc Martin
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Endeavour
Foyle's War
Holby City
Homeland
Jonathan Creek
Last Tango in Halifax
Law & Order: UK
Lewis
Love and Marriage
Luther
Midsomer Murders
Mr Selfridge
New Tricks
Poirot
Revolution
Ripper Street
Scott & Bailey
Shetland
Silent Witness
The Fall
The Paradise
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Syndicate
The Village
The White Queen
Under The Dome
Vera
What Remains
TV Detective
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch
David Tennant - Broadchurch
Stephen Tompkinson - Dci Banks
Shaun Evans - Endeavour
Michael Kitchen - Foyle's War
Alan Davies - Jonathan Creek...
- 9/17/2013
- Digital Spy
Sean Rigby in Endeavour. co. ITV
By Kieran Kinsella
The Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour has been a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic. The show has reintroduced us to many beloved characters and it’s given a new platform to a host of household names such as Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. Among the many familiar faces, a new star has emerged – Sean Rigby. The young actor has received rave reviews for his portrayal of Strange. Sean, kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the show, his role and his plans for the future.
When did you first decide you wanted to be a professional actor?
“It was when I was about 17 or 18 while I was studying performing arts at sixth form college. It had never been presented to me as a viable career option prior to that. I began to find out about the drama schools down in London.
By Kieran Kinsella
The Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour has been a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic. The show has reintroduced us to many beloved characters and it’s given a new platform to a host of household names such as Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. Among the many familiar faces, a new star has emerged – Sean Rigby. The young actor has received rave reviews for his portrayal of Strange. Sean, kindly agreed to talk to Best British TV about the show, his role and his plans for the future.
When did you first decide you wanted to be a professional actor?
“It was when I was about 17 or 18 while I was studying performing arts at sixth form college. It had never been presented to me as a viable career option prior to that. I began to find out about the drama schools down in London.
- 8/8/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 3: “Rocket”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Craig Viveiros
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 4: “Home”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Colm McCarthy
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Rocket” the third episode of the masterful PBS mystery Endeavour starts off slow and builds around its many characters. Of course, that’s one of the many things that make Endeavour shine, it takes the time to build each character, even ones that will only be on one episode and treats each story with care and ease.
The episode finds Morse (Shaun Evans) investigating the murder of a somewhat unlikeable factory worker who is killed on the day of a royal visit. The police unit has been given the task to provide extra security for the event.
With “Rocket” we begin to catch glimpses into Endeavour’s past. Readers of the books or people who have watched...
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Craig Viveiros
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 4: “Home”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Colm McCarthy
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
“Rocket” the third episode of the masterful PBS mystery Endeavour starts off slow and builds around its many characters. Of course, that’s one of the many things that make Endeavour shine, it takes the time to build each character, even ones that will only be on one episode and treats each story with care and ease.
The episode finds Morse (Shaun Evans) investigating the murder of a somewhat unlikeable factory worker who is killed on the day of a royal visit. The police unit has been given the task to provide extra security for the event.
With “Rocket” we begin to catch glimpses into Endeavour’s past. Readers of the books or people who have watched...
- 8/2/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour Rocket
N Conrad
PBS Masterpiece’s best detective show returned tonight with another episode that was full of twists, turns and a dash of romance. However, this time I was able to spot the killer within the first few minutes of the show. No, it wasn’t because the script wasn’t clever — it was very good — it was simply because of the casting. Craig Parkinson (Whitechapel) is far to good at playing villains to be sidelined as a factory floor foreman. He had to be the villain and indeed he was although there were lots of red herrings along the way.
It was great to see Martin Jarvis, who seems to have discovered some kind of anti-aging potion because he hasn’t visibly aged in the last 40 years. Anton Lesser is superb as the hob-knobing police chief and at times he really steals the show. However, Shaun Evans...
N Conrad
PBS Masterpiece’s best detective show returned tonight with another episode that was full of twists, turns and a dash of romance. However, this time I was able to spot the killer within the first few minutes of the show. No, it wasn’t because the script wasn’t clever — it was very good — it was simply because of the casting. Craig Parkinson (Whitechapel) is far to good at playing villains to be sidelined as a factory floor foreman. He had to be the villain and indeed he was although there were lots of red herrings along the way.
It was great to see Martin Jarvis, who seems to have discovered some kind of anti-aging potion because he hasn’t visibly aged in the last 40 years. Anton Lesser is superb as the hob-knobing police chief and at times he really steals the show. However, Shaun Evans...
- 7/22/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 1: “Girl”
Written by Russel Lewis
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 2: “Fugue”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
Television is flush with mysteries, quirky detectives who don’t play nice with authority, and period dramas. So how is that a show which mixes all three of these themes works so exceptionally well? For one thing Endeavour takes a beloved character, cranky opera loving Detective Inspector Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), and imagines him as a young handsome, brilliant but sometimes sullen character that’s frequently squeamish at crime scenes.
Based on a series of books by Colin Dexter it is a prequel to the wildly popular long running Inspector Morse series. After a successful one episode run that aired in 2012 the series was commissioned for a first season currently airing on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery for the next four weeks.
Written by Russel Lewis
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Endeavour, Season 1, Episode 2: “Fugue”
Written by Russell Lewis
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on PBS
Television is flush with mysteries, quirky detectives who don’t play nice with authority, and period dramas. So how is that a show which mixes all three of these themes works so exceptionally well? For one thing Endeavour takes a beloved character, cranky opera loving Detective Inspector Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), and imagines him as a young handsome, brilliant but sometimes sullen character that’s frequently squeamish at crime scenes.
Based on a series of books by Colin Dexter it is a prequel to the wildly popular long running Inspector Morse series. After a successful one episode run that aired in 2012 the series was commissioned for a first season currently airing on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery for the next four weeks.
- 7/16/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Endeavour. PBS Masterpiece Mystery
N Conrad
Endeavour – Fugue began with our hero having been unceremoniously assigned to “general duty” by the dimwitted and ironically named Chief Supt Bright. However, it wasn’t long before Morse saw something deeper in an apparent case of “How’s your father?” gone wrong. The killing had nothing to do with adultery or revenge, it was a simple case of a lunatic reenacting the opera Otello. More murders were to follow as an all-too-clever musical killer put Morse’s knowledge of the genre to the test. Endeavour managed to unravel the mystery just in time to stop Fred Thursday being thrown off the roof. We even got to see Shaun Evans doing his Harold Lloyd impression as he allowed his gangly frame to dangle off that clock tower. I think most of us had long since realized that the surprisingly well informed shrink knew rather...
N Conrad
Endeavour – Fugue began with our hero having been unceremoniously assigned to “general duty” by the dimwitted and ironically named Chief Supt Bright. However, it wasn’t long before Morse saw something deeper in an apparent case of “How’s your father?” gone wrong. The killing had nothing to do with adultery or revenge, it was a simple case of a lunatic reenacting the opera Otello. More murders were to follow as an all-too-clever musical killer put Morse’s knowledge of the genre to the test. Endeavour managed to unravel the mystery just in time to stop Fred Thursday being thrown off the roof. We even got to see Shaun Evans doing his Harold Lloyd impression as he allowed his gangly frame to dangle off that clock tower. I think most of us had long since realized that the surprisingly well informed shrink knew rather...
- 7/14/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
B Van Heusen
The first full series of Endeavour (Morse) made its PBS Masterpiece debut tonight with a complex mystery involving, blackmail, family secrets and a whole slew of murders. Girl began with two seemingly unrelated murder cases. Chief Superintendent Bright (Anton Lesser) felt things could be wrapped up quickly with some good old fashioned police work. Endeavour had other ideas and used his cryptanalytical skills to nail the real killer. He was the only police officer to connect the dots between the drug dealer, the secretly gay vicar and the rash of Post Office burglaries.
The great thing about Endeavour is that you get to see the future Inspector Morse in his formative years. He has a gift for detective work but he makes the kind of rookie mistakes that would make the average bobby blush. He unashamedly carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
B Van Heusen
The first full series of Endeavour (Morse) made its PBS Masterpiece debut tonight with a complex mystery involving, blackmail, family secrets and a whole slew of murders. Girl began with two seemingly unrelated murder cases. Chief Superintendent Bright (Anton Lesser) felt things could be wrapped up quickly with some good old fashioned police work. Endeavour had other ideas and used his cryptanalytical skills to nail the real killer. He was the only police officer to connect the dots between the drug dealer, the secretly gay vicar and the rash of Post Office burglaries.
The great thing about Endeavour is that you get to see the future Inspector Morse in his formative years. He has a gift for detective work but he makes the kind of rookie mistakes that would make the average bobby blush. He unashamedly carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
- 7/8/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
On TV this Sunday: True Blood stirs up something new, Drop Dead Diva swims with a shark, PBS Endeavours to tell Inspector Morse’s backstory and Family Tree drops its final leaf. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Video | Marvel’s Avengers Assemble Exclusive: Adrian Pasdar, Rest of Cast Recite Favorite Lines
8 pm Cupcake Wars (Food Network) | Former bakers’ assistants battle for a chance to supply sweet treats for a Blue Man Group party. Blue velvet cupcakes, anyone?
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Video | Marvel’s Avengers Assemble Exclusive: Adrian Pasdar, Rest of Cast Recite Favorite Lines
8 pm Cupcake Wars (Food Network) | Former bakers’ assistants battle for a chance to supply sweet treats for a Blue Man Group party. Blue velvet cupcakes, anyone?
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- 7/7/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Masterpiece is re-teaming with ITV Studios to co-produce Breathless, the upcoming six-part drama about a group of doctors and nurses working in a London hospital in the 1960s. Jack Davenport leads an ensemble cast that includes Game Of Thrones‘ Iain Glen, Downton Abbey‘s Zoe Boyle and Natasha Little (Kidnap And Ransom). The series is set in a busy gynecology unit in 1961, a time when abortion was still illegal, the contraceptive pill only just available to married women and moral codes were shifting. Shooting started in April. No U.S. or UK air date has been set. Masterpiece is already partnered with ITV Studios on Jeremy Piven-starrer Mr. Selfridge, about to enter its second season. It also co-produces Endeavour and airs Downton Abbey, which ITV commissions in the UK from Carnival Films. Masterpiece exec producer Rebecca Eaton said of Breathless, “Television dramas that tell good stories about women’s...
- 6/19/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Sky1 HD‘s latest original drama is a two-part adaptation of the John Meade Falkner adventure novel, Moonfleet. Ray Winstone will play Elzevir Block, the leader of a band of smugglers in 18th century Dorset, England. He’s joined by Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen, Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes) who plays a young newcomer to the smuggling crew as they embark on the hunt for a lost diamond. Ashley Pharoah, creator of the original Life On Mars, wrote the adaptation that also stars Ben Chaplin, Omid Djalili and Sophie Cookson. Shooting starts this summer in Dublin. Company Pictures, producer of Starz/BBC series The White Queen, is producing Moonfleet in association with Ireland’s Element Pictures. Bletchley Circle‘s Andy de Emmony directs and Endeavour‘s Dan McCulloch produces. Exec producers are Huw Kennair-Jones, John Yorke, Claire Ingham, Pharoah and Patrick Spence. Winstone is up next in Darren Aronofsky...
- 6/10/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
N Conrad
ITV have commissioned a second season of the hit Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour. Originally planned as a one-off TV movie, the show was so popular that ITV chiefs commissioned a four part series that aired earlier this year. A four part second season of the show will go into production later this year. Creator Russell Lewis will be the executive producer while Shuan Evans (The Last Weekend) will return as the title character.
Season one of Endeavour will air in the U.S. this July after the network finishes broadcasting the sixth season of another Morse spin-off – Inspector Lewis. Following Endeavour, PBS will air season one of the BBC courtroom drama Silk followed by another returning ITV favorite – Foyle’s War.
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N Conrad
ITV have commissioned a second season of the hit Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour. Originally planned as a one-off TV movie, the show was so popular that ITV chiefs commissioned a four part series that aired earlier this year. A four part second season of the show will go into production later this year. Creator Russell Lewis will be the executive producer while Shuan Evans (The Last Weekend) will return as the title character.
Season one of Endeavour will air in the U.S. this July after the network finishes broadcasting the sixth season of another Morse spin-off – Inspector Lewis. Following Endeavour, PBS will air season one of the BBC courtroom drama Silk followed by another returning ITV favorite – Foyle’s War.
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- 6/7/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Under the Dome
CBS has released ten stills from its thirteen episode adaptation of Stephen King's novel "Under the Dome". The extended mini-series kicks off on June 24th. [Source: Under the Dome TV]
Endeavour
ITV has ordered a second batch of four two-hour telemovies for the Inspector Morse prequel "Endeavour" starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam.
The new series will be set in 1966. Shooting kicks off in Oxford later this year. [Source: Deadline]
Game of Thrones
HBO has released a 10-minute featurette in which the producers of the big-budget fantasy series talk about the shocking turn of events on Sunday.
The Spoils of Babylon
IFC has posted a teaser trailer for next year's elaborate miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon" which Will Ferrell and Adam McKay will executive produce. The series is a comedic spin on classic mini's like "The Thorn Birds" and "Winds of War"...
CBS has released ten stills from its thirteen episode adaptation of Stephen King's novel "Under the Dome". The extended mini-series kicks off on June 24th. [Source: Under the Dome TV]
Endeavour
ITV has ordered a second batch of four two-hour telemovies for the Inspector Morse prequel "Endeavour" starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam.
The new series will be set in 1966. Shooting kicks off in Oxford later this year. [Source: Deadline]
Game of Thrones
HBO has released a 10-minute featurette in which the producers of the big-budget fantasy series talk about the shocking turn of events on Sunday.
The Spoils of Babylon
IFC has posted a teaser trailer for next year's elaborate miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon" which Will Ferrell and Adam McKay will executive produce. The series is a comedic spin on classic mini's like "The Thorn Birds" and "Winds of War"...
- 6/5/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
From Downton Abbey to Mr. Selfridge to Broadchurch, the UK’s ITV has been enjoying a successful run of original drama series. Looking to continue the trend, the network has just ordered a second four-part outing for Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour, starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. A feature-length first episode of the crime drama debuted on ITV in 2012 and was co-produced by Masterpiece in the U.S. The film was one of ITV’s highest performing dramas of the year. A first four-part series then aired in 2013 and consistently won its time slot for ITV, averaging 7M viewers and a 25% share. The new series will be a quartet of 120 minute films set in 1966. Evans plays a young Morse and Allam is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Russell Lewis writes the series and novelist Colin Dexter, who created Morse, is a consultant to producers Mammoth Screen. Lewis will also exec produce...
- 6/5/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Shaun Evans will be returning for a second series of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour, it has been confirmed.
Evans took on the role of young Morse in a feature-length special in 2012 and was a ratings hit. The first full series aired earlier this year and regularly drew over 5 million viewers.
Shaun Evans stars alongside Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade's End), who plays Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
ITV's director of drama commissioning Steve November said: "The audience's response to the classic crime partnership of Endeavour and Thursday has been incredible and we're thrilled at the prospect of more Endeavour stories written by Russell Lewis and produced by Mammoth Screen."
Series two will start production in Oxford later this year. The second run will feature four 120-minute episodes.
"We're truly delighted by the audience's reaction to the first quartet of Endeavour stories, and very grateful to ITV for the opportunity to further embellish the legend,...
Evans took on the role of young Morse in a feature-length special in 2012 and was a ratings hit. The first full series aired earlier this year and regularly drew over 5 million viewers.
Shaun Evans stars alongside Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade's End), who plays Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.
ITV's director of drama commissioning Steve November said: "The audience's response to the classic crime partnership of Endeavour and Thursday has been incredible and we're thrilled at the prospect of more Endeavour stories written by Russell Lewis and produced by Mammoth Screen."
Series two will start production in Oxford later this year. The second run will feature four 120-minute episodes.
"We're truly delighted by the audience's reaction to the first quartet of Endeavour stories, and very grateful to ITV for the opportunity to further embellish the legend,...
- 6/5/2013
- Digital Spy
George Gently
Kieran Kinsella
The utterly captivating crime drama George Gently is making its return to the U.S. with Acorn Media’s May 28 release of George Gently season 5. If you’re not familiar with the series, it is centered around a police detective from London who reluctantly relocates to the North of the country. Martin Shaw plays the dour 60s era detective while rising star Lee Ingleby plays his cocky sidekick Bacchus. It is similar to Endeavour, only darker, and reminiscent of Vera – only much better – and I actually really like Vera.
Series 5 features four stand-alone stories that cover issues ranging from child kidnappings to grizzly murders. We’re all familiar with the racial tensions that divided the U.S. in the swinging 60s but race relations were also a major talking point in the UK as the break up of the British Empire lead to an increase in immigration.
Kieran Kinsella
The utterly captivating crime drama George Gently is making its return to the U.S. with Acorn Media’s May 28 release of George Gently season 5. If you’re not familiar with the series, it is centered around a police detective from London who reluctantly relocates to the North of the country. Martin Shaw plays the dour 60s era detective while rising star Lee Ingleby plays his cocky sidekick Bacchus. It is similar to Endeavour, only darker, and reminiscent of Vera – only much better – and I actually really like Vera.
Series 5 features four stand-alone stories that cover issues ranging from child kidnappings to grizzly murders. We’re all familiar with the racial tensions that divided the U.S. in the swinging 60s but race relations were also a major talking point in the UK as the break up of the British Empire lead to an increase in immigration.
- 5/24/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Endeavour has continued its strong showing in Sunday night's ratings, overnight data suggests.
The Inspector Morse prequel - featuring Shaun Evans as a younger Endeavour Morse - closed its first full series on ITV with 4.89m viewers, giving the channel a 21.3% audience share. A further 312.8k watched the show on ITV+1.
Stephen Mulhern's Catchphrase was seen by 3.6m at 7pm (+1: 209k), while Off Their Rockers followed with 3.56 million at 7.30pm (+1: 319.1k).
BBC One's Countryfile was the second highest-rated programme of primetime on Sunday, taking 4.88m viewers and a 25.8% audience share at 7pm.
Antiques Roadshow was seen by 4.48m (20% audience share) at 8pm, and Maxine Peake and John Simm's horror drama The Village picked up 4.13m (17.5%) at 9pm.
Channel 4's highest-rated programme during primetime was Peter Kay Live: The Tour That Didn't Tour - Tour at 9pm with 2.74m (13.1%). A further 547.8k tuned in for the...
The Inspector Morse prequel - featuring Shaun Evans as a younger Endeavour Morse - closed its first full series on ITV with 4.89m viewers, giving the channel a 21.3% audience share. A further 312.8k watched the show on ITV+1.
Stephen Mulhern's Catchphrase was seen by 3.6m at 7pm (+1: 209k), while Off Their Rockers followed with 3.56 million at 7.30pm (+1: 319.1k).
BBC One's Countryfile was the second highest-rated programme of primetime on Sunday, taking 4.88m viewers and a 25.8% audience share at 7pm.
Antiques Roadshow was seen by 4.48m (20% audience share) at 8pm, and Maxine Peake and John Simm's horror drama The Village picked up 4.13m (17.5%) at 9pm.
Channel 4's highest-rated programme during primetime was Peter Kay Live: The Tour That Didn't Tour - Tour at 9pm with 2.74m (13.1%). A further 547.8k tuned in for the...
- 5/6/2013
- Digital Spy
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
N Conrad
Endeavour – Fugue began with our hero having been unceremoniously assigned to “general duty” by the dimwitted and ironically named Chief Supt Bright. However, it wasn’t long before Morse saw something deeper in an apparent case of “How’s your father?” gone wrong. The killing had nothing to do with adultery or revenge, it was a simple case of a lunatic reenacting the opera Otello. More murders were to follow as an all-too-clever musical killer put Morse’s knowledge of the genre to the test. Endeavour managed to unravel the mystery just in time to stop Fred Thursday being thrown off the roof. We even got to see Shaun Evans doing his Harold Lloyd impression as he allowed his gangly frame to dangle off that clock tower. I think most of us had long since realized that the surprisingly well informed shrink...
N Conrad
Endeavour – Fugue began with our hero having been unceremoniously assigned to “general duty” by the dimwitted and ironically named Chief Supt Bright. However, it wasn’t long before Morse saw something deeper in an apparent case of “How’s your father?” gone wrong. The killing had nothing to do with adultery or revenge, it was a simple case of a lunatic reenacting the opera Otello. More murders were to follow as an all-too-clever musical killer put Morse’s knowledge of the genre to the test. Endeavour managed to unravel the mystery just in time to stop Fred Thursday being thrown off the roof. We even got to see Shaun Evans doing his Harold Lloyd impression as he allowed his gangly frame to dangle off that clock tower. I think most of us had long since realized that the surprisingly well informed shrink...
- 4/22/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Shaun Evans in Endeavour. co. ITV
Grey Feeney
The first full season of the Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour will have its British TV premier on Sunday April 14 at 8pm. The four episode season is written by Russell Lewis (Inspector Lewis) and features Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) as the younger version of the detective that made John Thaw into a household name.
Roger Allam (Life on Mars) plays Endeavour’s mentor Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. The cast also includes John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail, Anton Lesser (The Hour) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). Last year’s one-off Endeavour New year’s special attracted over 8 million viewers in the UK alone. The series will air in the Us on PBS Masterpiece Theatre later in 2013.
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Grey Feeney
The first full season of the Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour will have its British TV premier on Sunday April 14 at 8pm. The four episode season is written by Russell Lewis (Inspector Lewis) and features Shaun Evans (The Last Weekend) as the younger version of the detective that made John Thaw into a household name.
Roger Allam (Life on Mars) plays Endeavour’s mentor Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. The cast also includes John Thaw’s real-life daughter Abigail, Anton Lesser (The Hour) and Jack Laskey (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). Last year’s one-off Endeavour New year’s special attracted over 8 million viewers in the UK alone. The series will air in the Us on PBS Masterpiece Theatre later in 2013.
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- 4/5/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
ITV has released a new online-exclusive trailer for Endeavour.
The Inspector Morse prequel returns for the first of four new films on Sunday, April 14 at 8pm.
Shaun Evans will reprise his role as Endeavour Morse, having first played the role in last year's pilot episode.
James Bradshaw will also return as Dr Max Debryn, while John Thaw's daughter Abigail will make further guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil.
A full series of Endeavour was officially commissioned by ITV in March 2012, following the ratings success of the pilot.
The four new films - 'Girl', 'Fugue', 'Rocket' and 'Home' - will again be written by Russell Lewis and will air in April and May on ITV.
> Shaun Evans Endeavour interview: 'The young Morse is flawed'
> Lewis will end on ITV after seventh series, confirms Laurence Fox...
The Inspector Morse prequel returns for the first of four new films on Sunday, April 14 at 8pm.
Shaun Evans will reprise his role as Endeavour Morse, having first played the role in last year's pilot episode.
James Bradshaw will also return as Dr Max Debryn, while John Thaw's daughter Abigail will make further guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil.
A full series of Endeavour was officially commissioned by ITV in March 2012, following the ratings success of the pilot.
The four new films - 'Girl', 'Fugue', 'Rocket' and 'Home' - will again be written by Russell Lewis and will air in April and May on ITV.
> Shaun Evans Endeavour interview: 'The young Morse is flawed'
> Lewis will end on ITV after seventh series, confirms Laurence Fox...
- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
News Louisa Mellor 5 Mar 2013 - 13:59
Endeavour director Colm McCarthy, also behind the camera for a Doctor Who 7B episode, will direct one third of Sherlock series three...
Amongst the bile, Rip gags, emergency puppies, and instagrammed lunch pics, the odd nugget of interest often drifts to the surface of Twitter. Today's such nugget is the news that Doctor Who, Endeavour and Ripper Street director Colm McCarthy is to helm one of the three forthcoming Sherlock episodes.
McCarthy announced his directing gig with the humble message "It's turning into a year of childhood dream fulfilment. #DoctorWho and now #Sherlock #dreamjobs #nopressure #whendoigetfoundout".
Despite McCarthy's IMDb listing saying otherwise, the Doctor Who episode in question is the Steven Moffat-penned The Bells of St John, which kicks the series back off on Saturday the 30th of March.
McCarthy wouldn't be drawn on which of the three new Sherlock episodes (Wedding? Rat?...
Endeavour director Colm McCarthy, also behind the camera for a Doctor Who 7B episode, will direct one third of Sherlock series three...
Amongst the bile, Rip gags, emergency puppies, and instagrammed lunch pics, the odd nugget of interest often drifts to the surface of Twitter. Today's such nugget is the news that Doctor Who, Endeavour and Ripper Street director Colm McCarthy is to helm one of the three forthcoming Sherlock episodes.
McCarthy announced his directing gig with the humble message "It's turning into a year of childhood dream fulfilment. #DoctorWho and now #Sherlock #dreamjobs #nopressure #whendoigetfoundout".
Despite McCarthy's IMDb listing saying otherwise, the Doctor Who episode in question is the Steven Moffat-penned The Bells of St John, which kicks the series back off on Saturday the 30th of March.
McCarthy wouldn't be drawn on which of the three new Sherlock episodes (Wedding? Rat?...
- 3/5/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
We're less than a month away from the "Doctor Who" premiere, and BBC America is amping up the excitement with a brand new poster, which features The Doctor (Matt Smith) and his new companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Louise-Coleman), who made her debut in the Christmas special. (Check out the full poster below.)
"Doctor Who" premieres with the latter half of Season 7 on Sunday, March 30 (8 p.m. Et on BBC America) with "The Bells of St. John," the network has announced. Though "Doctor Who" fans have seen her before, the episode marks the official introduction of Clara, who will remain with the Doctor through the remaining eight episodes of Season 7.
"Set in London against the backdrop of new and old iconic landmarks, The Shard and Westminster Bridge, 'The Bells of St John' will also establish a new nemesis, the Spoonheads, who will battle the Doctor as he discovers something sinister is lurking in the Wi-Fi,...
"Doctor Who" premieres with the latter half of Season 7 on Sunday, March 30 (8 p.m. Et on BBC America) with "The Bells of St. John," the network has announced. Though "Doctor Who" fans have seen her before, the episode marks the official introduction of Clara, who will remain with the Doctor through the remaining eight episodes of Season 7.
"Set in London against the backdrop of new and old iconic landmarks, The Shard and Westminster Bridge, 'The Bells of St John' will also establish a new nemesis, the Spoonheads, who will battle the Doctor as he discovers something sinister is lurking in the Wi-Fi,...
- 3/1/2013
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
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