"The two UK TV series ""The Sweeney"" (1975-78) and ""Inspector Morse"" (1987-2000) share which actor?"
Inspector Morse (TV series) Inspector Morse (TV series) Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) produced between 1987 and 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes. In 2000, the series was ranked 42 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute. The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central Independent Television, and first shown in the UK
Inspector Morse series are: Inspector Morse also appears in several stories in Dexter's short story collection, "Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories" (1993, expanded edition 1994). In Dexter's last book, "The Remorseful Day", Morse dies in hospital from a heart attack. 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 comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials)—20 more episodes than there are novels—produced between 1987 and 2000. The last episode was adapted from