Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #276 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-07
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 370 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
After the successful first standalone outing for the character, Kevin Whately returns to the title role of Lewis again, for a second full season of investigations. And things seem, to the benefit of the viewer, just as dangerous as they always were.

This series of Lewis is set five years after the death of Inspector Morse (to whom Lewis was, of course, the sidekick), and while the gap left behind by the late, great John Thaw is occasionally felt, this is still very much quality drama in its own right.

Thus, this DVD set brings together all four feature-length episodes from the second series of Lewis, and finds the detective in his familiar Oxford stomping ground. Accompanied by Laurence Fox's DS Hathaway, a collection of well-written, compelling mysteries are waiting to be solved.

The series' investigations cover the discovery of a body in a library through to the world of underground boxing and a rape case that brings out the worst in the Oxford establishment. And there aren't any weak links here: each episode is involving, intelligent and a gripping watch. Even at its worst, Lewis is very good television drama.

What's more, Whately is terrific in the increasingly complex central role, and the scripts continue to allow him to flesh out the character. Lewis is, in many ways, a flawed man, and as he works his way through the layered and involving cases, this becomes ever-more obvious. And the programme is all the better for it. For in spite of some cynicism when it first announced that a standalone Lewis programme was being produced, there's ample here to silence the most sceptical of naysayers. For Lewis is, simply, very strong television. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
Kevin Whately stars as Oxford police's Inspector Lewis in this spin off of the hugely popular series INSPECTOR MORSE. Set five years after the death of Morse's death, Lewis has returned from working in the British Virgin Isles to Oxford. This second series finds Lewis and his trustly sidekick D.S. Hathway (Laurence Fox) once again investigating mysterious murders in the idyllic surroundings of the University campus.

Customer Reviews

Morses sidekick triumphs
I watched Morse, I own all the series of Morse, I love Morse!

I greeted this series with dislike even before I saw the first episode rather childish I know but thats me. Nothing else on the tv that night so I thought what the heck.

Watching the character of Lewis slowly unfold without the ever present Morse was fun. I would recommend the two series to any Morse farn or indeed any crime fan.

Its enjoyable, the characters are likeable and the acting brilliant the story lines arnt bad either. Lewis is the new Morse.

So far the best I know
As an avid Morse fan - Lewis is even better. Whately brings his Lewis character to full bloom through the series and Fox is developing apace as Hathaway. Their relationship is growing in a believable way. I just love the series. Unfortunately one of the disks in the collection I just bought was faulty - but Amazon is sending me a new one, free. This is good service and ensures my ongoing business with them.

Excellent detective series
The Morse hangover with Lewis, to my mind, has well and truly gone. Lewis' character has developed (and crucailly is still developing) thanks in large part to Kevin Whately but also due to the fact the series is extremely well written. The key was having a support character who could add something extra to off-set Lewis' more straight-up persona and Hathaway is both brilliantly acted and well played out.

There are only ocasional nods to Morse and these never feel strained, instead they tend to work as they would in real life: the odd rememberance and half-forgotten memory.

I was a huge fan of Morse and heartily recommend Lewis.