Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3595 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-02-21
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 33
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 33
• Running time: 3473 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women.

At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

DVD Description
Contains the following 33 episodes:

• The Dead of Jericho
  
• The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
  
• Service Of All the Dead
  
• The Wolver Tongue
  
• Last Seen Wearing
  
• The Settling of the Sun
  
• The Last Bus to Woodstock
  
• The Ghost in the Machine
  
• The Last Enemy
  
• Deceived By Flight
  
• The Secret of Bay 5b
  
• The Infernal Serpent
  
• The Sins of the Fathers
  
• Driven to Distraction
  
• Masonic Mysteries
  
• Second Time Around
  
• Fat Chance
  
• Who Killed Harry Field?
  
• Greeks Bearing Gifts
  
• Promised Land
  
• Dead on Time
  
• Happy Families
  
• The Death of the Self
  
• Absolute Conviction
  
• Cherubim and Seraphim
  
• Deadly Slumber
  
• The Day of the Devil
  
• Twilight of the Gods
  
• The Way Through the Woods
  
• The Daughters of Cain
  
• Death is Now My Neighbour
  
• The Wench is Dead
  
• The Remorseful Day

Customer Reviews

Unquestionable quality
MORSE was, in my opinion, quite simply the best British drama series ever. All 33 episodes for under a hundred quid ... no debate. This is a must buy series. Unquestionable quality from start to finish.

What incredible value for money !
James Grout & Kevin Whatley are superb as Messars Strange and Lewis - but the biggest round of applause must go to the late great John Thaw . The writing is of a very high standard indeed - you must concerntrate very hard to miss all the clues not to mention the umpteenth twist & turn during the last half of hour of each episode ! The special guest stars such as Peggy Mount , Robert Hardy , Anna Massey , Sir John Giulgud , Sean Bean , Jim Broadbent , Ian McDiarmand , Diane Fletcher , Zoe Wanamaker , Richard Briers , Richard Griffiths , Liz Hurley , Barbara Flynn and Michael Kitchen are outstanding in terms of the power that they bring to their performances . Their inclusion is fully merited and if you love that great City that is Oxford then it is a joy to see it on screen as it were . Fans of superb TV drama owe the ever first class Colin Dexter a great debt of gratitude . Amazon.co.uk are selling this at a very fair price and if you love murder mystery then this collection strongly merits being in your collection !

Morse - The Greatest
Here is one of those rare things that is so precious and is certainly worth every penny. I absolutely adore Inspector Morse and this DVD set is a brilliant collection to own.

A red Jag, a pint of beer, crosswords, Oxford and of course...Lewis. Poor Lewis. If you love murder mysteries and have never watched Morse then you clearly must.

The most important ingredient of the series though is clearly the late John Thaw. What a wonderfully gifted actor. He creates so much character to Morse that this is what makes the series so extra special. Without John Thaw, I believe it would not be the same.

The music is absolutley beautiful throughout and you never tire of listening to it. So brilliant twists through the series and some personal issues involved too.

Great stuff.

Morse - best detective ever!