18 Facts About Inspector Morse

The older Morse is a senior Criminal Investigation Department officer, while the younger is a detective constable rising through the ranks with the Oxford City Police and, in later seasons, the Thames Valley Police.

Inspector Morse is known for his classic Jaguar Mark 2, thirst for English real ale, and love of classical music, poetry, art and cryptic crossword puzzles.

Inspector Morse remained with his mother until her death three years later, upon which he had to return to his father.

Inspector Morse has a half-sister named Joyce with whom he is on better terms.

Inspector Morse was devastated when Joyce's daughter Marilyn took her own life.

Inspector Morse lost the scholarship as the result of poor academic performance stemming from a failed love affair, which is mentioned in the second episode of the third series, "The Last Enemy", and recounted in detail in the novel The Riddle of the Third Mile, Chapter 7.

Inspector Morse was awarded the George Medal in the last episode of Endeavour Series 4, which he refrains from wearing on his uniform.

Inspector Morse is assigned to a uniformed position in Series 6 despite having his opinions and observations disregarded by CID.

Inspector Morse is the embodiment of middle-class Englishness, with a set of prejudices and assumptions to match, although his background, being the son of a taxi driver, might be considered working class.

Inspector Morse is not shy to show his liking for attractive women and often dates those involved in cases.

Inspector Morse is a crossword addict and dislikes grammatical and spelling errors; in every personal or private document that he receives, he manages to point out at least one mistake.

Inspector Morse claims that his approach to crime-solving is deductive, and one of his key tenets is that "there is a 50 per cent chance that the person who finds the body is the murderer".

Inspector Morse uses immense intuition and his fantastic memory to apprehend the perpetrator.

Inspector Morse appears in several stories in Dexter's short story collection, Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories.

The Inspector Morse novels were made into a TV series for the British commercial TV network ITV.

The last episode was adapted from the final novel The Remorseful Day, in which Inspector Morse dies from a heart attack.

Inspector Morse was played by John Thaw and Lewis by Kevin Whateley.

Inspector Morse was voted number two on the top 25 list in ITV's Britain's Favourite Detective first broadcast on 30 August 2020.