Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Cast:John Thaw , Kevin Whately , James Grout , Peter Woodthorpe , Clare Holman , Liz Kettle , Amanda Hillwood , Maureen Bennett , David Baukham , Judy Loe , Norman Jones , Richard Huw , Mark Draper , Bernard Brown , Trevor Martin , Gary Powell , John Bleasdale , Philip Voss
During an exclusive tour an elderly woman dies suddenly and the priceless piece of Medieval jewellery she was going to donate to a local museum vanishes.
When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.
Because Morse is a speaker at a University dinner when a Japanese becomes ill and is later found ritualistically murdered, he becomes everyone's alibi.
A young blonde hitches a late lift from a bus stop and ends up dead in a pub car park.