Inspector Morse: The Dead of Jericho Set

Fans of this award-winning British detective series will be giddy. And those new to the cerebral inspector, memorably played by John Thaw, are in for a rare treat. Morse’s rumpled, seemingly distracted demeanor makes this Oxford-educated gumshoe an original.

Includes the episodes:
The Dead of Jericho
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Service of All the Dead
The Wolvercote Tongue
Last Seen Wearing

Season 1, Episode 1: The Dead of Jericho
Original Air Date: 6 January 1987
Morse is taken aback by the apparent suicide of Anne Stavely. Morse knew her well as they were members of the same choir and he was quite attracted to her. On the evening of the choir's public performance, Morse stops by her house to collect her but finds her front door open and no one at home. On his way home after the performance he sees several police vehicles outside her house and it appears Anne has hung herself. When her nosy neighbour is also killed, Morse is convinced that Anne was murdered.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Original Air Date: 13 January 1987
Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Nicholas Quinn, a hard of hearing Oxford examiner who had recently complained to his superior that others in the examination syndicate were selling secrets. Quinn died of cyanide poisoning but Morse is convinced that this is a case of murder, not suicide. When a second prominent member of the syndicate is killed, Morse looks to the other members for the murderer. What he finds is a maze of deceit and office adultery.

Season 1, Episode 3: Service of All the Dead
Original Air Date: 20 January 1987
Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of Harry Josephs, a warden at St. Oswald's church who is found dead immediately after a church service. The initial focus is on a tramp who attended the service but the autopsy reveals that Josephs died of an overdose of morphine. When others who attended the same service are killed - including the vicar Lionel Pawlin, the church organist Paul Morris, his 12 year old son and Harry Josephs' wife Brenda - Morse suspect that everyone who attended that particular service is in danger. However, the solution to the case revolves around deceit and mistaken identity.

Season 2, Episode 1: The Wolvercote Tongue
Original Air Date: 25 December 1987
Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Laura Poindexter, an American tourist who is part of an exclusive tour group visiting Oxford. Missing from her personal effects is her jewelry, including the Wolvercote Tongue which she was going to donate to the Ashmolean Museum. The pathologist determines that she died of natural causes, but Morse feels there's something not quite right. The mystery deepens when Theodore Kemp, the Ashmolean's expert on the Wolvercote Tongue, is found dead and Mrs. Poindexter's husband goes missing.

Season 2, Episode 2: Last Seen Wearing
Original Air Date: 8 March 1988
Morse and Lewis investigate the disappearance of teenager Valerie Craven who vanished some six months previously while walking home from her exclusive girls school. Morse is the third detective assigned to the case and is convinced that the girl is by now dead. However, the girl's parents receive a note, purportedly from Valerie. Suspicion falls on a number of people, including fellow students, men named in her diary and some of the teachers at her school. When one of the teachers is killed, the missing persons enquiry becomes a murder investigation.

Extra Feature: The Making of Morse.