# List of Endeavour episodes
*Endeavour* is a British detective drama on ITV, a prequel to *Inspector Morse* following the young Endeavour Morse ([Shaun Evans](https://www.edgepedia.org/shaun-evans)) as a junior detective in Oxford under DI Fred Thursday ([Roger Allam](https://www.edgepedia.org/roger-allam)). It began as a single pilot film broadcast on 2 January 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of *Inspector Morse*'s television debut, and ran for nine series from 2013 to 2023, 36 films in all, every one written by creator Russell Lewis.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) • [2](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/winter_2022-23_itv_brochure.pdf) Each film is a feature-length mystery of about 90 minutes, and each series advances the internal timeline by roughly a year, from 1965 in the pilot and first series to 1972 in the finale.[3](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/endeavour) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Pilot | "Pilot", ITV, 2 January 2012, set in 1965[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) |
| Total output | 36 films: the pilot plus 35 episodes across nine series (2013–2023)[2](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/winter_2022-23_itv_brochure.pdf) |
| Series sizes | Four episodes each for series 1–4, six for series 5, four for series 6, three each for series 7–9[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) |
| Setting | Oxford in each series' year: 1965 (pilot and series 1) through 1972 (series 9)[5](https://www.britishtv.com/endeavour-inspector-morse-faq-key-facts-you-might-have-missed/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) |
| Writer | Russell Lewis wrote all 36 screenplays, roughly 54 hours of television, across the decade of production[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) |
| Final series | Series 9, three films (Prelude, Uniform, Exeunt), ITV1, February–March 2023[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) |
| Audience | Series 8 averaged 4.5 million viewers across all devices, rising to 5.2 million with 28-day viewing[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) |
## Pilot (2012)
The pilot, set in 1965, follows the hunt for a missing schoolgirl that draws Morse back to Oxford, where, deep in a murder investigation led by DI Fred Thursday, he finds himself sidelined, discredited, and at a dead end.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) It aired on 2 January 2012.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
## Series 1 (1965, 2013)
Four episodes aired on ITV in April and May 2013.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Girl" | 14 April 2013 | A young secretarial student dies suddenly at home, and Morse senses there is more to the case than the initial verdict of heart attack.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Fugue" | 21 April 2013 | A killer who appears to strike at random haunts the Oxford twilight, but Morse uncovers an underlying method to the staging of the crimes.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Rocket" | 28 April 2013 | A worker at a missile factory is murdered; Bright wants the case resolved, but Morse remains unconvinced it is open and shut.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Home" | 5 May 2013 | As the shadow of East End villainy falls on Oxford, a hit-and-run claims the life of a professor, and Morse and Thursday must each face their pasts.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
## Series 2 (1966, 2014)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Trove" | 30 March 2014 | A baffling suicide, an anguished father searching for his missing daughter, and the robbery of medieval treasures strain Morse's talents.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Nocturne" | 6 April 2014 | A murder investigation sends Morse and Thursday to a girls' school haunted by memories of an atrocity committed a hundred years earlier.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Sway" | 13 April 2014 | As a multiple murderer strangles married women with a silk stocking, Morse's and Thursday's emotional lives are turned upside down.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Neverland" | 20 April 2014 | As 1966 draws to a close, the body of a disreputable journalist threatens to expose past horrors, and the pair face corruption in Oxford's corridors of power.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
## Series 3 (1967, 2016)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ride" | 3 January 2016 | Jeannie Hearne is spirited away in the night and her body found the next day in the countryside; suspended from duty, Morse begins an investigation of his own.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Arcadia" | 10 January 2016 | An artist dies in a house fire, leaving Oxford police baffled, and Morse is drawn into the world of a Quaker-owned supermarket.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Prey" | 17 January 2017 | A missing persons case takes on a troubling dimension as Morse finds himself in untamed wilderness in the Oxfordshire countryside.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Coda" | 24 January 2016 | Hired to look into the safety of a man's estranged young wife, Morse weighs his future with the police as gangland grudges are dredged up.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
## Series 4 (1967, 2017)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Game" | 8 January 2017 | Throwing himself into work to mask the heartache of Joan Thursday leaving, Morse is consumed by the case of a research scientist found drowned.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Canticle" | 15 January 2017 | When moral crusader Joy Pettybon receives a death threat, Morse must protect her, and is dragged into a war of social attitudes.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Lazaretto" | 22 January 2017 | Whispers of a cursed ward at Cowley General lead Morse into the hospital's dark depths, where he confronts his own ghosts and a chilling secret.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Harvest" | 29 January 2017 | A body discovered on boggy Bramford Mere reveals a new lead in a missing persons case from almost five years earlier, in a case with pagan overtones.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
## Series 5 (1968, 2018)
The only six-episode series.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Muse" | 4 February 2018 | Morse barely meets a young new apprentice before both are thrust into an investigation in which sadistic murders accompany the auction of a Fabergé egg at an Oxford college.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Cartouche" | 11 February 2018 | Hollywood glamour comes to Oxford as a horror movie sequel begins filming, and the unexplained poisoning of a former detective sergeant leads to a local cinema.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Passenger" | 18 February 2018 | The disappearance of a local woman links to the unsolved murder of a teenager killed years earlier, while Thursday investigates a lorry hijack tied to gangster Eddie Nero.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Colours" | 25 February 2018 | A photoshoot on an army base turns sinister when a model is found dead, and Sam Thursday is revealed to be involved; Morse and Strange lead an investigation without their mentor for the first time.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 5 | "Quartet" | 4 March 2018 | An assassination attempt at an international sporting event draws Morse into espionage, big business, and a long-held secret at the heart of the Oxford community.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 6 | "Icarus" | 11 March 2018 | After a teacher's mysterious disappearance, Morse goes undercover at a public school, while Cowley Station faces closure.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
## Series 6 (1969, 2019)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pylon" | 10 February 2019 | Back in uniform on a lonely country patch, Morse discovers the body of a missing schoolgirl, bringing Castle Gate CID, now staffed by Thursday and the newly promoted DCI Ronnie Box, into the case.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 2 | "Apollo" | 17 February 2019 | As the Apollo 11 moon landings draw near, Morse investigates the deaths of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend, first read as a tragic car accident.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 3 | "Confection" | 24 February 2019 | The murder of chocolate factory owner Greville Creswell during a local hunt leads Morse to the village of Chigton Green.[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide) |
| 4 | "Degüello" | 3 March 2019 | Listed by TVmaze without a published synopsis in the retrieved guide.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) |
## Series 7 (1970, 2020)
Three films aired in February 2020.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Oracle" | 9 February 2020 |
| 2 | "Raga" | 16 February 2020 |
| 3 | "Zenana" | 23 February 2020 |
"Oracle" was filmed in part at Radcliffe Square, Oxford.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9878010/locations/)
## Series 8 (1971, 2021)
Three films aired in September 2021, averaging 4.5 million viewers across all devices.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) The series opens in 1971 with a death threat against Oxford Wanderers' star striker Jack Swift, placing Morse and his team in the world of 1970s football.[8](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/shaun-evans-and-roger-allam-return-eighth-series-endeavour)
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Striker" | 12 September 2021 |
| 2 | "Scherzo" | 19 September 2021 |
| 3 | "Terminus" | 26 September 2021 |
"Striker" was directed by and stars Shaun Evans, and its explosive murder takes place at [Exeter College, Oxford](https://www.edgepedia.org/exeter-college-oxford), where the college's rector was consulted on the script for historical authenticity.[9](https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/final-series-of-endeavour-featuring-exeter-college/)
## Series 9 (1972, 2023)
The ninth and final series was announced in May 2022, when producers Mammoth Screen, screenwriter Russell Lewis, Shaun Evans, and Roger Allam mutually decided to bring the series to a close after ten years.[10](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/media-releases/itv-drama-endeavour-series-nine-statement) Its three films aired on ITV1 from 26 February to 12 March 2023.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
| No. | Title | Original airdate | Premise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Prelude" | 26 February 2023 | Set in Spring 1972: two unexplained deaths seem to lead to the Oxford Concert Orchestra, while a body in a derelict warehouse stokes fears that London criminal interests have again found their way to Oxford. Directed by Shaun Evans.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) |
| 2 | "Uniform" | 5 March 2023 | A crime wave has taken hold of Oxford, and the death of a uniformed policeman shocks everyone. Directed by Nirpal Bhogal.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) • [11](https://www.wvia.org/shows/endeavour) |
| 3 | "Exeunt" | 12 March 2023 | A series of cryptic death notices provides clues to Morse's final investigation, as he and Thursday finally dig into Blenheim Vale and the trauma it hides. Directed by Kate Saxon.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) • [11](https://www.wvia.org/shows/endeavour) • [12](https://www.wttw.com/playlist/recaps/endeavour) |
A companion documentary, *Morse and the Last Endeavour: A MASTERPIECE Mystery! Special*, accompanied the finale.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes) • [11](https://www.wvia.org/shows/endeavour)
## Production notes
Every film is a single self-contained mystery written by Russell Lewis, who penned all 36 screenplays, roughly 54 hours of television, over the decade of production.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9) [Colin Dexter](https://www.edgepedia.org/colin-dexter), whose first Morse story was published in 1975, acted as a consultant to the producers.[13](https://morseandlewisandendeavour.com/2016/06/02/endeavour-series-4-press-release/) Filming is centered in Oxford, whose largely unchanged center, particularly Radcliffe Square, stands in for the 1960s and 1970s city.[14](https://tollbit.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/endeavour-series-6-filming-location-guide/) The series has been sold to over 200 territories worldwide, with [ITV Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/itv-studios) handling international distribution.[1](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9)
## References
1. [Endeavour S9 media pack, ITV Press Centre](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/media-packs/endeavour-s9)
2. [ITV Winter 2022–23 drama brochure (PDF)](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/winter_2022-23_itv_brochure.pdf)
3. [Endeavour, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/endeavour)
4. [Endeavour – Episode List, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodes)
5. [Endeavour & Inspector Morse FAQ, BritishTV.com](https://www.britishtv.com/endeavour-inspector-morse-faq-key-facts-you-might-have-missed/)
6. [Endeavour – Episode Guide, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1268/endeavour/episodeguide)
7. ["Endeavour" Oracle (2020) filming locations, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9878010/locations/)
8. [Shaun Evans and Roger Allam return for eighth series of Endeavour, ITV Press Centre](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/shaun-evans-and-roger-allam-return-eighth-series-endeavour)
9. [Action and explosions on release of final series of Endeavour, featuring Exeter College](https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/final-series-of-endeavour-featuring-exeter-college/)
10. [ITV Drama Endeavour – Series 9 statement, ITV Press Centre](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/presscentre/media-releases/itv-drama-endeavour-series-nine-statement)
11. [Endeavour, WVIA (PBS)](https://www.wvia.org/shows/endeavour)
12. [Endeavour Episode Recaps, WTTW Chicago](https://www.wttw.com/playlist/recaps/endeavour)
13. [Endeavour Series 4: Press Release, Morse, Lewis and Endeavour](https://morseandlewisandendeavour.com/2016/06/02/endeavour-series-4-press-release/)
14. [Where is Endeavour series six filmed?, RadioTimes.com](https://tollbit.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/endeavour-series-6-filming-location-guide/)
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