Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead
09:10 am - 11:15 am, Wednesday, January 7 on ITV3 (10)
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Service of All the Dead
Season 1, Episode 3
The Oxford detective investigates a murder in the vicinity of a quiet country church, whose previous vicar committed suicide. As the case proceeds, he uncovers a sinister nest of evil-doing. John Thaw and Kevin Whately star, with Michael Hordern, Angela Morant and Maurice O'Connell
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
Angela Morant
(Actor)
.. Ruth Rawlinson
Michael Hordern
(Actor)
.. Dr Starkie
Maurice O'Connell
(Actor)
.. Harry Josephs
Judy Campbell
(Actor)
.. Mrs Rawlinson
John Normington
(Actor)
.. Lionel Pawlen
Peter Woodthorpe
(Actor)
.. Max
Norman Jones
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Bell
James Griffiths
(Actor)
.. Paul Morris
Chrissy Iddon
(Actor)
.. Brenda Josephs
Karl Francis
(Actor)
.. Taffy
Michael Goldie
(Actor)
.. Jimmy
Michael Fenner
(Actor)
.. DC Mitchell
Bev Willis
(Actor)
.. Denman
Bill Moody
(Actor)
.. Pole Sergeant
Saul Jephcott
(Actor)
.. Waterman
Stuart Saunders
(Actor)
.. Church warden
James Greene
(Actor)
.. Defence counsel
Robert Gary
(Actor)
.. Prosecuting counsel
Ric Morgan
(Actor)
.. Landlord
Paul Ridley
(Actor)
.. Husband
Maureen Bennett
(Actor)
.. Wife
Andrew Read
(Actor)
.. Peter
Norma Shebbeare
(Actor)
.. Hotel proprietor
Christopher Gray
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Joanna Wake
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Gina McKee
(Actor)
.. Girl in betting shop
Malcolm Kaye
(Actor)
.. Gambler
Salome Bulle
(Actor)
.. Choirboy
Kenny McBain
(Producer)
Peter Hammond
(Director)
Julian Mitchell
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Born:
January 03, 1942
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
John Edward Thaw was born on January 3, 1942, in Manchester. He had a younger brother, Ray, but theirs wasn't an easy childhood. The boys' mother, Dorothy, left home when John was seven, while their father, Jack, was often away working as a long-distance lorry driver. Despite being painfully shy, John began appearing in amateur dramatics productions and eventually won a place at RADA, where he studied alongside his friend, Tom Courteney.
Career:
Thaw's first professional job came at the Liverpool Playhouse. His film debut came in 1962's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which starred Courteney. Thaw worked extensively on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, and early TV roles came in Z Cars and Redcap. But it was The Sweeney, alongside Dennis Waterman, that made him a household name thanks to its uncompromising style. He switched to comedy with Home to Roost, but it was playing Inspector Morse that made him a national treasure. Almost everything he touched then turned to gold; he starred in top-rated dramas such as Kavanagh QC, Goodnight Mister Tom and Buried Treasure. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer of the oesophagus.
Quote:
"I was born looking fifty."
Trivia:
Divorced first wife Sally Alexander after four years and one daughter in 1968. Married Sheila Hancock in 1974. They had a daughter together, and Thaw adopted Hancock's daughter from her first marriage.
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
Born:
February 06, 1951
in
Newcastle upon Tyne
Best Known For:
Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.
Career:
Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.
Quote:
On John Thaw: "John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people."
Trivia:
Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.
Angela Morant
(Actor)
.. Ruth Rawlinson
Michael Hordern
(Actor)
.. Dr Starkie
Maurice O'Connell
(Actor)
.. Harry Josephs
Judy Campbell
(Actor)
.. Mrs Rawlinson
John Normington
(Actor)
.. Lionel Pawlen
Peter Woodthorpe
(Actor)
.. Max
Norman Jones
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Bell
James Griffiths
(Actor)
.. Paul Morris
Chrissy Iddon
(Actor)
.. Brenda Josephs
Karl Francis
(Actor)
.. Taffy
Michael Goldie
(Actor)
.. Jimmy
Michael Fenner
(Actor)
.. DC Mitchell
Bev Willis
(Actor)
.. Denman
Bill Moody
(Actor)
.. Pole Sergeant
Saul Jephcott
(Actor)
.. Waterman
Stuart Saunders
(Actor)
.. Church warden
James Greene
(Actor)
.. Defence counsel
Robert Gary
(Actor)
.. Prosecuting counsel
Ric Morgan
(Actor)
.. Landlord
Paul Ridley
(Actor)
.. Husband
Maureen Bennett
(Actor)
.. Wife
Andrew Read
(Actor)
.. Peter
Norma Shebbeare
(Actor)
.. Hotel proprietor
Christopher Gray
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Joanna Wake
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Gina McKee
(Actor)
.. Girl in betting shop
Born:
April 14, 1964
in
Sunderland
Best Known For:
Our Friends in the North.
Early-life:
Born in Sunderland in 1964, she was raised in Easington, County Durham, by non-theatrical parents. Notoriously reticent at talking about her family, but she does admit to being a highly creative and imaginative child who loved to draw, write stories and act out plays. She became hooked on acting and, while not encouraged by her parents, they didn't stand in her way when she won a role on TV show Quest of Eagles before joining the National Youth Theatre.
Career:
At 17, McKee auditioned but was turned down by drama school. At first, she thought she wouldn't make it in showbusiness, but continued auditioning anyway. She appeared on TV in such programmes as An Actor's Life for Me, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Inspector Morse, and The Lenny Henry Show. McKee also made a handful of movies, most notably Mike Leigh's Naked, before hitting the big time with miniseries Our Friends in the North in 1996, for which she won a Bafta. Since then, she's appeared in such acclaimed projects as Notting Hill, Croupier, The Forsyte Saga, The Lost Prince and The Borgias.
Quote:
"Some people can talk about their private lives to the media, and good luck to them. But I just don't feel comfortable. And I wouldn't be any good at it - showing people around my kitchen or whatever. I'd be pathetic in fact."
Trivia:
In 2002, McKee received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland.
Malcolm Kaye
(Actor)
.. Gambler
Salome Bulle
(Actor)
.. Choirboy
Kenny McBain
(Producer)
Peter Hammond
(Director)
Julian Mitchell
(Writer)
