Inspector Morse: Second Time Around
06:35 am - 08:50 am, Sunday, May 31 on ITV3 (10)
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Second Time Around
Season 5, Episode 1
The mysterious death of a former police commissioner forces a reluctant Morse to team up with old professional rival Chief Inspector Dawson. As they and Sergeant Lewis begin to investigate, a link is uncovered to the unsolved case of a girl murdered 18 years previously. John Thaw stars, with Kevin Whately, Kenneth Colley and Christopher Eccleston
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
Jenny Laird
(Actor)
.. Mrs Keelan
Oliver Ford Davies
(Actor)
.. Frederick Redpath
Kenneth Colley
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Strange
Maurice Bush
(Actor)
.. Charlie Hillian
Ann Bell
(Actor)
.. Catherine Dawson
Mark Draper
(Actor)
.. Angry policeman
Simon Adams
(Actor)
.. Incontinent policeman
Pat Heywood
(Actor)
.. Mrs Mitchell
Christopher Eccleston
(Actor)
.. Terence Mitchell
Peter Waddington
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Liz Kettle
(Actor)
.. WPC
David Baukham
(Actor)
.. Desk sergeant
Adie Allen
(Actor)
.. Barbara Redpath
Sam Kelly
(Actor)
.. Walter Majors
Claude Le Sache
(Actor)
.. French man
Pamela Stirling
(Actor)
.. French woman
Shanaz Pakravan
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Robert Goodale
(Actor)
.. Reardon
Helena McCarthy
(Actor)
.. Rose Lapsley
Neale McGrath
(Actor)
.. Cowan
Russell Kilmister
(Actor)
.. John Mitchell
Peter Gordon
(Actor)
.. Parks
Matthew Green
(Actor)
.. Official
Simon Coady
(Actor)
.. Street preacher
David Lascelles
(Producer)
Adrian Shergold
(Director)
Daniel Boyle
(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.
Jenny Laird
(Actor)
.. Mrs Keelan
Oliver Ford Davies
(Actor)
.. Frederick Redpath
Kenneth Colley
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Strange
Maurice Bush
(Actor)
.. Charlie Hillian
Ann Bell
(Actor)
.. Catherine Dawson
Mark Draper
(Actor)
.. Angry policeman
Simon Adams
(Actor)
.. Incontinent policeman
Pat Heywood
(Actor)
.. Mrs Mitchell
Christopher Eccleston
(Actor)
.. Terence Mitchell
Born:
February 16, 1964
in
Salford
Best Known For:
Doctor Who.
Early-life:
Christopher Eccleston was born on February 16, 1964, in Salford, Manchester, but raised in Eccles. His father worked in a factory, and he knew he didn't want to follow in his footsteps, preferring to dream of a career as a Manchester United footballer. However, he realised he was better at acting than soccer, so after studying at Salford Technical College, he enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career:
Following his graduation in 1986, Eccleston spent several years without an acting job, making ends meet as a labourer. He eventually made his professional stage debut at the Bristol Old Vic, and gained plaudits for his first film, Let Him Have It. Major roles in Cracker, Shallow Grave and Our Friends in the North made him an instantly recognisable figure. He's since appeared in such projects as Jude, Hillsborough, Elizabeth, The Others, 24 Hour Party People, 28 Days Later, and The Second Coming. In 2005 he became the ninth official Doctor Who, but quit after one series to avoid being typecast. He's since appeared in Heroes, GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra, Lennon Naked, Accused, The Shadow Line, and HBO drama The Leftovers.
Quote:
'I don't want to be thought of as the Doctor to the exclusion of everything else I've done or may do.'
Trivia:
He supports Manchester United and used to be a regular marathon runner.
Peter Waddington
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Liz Kettle
(Actor)
.. WPC
David Baukham
(Actor)
.. Desk sergeant
Adie Allen
(Actor)
.. Barbara Redpath
Sam Kelly
(Actor)
.. Walter Majors
Claude Le Sache
(Actor)
.. French man
Pamela Stirling
(Actor)
.. French woman
Shanaz Pakravan
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Robert Goodale
(Actor)
.. Reardon
Helena McCarthy
(Actor)
.. Rose Lapsley
Neale McGrath
(Actor)
.. Cowan
Russell Kilmister
(Actor)
.. John Mitchell
Peter Gordon
(Actor)
.. Parks
Matthew Green
(Actor)
.. Official
Simon Coady
(Actor)
.. Street preacher
David Lascelles
(Producer)
Adrian Shergold
(Director)
Daniel Boyle
(Writer)
