Inspector Morse: The Wench Is Dead
09:10 am - 11:20 am, Friday, February 13 on ITV3 (10)
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The Wench Is Dead
Season 8, Episode 4
The Oxford detective is given a book on Victorian crimes while languishing in hospital, and soon becomes obsessed with a murder committed in 1859. Convinced the three men hanged for the crime were innocent, he sets out to solve the long-forgotten case. Starring John Thaw, Lisa Eichhorn, Judy Loe, Matthew Finney, James Grout and Clare Holman
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Lisa Eichhorn
(Actor)
.. Dr. Millicent Van Buren
Judy Loe
(Actor)
.. Adele Cecil
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Strange
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Louisa Lawrenson
(Actor)
.. Nurse Hall
Juliet Cowan
(Actor)
.. Joanna Franks
Philip Quast
(Actor)
.. Mr Benfield
David Keys
(Actor)
.. Walter Towns
Paul Mari
(Actor)
.. Rory Jack Oldfield
Alan Mason
(Actor)
.. Mr Greenaway
Karen Staples
(Actor)
.. Mona
Sara Carver
(Actor)
.. Nurse Fiona
Matthew Finney
(Actor)
.. PC Adrian Kershaw
Aline Mowat
(Actor)
.. Sister Nessie MacLean
Andy Grubb
(Actor)
.. Ward
Kim Durham
(Actor)
.. Alfred Musson
Jonathan Copestake
(Actor)
.. Philip Tomes
Liam Barr
(Actor)
.. Thomas Wootton
Candida Rundle
(Actor)
.. Hannah McNeil
Peter Glancy
(Actor)
.. Jury foreman
Nick Raggett
(Actor)
.. Stevens
Neville Phillips
(Actor)
.. Chaplain
Robert Knights
(Director)
Malcolm Bradbury
(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.
Lisa Eichhorn
(Actor)
.. Dr. Millicent Van Buren
Judy Loe
(Actor)
.. Adele Cecil
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Strange
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Louisa Lawrenson
(Actor)
.. Nurse Hall
Juliet Cowan
(Actor)
.. Joanna Franks
Philip Quast
(Actor)
.. Mr Benfield
David Keys
(Actor)
.. Walter Towns
Paul Mari
(Actor)
.. Rory Jack Oldfield
Alan Mason
(Actor)
.. Mr Greenaway
Karen Staples
(Actor)
.. Mona
Sara Carver
(Actor)
.. Nurse Fiona
Matthew Finney
(Actor)
.. PC Adrian Kershaw
Aline Mowat
(Actor)
.. Sister Nessie MacLean
Andy Grubb
(Actor)
.. Ward
Kim Durham
(Actor)
.. Alfred Musson
Jonathan Copestake
(Actor)
.. Philip Tomes
Liam Barr
(Actor)
.. Thomas Wootton
Candida Rundle
(Actor)
.. Hannah McNeil
Peter Glancy
(Actor)
.. Jury foreman
Nick Raggett
(Actor)
.. Stevens
Neville Phillips
(Actor)
.. Chaplain
Robert Knights
(Director)
Malcolm Bradbury
(Writer)
