Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock
09:10 am - 11:20 am, Tuesday, January 13 on ITV3 (10)
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Last Bus to Woodstock
Season 2, Episode 4
The badly beaten body of 18-year-old clerk Sylvia Kane is found in a pub car park by her boyfriend John Sanders. Called in to investigate, Morse finds a coded letter in her bag and sets about trying to decipher it, gradually unravelling a tangled web of hidden passion and corruption at the insurance office where she worked. John Thaw and Kevin Whately star, with Anthony Bate, Terrence Hardiman, Jill Baker, Holly Aird and Ingrid Lacey
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
Anthony Bate
(Actor)
.. Bernard Crowther
Terrence Hardiman
(Actor)
.. Clive Palmer
Jill Baker
(Actor)
.. Jennifer Coleby
Holly Aird
(Actor)
.. Angie Hartman
Ingrid Lacey
(Actor)
.. Mary Widdowson
Fabia Drake
(Actor)
.. Mrs Jarman
Paul Geoffrey
(Actor)
.. Peter Newlove
Peter Woodthorpe
(Actor)
.. Max
Shirley Dixon
(Actor)
.. Margaret Crowther
Ian Sears
(Actor)
.. John Sanders
Perry Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Jimmy
Shirley Stelfox
(Actor)
.. Mrs Kane
Jenny Jay
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Kane
Diana Payan
(Actor)
.. Vikki Phillips
Anne Havard
(Actor)
.. Sally
Vass Anderson
(Actor)
.. Mr Bentley
Jo Unwin
(Actor)
.. Receptionist
Steph Branwell
(Actor)
.. Senior Sister
Ian Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Time and Motion Expert
Amanda Wenban
(Actor)
.. Typist
Kate Percival
(Actor)
.. Lab Assistant
PJ Davidson
(Actor)
.. Gamekeeper
Dave Roberts
(Actor)
.. Police officer
Steven Law
(Actor)
.. Shop assistant
Paul Lawrence Davis
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Kenny McBain
(Producer)
Peter Duffell
(Director)
Michael Wilcox
(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.
Anthony Bate
(Actor)
.. Bernard Crowther
Terrence Hardiman
(Actor)
.. Clive Palmer
Jill Baker
(Actor)
.. Jennifer Coleby
Holly Aird
(Actor)
.. Angie Hartman
Ingrid Lacey
(Actor)
.. Mary Widdowson
Fabia Drake
(Actor)
.. Mrs Jarman
Paul Geoffrey
(Actor)
.. Peter Newlove
Peter Woodthorpe
(Actor)
.. Max
Shirley Dixon
(Actor)
.. Margaret Crowther
Ian Sears
(Actor)
.. John Sanders
Perry Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Jimmy
Born:
May 29, 1962
in
Canning Town
Early-life:
Perry was born in Canning Town on May 29, 1962. He has a sister, Tracey, and two brothers, Faron and Lee. He went on to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He had minor roles in a number of TV shows, including Tucker's Luck, Bergerac and Inspector Morse, before landing a recurring role on the hugely popular sitcom Watching.
Best Known For:
Playing Billy Mitchell in EastEnders.
Career:
Throughout the 1990s, Fenwick made guest appearances in the likes of Lovejoy, Minder, Pie in the Sky, Shine on Harvey Moon, Ellington, Casualty and The Bill. His big break came in 1998 when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Billy Mitchell.
Quote:
"People believe Walford does exist."
Trivia:
He filmed his 1,000th episode of EastEnders in August 2010.
Shirley Stelfox
(Actor)
.. Mrs Kane
Jenny Jay
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Kane
Diana Payan
(Actor)
.. Vikki Phillips
Anne Havard
(Actor)
.. Sally
Vass Anderson
(Actor)
.. Mr Bentley
Jo Unwin
(Actor)
.. Receptionist
Steph Branwell
(Actor)
.. Senior Sister
Ian Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Time and Motion Expert
Amanda Wenban
(Actor)
.. Typist
Kate Percival
(Actor)
.. Lab Assistant
PJ Davidson
(Actor)
.. Gamekeeper
Dave Roberts
(Actor)
.. Police officer
Steven Law
(Actor)
.. Shop assistant
Paul Lawrence Davis
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Kenny McBain
(Producer)
Peter Duffell
(Director)
Michael Wilcox
(Writer)
