Morse’s State of Play

Chris Sullivan’s blog, Morse, Lewis and Endeavour, today brings a modicum of news about the forthcoming—and reportedly final—new series of Endeavour. As an ITV-TV press release explains,

Filming has begun on the eighth series of critically-acclaimed detective drama, Endeavour, with lead actor Shaun Evans directing the first of the three new films.

Shaun Evans reprises his role as DS Endeavour Morse, alongside Roger Allam as DCI Fred Thursday for a new set of compelling cases written and created by Russell Lewis. …

Opening the series in 1971, a death threat to Oxford Wanderers’ star striker Jack Swift places Endeavour ... and his team at the heart of the glitz and glamour of 1970s football, exposing the true cost of success and celebrity, and with it, a deep-rooted division that is soon reflected much closer to home.

You will find the full media alert here.