Endeavour - TV Film (2012) 

Endeavour is a British television detective drama series set in the 1960s. It is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays a young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID. The series is produced for ITV by Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios. 
Plot: In the "pilot" episode (initially meant to be a one-off detective drama), having been transferred to CID after only two years as a uniformed police constable, the young DC Morse soon becomes disillusioned with law enforcement and begins writing a resignation letter. Before he can resign, Morse is sent with other detectives from the Carshall-Newtown Police to the Oxford City Police's Cowley Police Station to assist in investigating the case of a missing fifteen-year-old schoolgirl. Having studied at Oxford gives Morse advantages and disadvantages when dealing with Oxford's "town and gown" divide. His superior, veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday (Roger Allam), the "guv" at the Oxford City Police's CID, sees in him an unblemished detective whom he can trust and takes him under his wing to be his new "bag man" meaning assistant, replacing a corrupt Detective Sergeant.

Created by  Russell Lewis (as deviser)
Based on characters created by Colin  Dexter
Starring      Shaun Evans 
Composer   Barrington Pheloung
References to the Inspector Morse series
​Masterpiece Endeavour Cast Interviews

Deseret News: Shaun Evans puts his own ideas in 'Endeavour', 25 June 2012
​Belfast Telegraph: Shaun Evans excited by young Morse role, 30 December 2011
Daily Mail Online: Endeavour TV series: Actor Shaun Evans plays young Inspector Morse, 30 December 2011
CultBox: Shaun Evans "Endeavour" Interview, 12 December 2011
​​Radio Times: ITV unveils Shaun Evans as the young Endeavour Morse, 3 August 2011

Review: A welcome 'Endeavour' to the Inspector Morse world on PBS, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2012
​ITV Morse drama at Wargrave Auto Centre, getreading.co.uk, 6 January 2012
Colin Dexter and Russell Lewis on Endeavour, Radio Times, 2 January 2012

More videos on Endeavour on the Video Archive and/or TV & Radio Interviews

Promotional and on set Photos

For more pictures please go to the Endeavour Pilot Gallery