TV - Endeavour

ITV have announced that the ninth series of Endeavour, currently filming in Oxford, will be the last one ...

Press Release

After 10 phenomenally successful years, producers Mammoth Screen, and screenwriter Russell Lewis, Shaun Evans and Roger Allam have mutually decided to bring the internationally renowned Endeavour to a close, and the series currently filming in Oxford will be the last.

ITV’s drama commissioning team respectfully accepted this creative decision and extended heartfelt thanks to everyone associated with Endeavour who have made the drama such a well loved part of the UK’s drama landscape. ITV particularly thanked Damien Timmer, Russell Lewis, Shaun Evans and Roger Allam who have created television history following in the footsteps of Morse’s acclaimed creator, the late, great, Colin Dexter and the much missed John Thaw.

Executive Producer Damien Timmer on behalf of producers, Mammoth Screen, said, “Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of tv. Russell always knew where he wanted the series to end, and that Remorseful Day is nearly upon us! We’d like to thank Shaun and Roger and all the other members of the Endeavour family on and off screen, and to the show’s fans both in the U.K. and abroad. Russell has many surprises up his sleeve for the final three films, with the return of some familiar faces and new challenges for Endeavour and Thursday to face before the final goodbye!”

Endeavour first aired on ITV as a single film on 2nd January 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse's television debut. Since then, 32 more films have been broadcast with a further three currently in production, bringing the total to 36.

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