Season 2 (1987)
Release date: 1987-12-25
User rating:
7.5 / 10
Episodes (4):
1. The Wolvercote Tongue
Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.
Release date: 1987-12-25
2. Last Seen Wearing
The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's school. But before Morse can unravel the mystery, he finds another.
Release date: 1988-03-08
3. The Settling of the Sun
Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.
Release date: 1988-03-15
4. Last Bus to Woodstock
A young secretary is found dead in a pub car park. Morse suspects murder and uncovers a complex web of relationships - passion and corruption, lies and unhappiness.
Release date: 1988-03-22
Cast
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Cliff Lanning - Third Assistant Director, Callum McDougall - Second Assistant Director, Ted Childs - Executive Producer, David Lascelles - Producer, Chris Burt - Producer, John Thaw - Executive Producer, Ray Frift - Producer, Deirdre Keir - Producer