Endeavour Returning for Fifth Season on ITV

LONDON: Mammoth Screen’s detective drama Endeavour has been recommissioned for a fifth season on ITV.

The fifth season of the Inspector Morse prequel series will be extended to run as six feature-length films. Production is scheduled to begin this spring, with broadcast slated for 2018. The new chapter will be set in 1968 and continue to be written by creator Russell Lewis.

Lewis said: “The prospect of creating further chapters in Morse’s secret history is always exciting, but expanding our quartet of investigations to a sextet gives us the opportunity to deliver a truly epic year in the life of Colin Dexter’s immortal creation.”

Executive producer Tom Mullens added, “We’re delighted that Endeavour will return next year with another set of striking stories from Russell Lewis and once again it’s an honor to have Shaun Evans and Roger Allam on board, bringing Morse and Thursday exquisitely to life in the ‘revolutionary’ world of 1968.”

ITV’s head of drama, Polly Hill, said, “Endeavour continues to be hugely popular with ITV audiences, and we’re delighted to announce that it’ll be returning for an extended fifth [season]. Russell Lewis’s scripts are always immensely intriguing and gripping, and Mammoth Screen consistently delivers high-quality drama.”

ITV Studios Global Entertainment distributes Endeavour internationally.