ITV Brings Back Endeavour for Season Four

LONDON: The detective drama Endeavour, a prequel to Inspector Morse, will return to ITV for a fourth season.

Mammoth Screen will begin production on the next installment in late spring. The new story is set in 1967. Shaun Evans (War Book, The Scandalous Lady W) returns to star as the young Morse.

Scripts will once again be written by Russell Lewis, who also wrote for Inspector Morse and created Endeavour. Colin Dexter, whose first Morse story was published in 1975, continues his association with the drama, acting as a consultant to Endeavour producers.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment distributes Endeavour internationally.

Lewis commented, “#TeamEndeavour looks forward to welcoming you back to Cowley Police Station early next year—when we reopen the 1960s casebook of Detective Constable Endeavour Morse and unravel a set of brand-new murder mysteries.”

Damien Timmer, the managing director of Mammoth Screen, added, “It’s a privilege to revisit Oxford in 1967 to savor Russell Lewis’s impeccably crafted and multi-layered scripts and enjoy the dream team partnership of Shaun Evans and Roger Allam as DC Morse and DI Thursday. The series is enjoyed by fans the world over and this next chapter of the Endeavour Morse story will keep viewers everywhere on the edge of their seats!”

ITV’s director of drama, Steve November, commented, “We’re delighted with the audience’s reaction to Endeavour and it was an easy decision to recommission due to the quality of the scripts from Russell Lewis and the excellent production values from Damien and his production team.”