Morse: 'The Way Through the Woods' (1995), ITV

Overview

Two central characters of Morse and give their ranks, function of Lewis within the partnership and audience did ITV target with the series.

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1. 1

   Identify the 1990s UK crime drama set for study as Morse and give its broadcast details.

   Model answer

   Inspector Morse, Series 8 Episode 1 'The Way Through the Woods' (1995), originally broadcast on ITV.

2. 2

   Who created the character of Morse and in what form did he first appear?

   Model answer

   Morse was created by the novelist Colin Dexter and first appeared in a sequence of crime novels before the television adaptation.

3. 3

   Name the two central characters of Morse and give their ranks.

   Model answer

   Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis.

4. 4

   Where is the series set and why is that setting important?

   Model answer

   It is set in and around Oxford, and the colleges, quadrangles and river construct an image of privileged, ordered England against which the crimes register as intrusions.

5. 5

   How is Morse characterised?

   Model answer

   He is cultured, solitary and irritable, with a taste for opera, real ale and cryptic crosswords, and he solves cases through intuition and pattern-spotting rather than teamwork.

6. 6

   What is the function of Lewis within the partnership?

   Model answer

   Lewis is the plain-speaking working-class counterweight who does the legwork, asks the questions the audience would ask, and supplies the human warmth that Morse withholds.

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