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Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and Oxford
Heidi Boon Rickard
Richard Lance Keeble
John Mair
其他書名
A Guide Celebrating 35 Years on Screen
出版
Independently Published
, 2021-10-22
主題
Art / Film & Video
ISBN
9798751824754
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FHi8zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This is a comprehensive guide to the Oxford of
Morse
,
Lewis
and
Endeavour
. Nobody else has attempted it and it marks thirty-five years since the first
Morse
on ITV in 1987. The 2021 series of three
Endeavour
episodes may well be the last iteration of the
Morse
franchise. Lips are sealed on that.
At the centre piece of this guide is a walk by the doyenne of Oxford Walking Tours, Heidi Boon Rickard. In eight stops in central Oxford, she covers the filming of the three series very well. Use it as your bible. It is essential and full of surprises. Tucked on to that is a short guide to the Jericho - ten minutes' walk from the city centre - of
Morse
(and
Lewis
). It is after all the scene of the very first TV
Morse
, 'The Dead of Jericho' and a district interesting in its own right. I know - I live there.
But this is much, much more than a dry tourist guide. It is also an informative guide to Morse's creator Colin Dexter: his writings, his leisure activities, his pub-goings, and their place in the city. There is much exciting and stimulating reading in these ten extra chapters. They range from a revealing interview with Dexter to an analysis of the first Morse novel
Last Bus to Woodstock
to the reflections of his editor at Macmillan on their partnership to the inspiration he provided for the writer Cara Hunter and her 'New Morse', Inspector Adam Fawley.
We also examine the credentials of Morse, the policeman, with the former Chief Constable of his force and a retired 'Morse' - and an Oxford DI. We compare the 'late
Morse
' with the 'early
Endeavour
' through the eyes of two academics. We enter the
Morse
Universe through the eyes of one of the biggest fans of the franchise and look at whether Oxford is missing many tricks in not developing Morse tourism. Imagine Stratford without Shakespeare, Bath without Jane Austen - then that would be Oxford without Endeavour Morse.
And for the true believers we set out in two appendices the filmography of the
Morse
franchise and a fuller location guide to the settings for the three series.
By the end, you should be thoroughly immersed in all the facets of 'Morseland'. Enjoy the journey. Start it with Heidi Boon Rickard in St Giles in the city centre just outside those great Oxford landmarks, the Randolph Hotel and the Ashmolean Museum.