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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The British author Colin Dexter (1930-2017) is responsible for creating one of the most iconic fictional detectives: Endeavour Morse, known to millions around the world as ‘Inspector Morse’ (although Morse was always, in fact, already a Chief Inspector).
Mar 22, 2017 · I think it’s no exaggeration to say PD James, Ruth Rendell, Reginald Hill and Colin Dexter were the modern equivalent of Christie, Allingham, Sayers and Marsh. We still, thank heavens, have the ...
Mar 21, 2017 · By William Grimes. March 21, 2017. Colin Dexter, a British mystery writer whose irascible, poetry-loving detective, Chief Inspector Morse, pursued clues and cask-conditioned ale through 13...
Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) produced between 6 January 1987 and 15 November 2000.
Mar 23, 2017 · But Colin Dexter was a novelist whose stories proved to be peculiarly suited to TV, in allowing unusually detailed examination of faces and places. His Morse and Lewis changed TV crime drama for ...
Mar 21, 2017 · PA. Colin Dexter received an OBE for services to literature in 2000. Colin Dexter, who wrote the Inspector Morse books, has died at the age of 86. His publisher said in a statement on...
Recorded August 2007 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Bookclub. Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer. He was known for his Inspector Morse novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as a television series from 1987 to 2000.
