Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Angela Morant, John Normington, Maurice O'Connell, Judy Campbell, Michael Hordern, Peter Woodthorpe, Simon Callow

Director: Peter Hammond

Summary: In 'Service Of All The Dead' a church warden is found dead in his vestry. Inspector Morse is put on the case. Before long he has five murders to solve... Also 'The Wolvercote Tongue'. Based on the novels by Colin Dexter.

This collection presents two more feature-length episodes of the popular television mystery series, INSPECTOR MORSE. In SERVICE OF ALL THE DEAD, when a clergyman is found with a knife in his chest the inspector (John Thaw) looks into the diabolical killing. In THE WOLVERCOTE TONGUE, a famous gem is missing and its owner is killed while telegraphing "m-u-r-d-e-r" in, appropriately enough, Morse code.

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When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women.

At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Production Gallery
Year:	1991
Release Date:	May 20, 2002
Runtime:	204 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 02003
Keywords:	Dead, Two, Pack, General, Mystery, Tongue, Inspector, Morse, Service, Dexter, Colin, All, Tv, Drama, Discs, Whodunnit, Wolvercote
Genre:	Mystery/Whodunnit