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he 1970s and three new mysteries beckon for DS Morse and his CID colleagues in the seventh series of Endeavour. Here, Shaun tells us more…
Where do we find Morse at the beginning of the new series? It’s New Year’s Eve 1969 and Morse is in Venice. He’s also bought a flat and decided to stay in Oxford. With that comes new friendships and a romance.
DCI Thursday is back, too
Is it a relationship that’s going to last? Morse meets a woman at the opera and, given that they’re both away from home and it’s New Year’s Eve, they start a romance, but there’s something unattainable about her.
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What’s Morse’s relationship with DCI Fred Thursday like now? In the later books and the Inspector Morse TV series, Thursday is never mentioned, so we need to give a reason for that. Something begins to happen between them that is irreconcilable. Why has Morse shaved off the moustache he had in the last series? One of the great things about doing something long-term is that you can
show people’s fads and changes. It was just an idea we had and ran with. Apart from Endeavour, what else have you got lined up? I’m working on a new TV show with a director who I’ve been dying to work with for ages, and I’m adapting a book. I've got lots of things going on! ✱ Endeavour is on ITV
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Rita Tushingham stars in The Pale Horse on BBC1
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After making her screen debut in the 1961 film A Taste of Honey, Rita won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her role as pregnant schoolgirl Jo. She’s since starred in other films, including the 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago, and is also known for playing Celia Higgins in the sitcom Bread (1988). In recent years, she’s had TV roles in Marple and New Tricks, as well as BBC3 zombie drama In the Flesh.
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Rita is among the cast of BBC1’s new two-part Agatha Christie mystery, The Pale Horse. The two-parter follows Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell), who tries to unravel the mystery surrounding a list of names in the shoe of a dead woman. He’s led to a trio of women — including Rita as Bella — who are rumoured to be witches but, as the bodies mount up, is there a more rational explanation for the murders?
