Produced by Mammoth and Masterpiece for ITVStudios, this period crime drama was devised as
the prequel to the acclaimed series Inspector
Morse, which ran from 1987 to 2000 and earned
six BAFTA awards. Like Morse and its sequel
series, Lewis (2000 to 2015), Endeavour is set in
Oxford.
Shaun Evans now portrayed the young Endeavour
Morse (created by Colin Dexter), who began his
career as a Detective Constable with the City Police
CID at Cowley in 1965.
Following a successful pilot episode (renamed
Overture with the rebranding of ITVX), the first
full season was originally broadcast in the spring
of 2013 - a repeat run began on ITV3 today.
These five cases featured Roger Allam (as DI Fred
Thursday), Jack Laskey (DS Jakes), Sean Rigby
(PC Strange), James Bradshaw (Dr. DeBryn),
Anton Lesser (CS Bright), Jamie Glover, and a
total of thirty-nine Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:
Pilot (UK TX: January 2 2012)
- Ian Gelder (Tremlett) was Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then provided the Remnant voices in The Ghost Monument, was Zellin in Can You Hear Me?, and voiced Dracula/Long John Silver for Legend of the Cybermen (2010)
- Danny Webb (DS Lott here; Pollock in Lewis) was John Jefferson in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, then voiced Byron for The Girl Who Never Was (2007) and Ori for The Dark Husband (2008)
- Abigail Thaw (Dorothea Frazil) voiced Dr. Phillippa Stone for The Lady of Mercia, Zaadur for Lords of the Red Planet (both 2013), High Vector Salaskin for The War Master 7 (2022), Zanna for 1922: The Black Cadre, and Elena Shishkin for 1974: The Caldwell Restitution (both 2026)
- Maggie Ollerenshaw (Mrs. Crabbin) voiced Audrey McShane for Love and War (2012), Allora for Gallifrey 6 (2013), and Dame Wilhelmina Gussett for The Woman in White (2016)
- Harry Kershaw (Percival) voiced Narthex for The Abyss (2022)
- David Monteath (PC) voiced Herald/Brother Marcus/Farmer Hennok for The Quin Dilemma, and was Narrator of The Ultimate Poe (both 2024)
- Daisy [May] Head (Jenny) voiced Renata for Reformation (2025)
- Colm McCarthy was director of The Bells of Saint John too
- Gavin Struthers was cinematographer on The Power of Three too
- ADR mixer Nick Roberts was sound recordist on The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood and The Lodger
- SFX supervisor Chris Reynolds was a SFX technician on Terror of the Vervoids and Battlefield
- stunt co-ordinator Stuart Clark was a stuntman on Dalek, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways
- Edward Bazalgette was also director of The Doctor's Meditation, The Girl Who Died, The Woman Who Lived, The Return of Doctor Mysterio and Class
- Luke [William] Allen Gale (Clark) voiced Joe Carnaby for Blood on Santa's Claw and Other Stories (2019)
- Jonathan Guy Lewis (Monkford) voiced Marcus Bray for After the Daleks (2021)
- Albert Welling (Clark here; Stoneley in Morse: The Last Enemy) was the Fuhrer in Let's Kill Hitler
- Greg Bennett (Constable here & Lewis) was Guard in Dalek, UNIT Soldier/Sycorax Warrior in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
- John Flanagan (Greaves here; Mangold in Lewis) co-wrote Meglos
- Stephan Pehrsson was also the cinematographer on ten stories (from The Pandorica Opens to The Crimson Horror)
- Kiaran Murray-Smith was also first assistant director on Amy's Choice and The Lodger
- Tom Lucy was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixteen stories (from Smith and Jones to The Next Doctor)
- Joanna Horton (Linda here; Selina in Harvest) voiced Brooke 1 for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
- Lex [Alexander Carey] Shrapnel (Adamson) voiced Robin Marshall for Shadow of the Past, and Toby for The Spirit Trap (both 2010)
- Robin Soans (Straker here; McBryde in The Way Through the Woods) was Luvic in The Keeper of Traken, and the Chronolock Guy in Face the Raven
- Michelle Morris (Neighbour) was School Secretary in Into the Dalek, and voiced Brenna for The Invention of Death (2018)
- Laura Rees (Faye) voiced Kaymee Arnod for Dalek Empire 3 (2003), Tyrus for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016), and Deborah/Major Harris for The Bad Penny (2018)
- Kelly Price (Evelyn) voiced Queen Meta for Genesis of the Cybermen (2025)
- Claire Vousden (Miss Crane) voiced the First Elder/Investigator for Sphere of Influence (2020)
- Martin Jarvis (Broom here; Rees in Greeks Bearing Gifts) was Hilio in The Web Planet, Butler in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and the Governor in Vengeance on Varos, then voiced Nigel Rochester for Jubilee (2003)
- James Northcote (Broom) voiced Freddie Trewella for The Miracle of Pendour Cove (2025)
- Craige Els (Worker) was Karvanista in Flux, and Chief in Legend of the Sea Devils
- John Pardue was cinematographer on An Adventure in Space and Time too
- Daniel Bishop (here & Ride) was steadicam operator on The Husbands of River Song too
- Lloyd McGuire (Ayres) was Lugo in The Face of Evil
- Clive Wood (Kasper) was the Roman Commander in The Pandorica Opens, then voiced Commander Rugosa for The Rosemariners (2012), Dibbsworth for Peepshow (2019), Bird for Must See TV (2020) and Stranded 4, Daddy Dominus/Clubwell for For the Glory of Urth (both 2021), and Director Draaga for Dominant Species (2024)
- Poppy Miller (Millicent) voiced Vykane for The Conservitors, Madame La Chappelle for The Edge of the War (both 2023), Professor Veronica Hays for The Time You Never Had (2025), and Anne for Oil and Water (2026)
- Kelly Adams (Cynthia) voiced Vyx Leeson for Below There (2023)
- film editor Mark Davis edited The Bells of Saint John too
