Endeavour is a British television detective drama series created by Russell Lewis and co-produced by Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece in association with ITV Studios. It is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse series and was first broadcast on ITV1 in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2012 and on PBS in the United States on 1 July 2012, as part of the Masterpiece Mystery! anthology. Nine series have been made, with the last broadcast on 12 March 2023.[1]
Series 7 took place in 1970, with Russell Lewis writing the episodes. In the US, series 7 aired on consecutive Sundays, August 9–23, 2020 on PBS as Masterpiece Theater.
Series 8 was broadcast from 12 September 2021 and took place in 1971, with Russell Lewis writing and Shaun Evans, Ian Aryeh and Kate Saxon directing the episodes.[2]
Series 9 was broadcast on 26 February 2023, with all three episodes set in 1972. It is the final series produced, by agreement of PBS Masterpiece, ITV and the cast. Russell Lewis wrote all episodes, with Shaun Evans, Nirpal Bhogal and Kate Saxon directing. The story comes to its logical end, telling how Inspector Morse developed into the character of the Morse series, across 72 hours of television episodes in ten years. Filming started in Oxford on 22 May 2022.[3] [4] The announcement of the final series was made a week or so before series 8 began airing in the US on 19 June 2022.[5] The formal release for audiences in the United States, via PBS 'Masterpiece' was Sunday, June 18 at 9:00 p.m.[6]