Inspector Morse: The Remorseful Day Set

If you?re a fan of the beloved British Inspector, you?ll have no remorse enjoying these four Morse murder mysteries. Award-winning actor John Thaw (Kavanagh Q.C.) returns as the melancholy, enigmatic and romantic Inspector Morse with his able Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately, The English Patient) in ? The Daughters of Cain, Death is Now My Neighbor, The Wench Is Dead and The Remorseful Day. Come to Oxford and join Morse for a caseload that includes suicide, drug abuse, murderous neighbors and wrongful death. Discover truth, justice and fantastic mysteries in the series hailed as, ?Serious entertainment of the highest order? by Entertainment Weekly. Loaded with DVD extras, this is a must-have for fans!

Season 9, Episode 1: The Daughters of Cain
Original Air Date: 27 November 1996
Felix McClure, an Oxford University professor, is stabbed to death in his college study. Not only was he an expert in his field but he was one of the University's key fund-raisers. The investigation focuses on Brooks, a one-time cleaner for McClure who quit his college job abruptly after a student, Mathew Rodway, jumped out of a college window high on drugs. When Morse learns that Brooks' daughter was the object of affection for both Rodway and another student, he has another possible suspect. Brooks' wife also worked for one of McClure's friends and Morse uncovers a conspiracy that he may not be able to prove.

Season 10, Episode 1: Death Is Now My Neighbour
Original Air Date: 19 November 1997
Rachel James is shot through her kitchen window while having breakfast early one morning. She was having an affair with Dr. Julian Storrs, an Oxford professor who is a candidate for Master of Lonsdale College. When her next door neighbor is also killed however, Morse determines that the shooting of James may have been in error. Morse also suspects that he may have been a blackmailer. Both Storrs an his rival for the Masters position, Denis Cornford had secrets that would make them suspects. Morse determines that several others also had things to hide and any one of them could have committed the murders.

Season 11, Episode 1: The Wench Is Dead
Original Air Date: 11 November 1998
Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. While there, he takes an interest in a 140 year-old case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of young woman traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in two men being hanged and Morse believes there was a miscarriage of justice. With Lewis away at the Inspectors course Supt. Strange, who has counseled Morse to take early retirement, assigns fast-track university graduate PC Adrian Kershaw to do some leg work for him. Morse determines that a fraud took place and that the victim may have been someone else altogether.

Season 12, Episode 1: The Remorseful Day
Original Air Date: 15 November 2000
A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.

Extra Feature: The Story of Morse.

BAFTA® Awards
1991, 1992 - Best Drama Series
1992, 2002 - John Thaw - Best Actor
Lew Grade Award for The Remorseful Day

John Thaw and Sheila Hancock, bot veteran actors and well aware of the tribulations of their craft, had three daughters who initially wanted to make a go at acting. "I pray all the time that they will give up acting," says Hancock. "If I get a sniff of them doing anything different, I encourage them."