ITV announced last year that series nine would be the last and the final episode last night was followed by a special documentary, Morse & the last Endeavour. From the original Inspector Morse series (1987-2000), through to the spin-off Lewis (2006-2015) and Endeavour, which explored the detective’s back story in 1960s an early 1970s Oxford, the story of Inspector Morse has finally come to an end. The pilot episode of Endeavour was screened in 2012 and attracted 8.
2 million viewers and ever since Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as DCI Fred Thursday - plus a strong supporting cast have kept viewers tuning in. Janice Troup, head of ITV programme publicity, confirmed that millions of viewers have been tuning in to the final series. She said: "The first episode of Endeavour series 9 - Prelude - which aired on Sunday, February 26, consolidated with an audience of five million viewers.
"Last night's Endeavour finale - Exeunt - achieved an overnight audience of 3.9 million, with a 24.3% share and a peak audience of 4.
3 million. "This figure will rise during the seven-day ratings consolidation period." Series one, four and six all got an average UK audience of about seven million viewers, while series seven got 6.
8 million viewers. The TV role of Inspector Morse, first played by John Thaw, is based on the character created by Oxford author Colin Dexter, who had a number of cameo roles in the three series. Featuring interviews with all the main cast members, the documentary.
