Inspector Morse · Series 2

The Wolvercote Tongue

S2·E1 · 25 Dec 1987 · 1h 40m

Synopsis

Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.

Cast & crew

Crew

  • Alastair ReidDirector
  • Julian MitchellWriter