Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue

Series 2, episode 1

Directed by
Alastair Reid

Originally Aired On: Friday, 25 December 1987

Morse is called in to investigate when a wealthy American tourist is found dead in her hotel, apparently the victim of a heart attack. But the Oxford detective discovers that her death is somehow linked to the disappearance from the Ashmolean Museum of a priceless Anglo-Saxon antiquity - the Wolvercote Tongue.

Cast

Image for John ThawJohn Thaw...Chief Inspector Morse
Image for Kevin WhatelyKevin Whately...Det. Sgt. Robert Lewis
Image for Simon CallowSimon Callow...Dr. Theodore Kemp
Image for Kenneth CranhamKenneth Cranham...Cedric Downes
Roberta Taylor...Sheila Williams
Peter Woodthorpe...Max - Pathologist
Robert Arden...Eddie Poindexter
Christine Norden...Laura Poindexter
Bill Reimbold...Howard Brown
Helena Stevens...Shirley Brown
John Bloomfield...Phil Aldrich
Mildred Shay...Janet Roscoe
Jane Bertish...Marion Kemp
Christine Kavanagh...Lucy Downes
Cherith Mellor...Fiona Hall
Nicholas Bell...Dr. Swain
Tim Faulkner...Hotel Manager
Iain Ormsby-Knox...Duty Sergeant
Maureen Morris...Nurse
Sara Coward...Lynn - Hotel Receptionist
Ron Copsey...Waiter
Teddie Thompson...Waitress
Colin Dexter...Man Behind Morse in the Chapters Bar of the Randolph Hotel