Inspector Morse: Fat Chance

Series 5, episode 2

Directed by
Roy Battersby

Originally Aired On: Wednesday, 27 February 1991

The fatal poisoning of a deaconess who was about to become Oxford's first female chaplain makes Morse wonder whether the city's conservative clerics could be hiding a deadly secret. Further investigation uncovers a connection between the murder and a weight loss clinic. John Thaw stars, with Kevin Whately and Zoe Wanamaker (My Family)

Cast

Image for John ThawJohn Thaw...Chief Inspector Morse
Image for Kevin WhatelyKevin Whately...Det. Sgt. Robert Lewis
Maurice Denham...Reverend Lance Mandeville
David Marshall Grant
David Gant...Reverend Geoffrey Boyd
Julian Gartside...Desmond Kelly
Caroline Ryder...Dinah Newberry
Image for Zoë WanamakerZoë Wanamaker...Emma Pickford
Image for Maggie OMaggie O'Neill...Hilary Dobson
Sarah Carpenter...Victoria Hazlett
Una Brandon-Jones...Nadine Stacey
Arbel Jones...Jane Barnes
Nicholas Selby...Dr. Corder
Eileen Dunwoodie...Mrs. Gardam
Kenneth Haigh...Freddie Galt
Tilly Vosburgh...Irene Saunders
Alan Starkey...Rowlands
Ben Onwukwe...Doctor
William Roberts...Hank Briardale
Dorothea Alexander...Mrs. Hulme
Badi Uzzaman...Chip Van Owner
Josephine Welcome...Judy
James Grout...Chief Superintendent Strange
Maureen Bennett...Val Lewis
Peggy Mount...Nun
Colin Dexter...Man in college grounds when Hilary Dobson goes in for interview
Alma Cullen
Roy Battersby
David Lascelles