Fred Thursday: Last News

Endeavour, the long-running Inspector Morse prequel series, is ending after nine seasons.

Endeavour, the PBS Masterpiece detective drama that stars Shaun Evans and Roger Allam, will return for its ninth and final season June 18.

ITV has announced it is axing its hit detective drama Endeavour after 10 years.The popular police show, which starred English actor Shaun Evans in the leading role of Inspector Morse, has run for eight series with a ninth in the works.Show producers Mammoth Screen, as well as writers Russell Lewis, Roger Allam and Shaun Evans, have mutually agreed to end the show, which means the ninth series shooting in Oxford will be the last.Executive Producer Damien Timmer said in a statement: "Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of TV."Russell always knew where he wanted the series to end, and that Remorseful Day is nearly upon us! We’d like to thank Shaun and Roger and all the other members of the Endeavour family on and off screen, and to the show’s fans both in the U.K.

Sara Vickers, 36, has discussed her eight years on the ITV show and why her character has lasted as long as she has.The star also acknowledged that there was a “mixed response” to her character’s newfound romance with Jim Strange (Sean Rigby), as opposed to her on-screen relationship with titular character Inspector Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans). Sara’s character Joan is the daughter of a young Endeavour’s friend and mentor, Fred Thursday (Roger Allam). Fans have long speculated about a possible romance between the pair, but these hopes were dashed in September when she began getting closer to Police Chief Superintendent Jim.“I know there has been a bit of a mixed response to the Joan/Jim situation,” Sara admitted. “Endeavour has had lots