Russell Lewis: Last News

ITV's Endeavour is coming to an end after 10 years. The detective drama show, which is currently filming its ninth series in Oxford, hit our screens in 2012.

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.

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

BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer, has acquired ITV’s John Simm drama Grace for the U.S. and Canada. The service will premiere the drama on April 27.

direct to your inboxIf crime dramas are your thing, then ITV may have just the show for you.The highly-anticipated series Grace is the channel's latest offering and it begins tonight (Sunday) at 8pm - straight after the Dancing On Ice final.Acclaimed screenwriter and Endeavour creator, Russell Lewis, has adapted Peter James' international bestseller, Dead Simple, his debut novel from the award-winning Roy Grace series.John Simm takes the lead role of the tenacious detective who is tormented by the disappearance of his wife six years ago.Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been demoted and should be working on cold cases.

New ITV series Grace launches its first episode next month, with a second film planned for later in the year.