Long before he became the world-weary inspector fans of the original Inspector Morse remember, a young constable named Endeavour Morse was learning the job on the streets of 1960s Oxford — and that's where this prequel series picks him up.
What is Endeavour about?
Endeavour follows the early career of Morse as a police constable finding his footing in Oxford, paired with his senior partner DI Fred Thursday. Case by case, the two work through investigations that test Morse's sharp instincts and his patience with procedure alike, while the show slowly fills in how the famously prickly, opera-loving detective of later years came to be. The 1960s setting gives the mysteries a period texture — university politics, class friction, and a city still finding its postwar footing — that sits underneath the crime plots without ever overwhelming them.
About the cast
Shaun Evans plays Morse opposite Roger Allam's DI Fred Thursday, a partnership that anchors the series across its run. James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby, Caroline O'Neill, Abigail Thaw, Sara Vickers and Anton Lesser fill out the recurring Oxford police and university world the two detectives move through.
Context & significance
Endeavour belongs to the crime, drama and mystery tradition, built as a prequel that expands the Inspector Morse universe rather than simply reworking it. Episodes run close to feature length, closer to a series of standalone mystery films than a typical weekly procedural, giving each case room to breathe and letting the period detail of 1960s Oxford do real work.
Watching Endeavour on Ktime
Endeavour is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, and no separate purchase is needed once you've signed in. The series comes with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, part of K-Time's Farsi-first catalogue built for Iranian viewers wherever they're watching from.