ITV Commissions Endeavor, a Made-for-Television Film Featuring a Younger Inspector Morse

In a press release today, ITV announced that Shaun Evans has been cast as a younger Inspector Morse in Endeavor, a made-for-television film based on the character created by Colin Dexter. (Endeavor is Morse's first name.)

Set in 1965, the storyline follows the hunt for a missing schoolgirl, which draws then Detective Constable Morse back to the place that will define his destiny: Oxford. Side-lined, discredited and at a dead end, and facing down the demons of his past, Endeavour begins his own quest in pursuit of justice, risking all in the hunt for a truth that will haunt him for the rest of his days.

The film begins production this fall in Oxford with an expected air date early next year.

The original Inspector Morse series, which starred John Thaw as the titular character, aired 33 episodes over a period of 13 years from 1987 to 2000.

(Source: ITV)