Exeunt

Synopsis
The final episode of Endeavour, the prequel to Inspector Morse (19870-2000), with Shaun Evans playing the younger version of the character previously made famous on-screen by John Thaw. Detective Sergeant Endeavour Morse finally resolves the Blenheim Vale case and faces up to some hard truths about his mentor, Inspector Fred Thursday. The story concludes with quotations from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 2 and The Tempest.
Series
Endeavour
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
12 Mar 2023 at 20:00 (Channel: ITV1)
Duration
120 mins

Credits

Director
Kate Saxon
Cinematographer
James Moss
Screenplay
Russell Lewis
Music
Barrington Pheloung
Cast
Abigail Thaw 
Anton Lesser 
Caroline O’Neil 
Danny Webb 
James Bradshaw 
Phil Daniels 
Roger Allam 
Sara Vickers 
Sean Rigby 
Shaun Evans 

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
Henry IV Part 2; Tempest, The
Subjects
Shakespeare
Keywords
Oxfordshire; police

Notes

General
When Endeavour realises that his boss has been involved in a crime, he quotes Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 2, Act V Scene 5 ('I know thee not, old man’). At the end of the episodes, the now retired Chief Superintendent Bright (played by Anton Lesser) performs the ‘Our revels now are ended’ speech from Act IV Scene 1 of The Tempest while sitting by his wife’s graveside.
History
This was the third episode of the ninth series. Overall, it was 36th and final episode of the series.

Production Company

Name

ITV Studios

Name

Mammoth Screen

Email
enquiries@mammothscreen.com
Web
https://www.mammothscreen.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7268 0050
Address
Third Floor
142-144 New Cavendish Street
London
W1W 6YF
UK

Distributor (DVD)

Name

ITV Studios Home Entertainment

Phone
020 7396 6000
Address
The London Television Centre
Upper Ground
London
SE1 9LT

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Exeunt". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80127 (Accessed 06 Oct 2024)