Lewis (TV series)
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Cover of the DVD of the first series
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| Also known as | 'Inspector Lewis' |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Colin Dexter |
| Developed by | Chris Burt Stephen Churchett |
| Starring |
Kevin Whately Laurence Fox Rebecca Front Clare Holman Angela Griffin Steve Toussaint |
| Composer(s) | Barrington Pheloung |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michele Buck Damien Timmer Ted Childs (series 1 only) |
| Producer(s) | Chris Burt |
| Location(s) | Oxford, England |
| Running time | 93 minutes (pilot – series 3) 89 minutes (series 4-6) 45 minutes (series 7-9) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 29 January 2006 – 10 November 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Inspector Morse |
Lewis is a British television detective drama produced for ITV. It is a spin-off from Inspector Morse and, like that series, it is set in Oxford. Kevin Whately reprises his character Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who was Morse's sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted to detective inspector and is assisted by DS James Hathaway, portrayed by Laurence Fox, who became promoted to inspector in the eighth series airing in 2014. The series also stars Clare Holman as forensic pathologist Dr Laura Hobson, likewise reprising her role from Inspector Morse, and Angela Griffin as DS Lizzie Maddox.
On 2 November 2015, ITV announced that the show would end after its ninth series, following the decision made by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox to retire from their roles in the series. Whately announced that the show had gone on long enough, with his character having done many stories between Morse and Lewis after he took on the role 30 years ago.
Colin Dexter, the author of the Inspector Morse novels, makes a very brief cameo appearance in several episodes, including one as a porter at Wadham College. The episode scripts follow Dexter's approach, but each of them is credited to one of several other writers including, most frequently, Russell Lewis, Alan Plater, and Stephen Churchett.
The music for the series was composed by Barrington Pheloung, who created the music for the original Inspector Morse series.
Following the broadcast of a pilot in 2006, the show's first series was commissioned by ITV, consisting of three episodes that were broadcast between February and March 2007. Following this, further series were commissioned, each with four episodes - the second series was broadcast in 2008 from 24 February to 16 March, the third series in 2009 from 22 March to 12 April, the fourth series was aired in 2010 throughout May, the fifth series was aired throughout April during 2011, and the sixth series was broadcast in 2012 from 16 May to 6 June. During May of that same year, after the show was renewed for a seventh series, Fox made a statement it would be the show's last, as both he and Whately wished to move on to other things. The seventh series was broadcast during 2013 from 7 January to 11 February, and consisted of three two-part stories.
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