Episodes
1. The Wolvercote Tongue
7.6
December 25, 1987
100 min
Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.
Guest Stars:
Christine Norden, Kenneth Cranham, Mildred Shay, Christine Kavanagh, Robert Arden
2. Last Seen Wearing
7.8
March 8, 1988
100 min
The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's school. But before Morse can unravel the mystery, he finds another.
Guest Stars:
Julia Sawalha, Peter McEnery, Frances Tomelty, Elizabeth Hurley, Philip Bretherton
3. The Settling of the Sun
8.3
March 15, 1988
100 min
Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.
Guest Stars:
Derek Fowlds, Amanda Burton, Anna Calder-Marshall, Robert Stephens, Robert Lang
