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Posted September 1, 2015 -  1 Comment

Endeavour’s continued tip of the hat to Morse is a fitting tribute to its’ predecessor

As one of the new crime drama mainstays gets ready to enter its’ third series on ITV and PBS, we are once again reminded not only of how empty we felt when the original Inspector Morse series ended some 15 years ago but how unknowingly elated we would soon be with the news that we […]

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Posted January 5, 2012 -  No Comment

UK audience figures for Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Endeavor bode well for strong telly in 2012

Only 5 days into the new year and telly is already looking up for both UK and US audiences. With the Christmas Day finale of Downton Abbey on ITV and the series 2 premiere of Sherlock the following week on the BBC New Years Day, the bar is set about as high as you can […]

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