Watching early episodes - films in effect - from the first two seasons, 1987-8.
Colin Dexter's novels supply the material, Alastair Reid is amongst those directing and Anthony Minghella (ep. 1), Julian Mitchell (Arabesque) and Charles Wood (The Knack) all wrote episodes. Barrington Pheloung wrote the music for the entire series.
John Thaw and Kevin Whately star, Peter Woodthorpe good fun as pathologist.
Familiar guests include Simon Callow, Kenneth Cranham, Robert Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Barbara Flynn, Michael Gough, Roger Lloyd Pack, Michael Hordern etc.
The Wolvercote Tongue features the Ashmolean and the Randolph Hotel opposite ("one of the best hotels in England" - really?), and it's amusing that although a precious treasure is stolen, no one for a moment investigates the red herring that is a group of builders on scaffolding who have easy reach of the jewel from outside.
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