1966. 'Trove'. In the opening of this, there are seven different things going on. (Lewis's screenplays aren't published, unfortunately. I'd love to read one.) Particularly liked it when Morse corrects a very snobby Don. This is the one with Jessie Buckley. Morse meets his flat neighbour - a nurse (Shvorne Marks). 'Nocturne' is the one in the girls' school (recognised Anya Taylor-Joy but not Lucy Boynton) and the 100 year old crime (it's Chopin's Opus 9 No. 1). There isn't, I think, a Bunty Glossop in PG Wodehouse, but the girls' school is Bearwood College. (Am I allowed to say the plot is a little far-fetched?) Liked the fan site that points out the reference to the Genesis 'Nursery Cryme' album cover. 'Sway' is the black stocking strangler and the one where Thursday's old Italian flame turns up. Opens with Mozart's Requiem then picks up on the Dean Martin song, which acts as a trigger for the killer.
Another brilliant series finale, 'Neverland' has a young runaway boy (highly pertinent to the tale) and an escaped convict, and produces a terrible tale of historical child sexual abuse at Blenheim Vale, and corruption on high, revealing DC Peter Jakes (Jack Laskey) to have been a victim, and ultimately putting both Morse and Thursday in grave danger... and Morse in prison. Use of the Peter Pan quote is inspired. And 'The Lost Boys' - yes, indeed.
Nice to see Colin Dexter popping up in them.
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