James Grout Movies

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Wench Is Dead was first aired in the U.K. in 1995. While attending a Victorian crime conference, Inspector Morse (John Thaw) gets sick and is subsequently hospitalized. He ends up reading a crime novel about the Oxford Canal Murder of 1859, which he believes ended with a miscarriage of justice. The historic investigation leads to the discovery of a modern-day insurance fraud. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Daughters of Cain first aired in the U.K. in 1996. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the murder of retired Oxford University Professor Dr. Felix McClure (Bernard Brown). At first they suspect the former custodian Ted Brooks (Anthony Haygarth), who had recently quit. While on the college campus, they discover that one of McClure's undergraduate students had committed suicide. The two deaths are found to be linked through Brooks' daughter, Kay (Amanda Ryan). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Way Through the Woods was first aired in the U.K. in 1995. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of "the Lovers Lane Killer" Steven Parnell (Gary Powell). It seems he was murdered in a prison fight before he could go to trial. While he usually killed couples, Parnell was the prime suspect in the murder trial of the single woman Karen Anderson. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Day of the Devil first aired in the U.K. in 1993. In this thrilling case, the murderous rapist John Peter Barrie (Keith Allen) escapes from the prison. The severely mentally ill Barrie sets up traps for the Oxford police and soon the town is overcome with Satanist activities. Barrie's psychiatrist Dr. Esther Martin (Harriet Walter) is called in to help Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

In this episode, the intrepid Morse examines the fishy circumstances surrounding the death of a convicted, imprisoned businessman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) dig up another mystery in this episode of the popular British TV series. In "Dead on Time," a suicide brings up questions of foul play -- and Morse finds that he has a familial connection with the dead man, causing Lewis to question the Inspector's judgment. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Second Time Around was first aired in the U.K. in 1991. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a former deputy police commissioner. This reunites Morse with his old adversary, Chief Inspector Dawson (Kenneth Colley). The investigation also drudges up the still-unsolved murder case of Mary Lapsley, which occured 18 years previous. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Fat Chance first aired in the U.K. in 1991. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of deacon Victoria Hazlett (Sarah Carpenter). While questioning the clegy members at St. Saviour's College Morse learns that they're preparing to appoint the school's first female chaplain, something the more conservative members are unhappy about. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

When the intrepid Inspector Morse is accused of murdering his girlfriend, he finds out firsthand what it's like to be on the other side of the law. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

According to BBC publicity, the three-part miniseries Vote for Them was based on a true story. The setting was Egypt in 1943, during the period in which the British held off the Axis forces in the Middle East. Sick and tired of unfair and often idiotic treatment by their officers, a group of off-duty British soldiers set up their own ad-hoc government -- not to mention a parliament and debating society. As this bid for democracy within the ranks grew in popularity, the "brass" naturally sought out ways to nip it in the bud. Vote for Them originally aired in 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock was first aired in the U.K. in 1988. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a secretary whose body was discovered in a parking lot. After talking with the people who knew her, Morse believes her murder was a crime of passion. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

The Box of Delights, based on the children's book by English poet laureate John Masefield, was produced by the BBC, from a screenplay by Alan Seymour under director Renny Rye in mid-1984. Set in 1934, the six-part miniseries tells the story of young Kay Harker (Devin Stanfield), who, while on his way home from school to join his family for Christmas, meets an old Punch and Judy man named Cole Hawlings (Patrick Troughton), and then a pair of clergymen (Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stephens) who seem to have picked his pocket -- and all of whom seem to know all about Kay, who he is, and where he is going. Before long, he is in the center of a struggle for the title object, an artifact dating from pagan times that allows the holder to manipulate time and space. The evil Abner Brown (Robert Stephens) wants the box and will stop at nothing, including kidnapping and murder to get it, while Cole Hawlings, who is actually a 500-year-old alchemist, has sought out Kay's help to keep Brown and the forces he serves from stealing the box. Kay's adventures include a visit to an embattled Arthurian camp beset by wolves, an encounter with flying unicorns and other magical beasts, and other fantastic visions. Kay gradually comes to understand the magical world he has entered, but can he learn enough of the powers he controls before Abner -- who has embarked on a final great wickedness, culminating on Christmas Eve -- can succeed? ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide