Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse (played by the late John Thaw) was not the ideal policeman, his superiors think. He is prickly and sarcastic, a bachelor, an Oxford graduate, an intellectual snob, and he doesn't always follow protocol strictly as he should. But he gets results.

Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) was a plain family man, he follows orders, and the thing that keeps him from advancing in the Force is that he seems a little slow.

The show takes place in and around Oxford, where many a mysterious murder occurs.

Colin Dexter, the author of the Morse novels from which most of these dramas developed, appears in cameo roles in very nearly every episode.
From: TV.com