<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Inspector Morse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Lewis </Td> </Tr> <P> Endeavour is a British television detective drama series . It is a prequel to the long - running Inspector Morse and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford . Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID . The series is produced for ITV as a Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios . After a pilot episode in 2012, the first series was broadcast in 2013, and three more series have followed . A fifth series with six episodes set in 1968 began on 4 February 2018 . </P> <P> Set in the mid to late 1960s in Oxford, England, the series centres on the early career of Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) after he has left Lonsdale College of Oxford University late in his third year without taking a degree, spent a short time in the Royal Corps of Signals as a cipher clerk, and then joined the Carshall - Newtown Police . </P>

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