DI Robert Lewis comes out of retirement to assist newly promoted DI James Hathaway investigate a series of crimes in and around Oxford.

As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to disrupt the private and professional lives of Endeavour Morse and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continues to be challenged by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder, greed, and deception. Meanwhile, the rise of organized crime...

DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway investigate the suspicious deaths of a research fellow from Oxford's Department of Psychology and a former biochemistry professor, while during Hathaway's time off, Lewis and Constable Alex Gray look into the questionable mix-up at a crematorium.

Oxford's favorite detectives Lewis and Hathaway return for the eighth and final series of the hit series. Investigating the city's most complex and intriguing crimes, Lewis clashes with the new Chief Superintendent, who questions his traditional approach. Will Lewis decide to call time on his policing career? Meanwhile, Hathaway is forced to confront his past.

Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.

When a young girl disappears on a hot summer's day just north of Oxford, Inspector Morse insists she has been murdered. The case remains unsolved, then an anonymous letter appears in the London Times and Morse reopens the investigation.

Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead ... And his murder, in his north Oxford home, proves to be the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse, as he tries to track down the killer through...