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MASTERPIECE: Endeavour: Season 3

Roger Allam as DI Thursday and Shaun Evans as DC Morse in ENDEAVOUR.
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Roger Allam as DI Thursday and Shaun Evans as DC Morse in ENDEAVOUR.

Airs Sundays, June 19 - July 10, 2016 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Shaun Evans returns for a third season of the popular series as the young Endeavour Morse, before his signature red Jaguar but with his deductive powers already running in high gear. In four new films, Endeavour must deal with the aftermath of the tragic events that left him languishing in prison, and his senior officer DI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) with a life-threatening injury.

Shaun Evans as DC Morse in a scene from episode one, “Ride,” of ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.
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Shaun Evans as DC Morse in a scene from episode one, “Ride,” of ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.
Shaun Evans as DC Morse in a scene from episode two, “Arcadia,” of ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.
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Shaun Evans as DC Morse in a scene from episode two, “Arcadia,” of ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.
Sean Rigby as DS Strange and Dakota Blue Richards as WPC Trewlove in a scene from ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.
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Sean Rigby as DS Strange and Dakota Blue Richards as WPC Trewlove in a scene from ENDEAVOUR: Season 3.

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EPISODE GUIDE:

Episode 1: “Ride” airs Sunday, June 19 at 9 p.m. - March 1967. A country fair turns sinister when young bus conductress Jeannie Hearne is found brutally murdered in the Oxfordshire countryside. DC Endeavour Morse isn't part of the team called in to investigate her murder; instead, he’s brooding over his suspension from duty, pending an inquiry. But when Jeannie’s body turns up near his doorstep, he begins his own covert investigation, uncovering a disturbing secret that is hidden in plain sight.

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Episode 2: “Arcadia” airs Sunday, June 26 at 9 p.m. - April 1967. The death of an artist in a horrendous house fire leaves Oxford City Police baffled. Then when a young housewife dies, seemingly of a mysterious ‘tummy bug’ that has sickened half of the police force, DC Morse's investigation leads him to an inner-city supermarket, owned by a wealthy Oxford family riven with personal and professional problems.

Episode 3: “Prey” airs Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 9 p.m. - June 1967. A missing persons case of a Dutch au pair proves far from routine, pulling Endeavour into the dueling worlds of Oxford scientific academia, the city's vast parks, Night School and the untamed wilderness of the Oxfordshire countryside. Connected to the investigation is an august family of three troubled siblings. When a suspected link between the au pair's disappearance and a cold case from years back is unearthed, unconventional methods in that investigation created fraying tensions across the police force. As the body count rises, Endeavour deduces that there may be darker forces at play.

Episode 4: “Coda” airs Sunday, July 10 at 9 p.m. - June 1967. Endeavour is occupied with unexpected strife in his personal life. Recruited by a college mentor to monitor the movements of his estranged younger wife, Endeavour finds himself drawn to the woman he is investigating. The grisly murder of a man who works in fashion causes a shakeup in Oxford’s criminal underworld. Meanwhile, Endeavour considers his future on the force, leading to an agonizing conclusion to the series.

ENDEAVOUR, Season 3 is a Mammoth Screen and MASTERPIECE co-production in association with ITV Studios. The executive producers are Damien Timmer, Dan McCulloch and Russell Lewis. The executive producer for MASTERPIECE is Rebecca Eaton. The writer is Russell Lewis. The producer is Tom Mullens. The directors are Sandra Goldbacher ("Ride"), Bryn Higgins ("Arcadia"), Lawrence Gough ("Prey"), and Olly Blackburn ("Coda").

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