Inspector Morse: Promised Land

Episode score 7.4 Good

Promised Land

  • 20.
  • Season: 5
  • Episode: 5
  • First Aired: 3/27/1991

EPISODE OVERVIEW

1 Review | 11 Votes

The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.

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Writers:
Julian Mitchell
Director:
John Madden
Stars:
James Grout (Chief Superintendant Strange)
John Thaw (Chief Inspector Morse)
Kevin Whately (Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis)
Recurring Role:
Colin Dexter (unknown cameo)
Guest Star:
Philip Anthony (II) (Newspaper Editor)
Maureen Green (Sal (Nurse))
Noah Taylor (Dave Harding)
Paul Hunt (Shearing Foreman)
Max Phipps (Det Insp Glen McAllister)
Peter Browne (Det Gary Warrender)
Kevin Leslie (Barman)
Shayne Foote (Barmaid)
John Jarratt (Sgt Scott Humphries)
Marie Armstrong (Sash (Nursing home matron))
Rhondda Findleton (Anne Harding)
Con O'Neill (Paul Matthews)
Bill Young (Farmer in ute)
Vanessa Patterson (Karen Harding)
Max Phipps (Detective Inspector Glenn McAllister)
  • This is the first episode in which Morse and Lewis travel overseas - the action being set in Australia. edit »
  • Rated 15 in both the UK and in Ireland, presumably because it contains a lot more violence than most Morse episodes. edit »
  • Lewis: How old are you, sir?
    Morse: I forget, Robbie. edit »
  • Morse: They don't spell Australian beer with four Xs out of ignorance - they mean what they say. And *light* beer is an invention of the Prince of Darkness. edit »
Show Score 8.0 good
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