In the Shallows by Colin Dexter

Morse: In the Shallows by Colin Dexter
Terrible things happen even in beautiful places and among highly educated people. Morse, Lewis and Strange are back on their criminally fertile Oxford patch - dealing with a mysterious pair of Oxford students who appear to be fish out of water, a Don found dead in the river, and an attractive philosopher who pleads with Morse to drop his investigation to save her career.
It's still the early 1990s when computers, mobiles, digital media and sophisticated forensic techniques are not yet in use. Morse's detection methods rely on instinct, acutely honed observational skills and dogged gumshoe perseverance. Colin Dexter's Oxford detectives feature in a story devised by former Morse TV writer Alma Cullen, adapted by Richard Stoneman.
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production
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[@oooxxx967]

Some production. Timing, casting, humour, dialogue. True to life and human insight. True entertainment. Mercii

[@charlottebruce979]

Excellent a Morse I haven't heard about, read or seen before, despite actually living in Oxford. This has certainly cheered me up as I do housework, sort books out, and all whilst getting over covid!! Thank you 😊

[@granthurlburt4062]

I was infected with COVID over 4 weeks ago. So annoying to be so physically weak. I can walk for 10-15 minutes and am then exhausted for 4 hrs or more. Well, it could be worse.

[@charlottebruce979]

@@granthurlburt4062 I hope you have fully recovered!

[@adamarlem9863]

Hope you better now :)

[@elizabethman7313]

Neal Pearson is great, captures Morse’s irritable exasperation perfectly!

[@elisafrye2115]

Thank you for this-it is very good and I appreciate it, but cannot help but miss John Thaw who brought Morse to life as no one else ever has, or ever will!

[@elisafrye2115]

This is VERY good, indeed, and I enjoyed it tremendously although I cannot help but wish dear John Thaw would still be with us to bring Morse to life!❤️

[@charlottebruce979]

Totally agree, I miss him 😢

[@dahlia58]

This Morse is a pleasure to listen to. The inflections are there.

[@anthonybowers7571]

John Thaw was wonderful as Morse

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Sorry--this should be on another site.

[@ellenmintzmyer9042]

What an insult to Thaw. A Morse with no grace or compassion. And the antipathy between Morse and Lewis is laughable.

[@VickersDoorter]

Fantastic, I'd no idea the BBC produced this. If only Radio 4Xtra would play more of this type of drama, instead of the repeat crap they've started turning out of late. They've all but stopped 90 minute dramas.

[@Failte630]

KZbin are really increasing the intrusion of ads these days. Very annoying. I know the channel is called Fine Music Drama but the intrusion of the fine music, nice and all as it is, is too much along with the KZbin ads. The flow of the story is undermined.

[@Beauloqs]

Then spend the 7.99 a month for premium and quit yer whinging

[@odetteboudreau5970]

Really enjoyed this. Excellent audio quality.

[@Failte630]

I have to laugh at Morse! He said: "If there's one thing I can't stand more than a snob, it's a bully." I have always thought the character of Morse is both. The way he treats Lewis is both snobbish and bullyish. But I've always enjoyed looking at the episodes on tv and listening to them in this way. Thanks for sharing.

[@ianmarsden8568]

Well spotted. However, as this is not written by Colin Dexter, it could simply be the author playing around with the characters they have been asked to write about. Just a thought.

[@olanose3116]

Thank you for uploading. It was a very enjoyable listen.

[@klientproby]

Excellent rendition!! So glad he rejected that awful woman. Anton Lesser always sounds so creepy and grovelling even when he doesn't mean to (e.g. "Endeavour" series, and the radio play production of him playing a detective during ancient Roman times - I forgot the name). I always think of John Thaw when I hear "Morse." Thank you for this.

[@lesleyjulian9446]

Falco.

[@fionajackson9512]

Though different actors than the originals, very well done. Thank you for these. Great to listen to especially during these hard times.

[@Donna-cc1kt]

Wow. Thank you.

[@QHarefield]

Thank you. I enjoyed the drama, and thought it was well done. I am sorry to say I did not enjoy the Mascagni which kept on and on being played. After a {very} short while, it became increasingly irritating. Nonetheless, everything else was well done.

[@RockyRacoon123]

Great! A Morse I haven’t heard! 👍 thanks!

[@LondonEE16]

From 2018. Neil Pearson is Morse in this.

[@peters7479]

@@LondonEE16 met and had a magnificent chat with NP at a book fair a few years ago. At his own stall. He bought me a pint too.

[@darjeeling6432]

Excellent. A pleasant surprise to hear Mascagni's Intermezzo here and there.

[@shaunlowthians7145]

Wonderful, many thanks.

[@nataliya2641]

So nice of you " Keep your head above water and have a fantastic week"! Hello fromMoscow. Subscribed.

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

Excellent

[@alisonaustin7299]

If I’m all relaxed ready to listen and there’s 2 adverts within the first 2 minutes - I don’t bother listening any further.

[@margaretgoldthorpe1121]

Impossible to listen to the story with that number of adverts. Shang listen to this channel again.

[@deanwal1962]

It would have been very enjoyable, but there were far too many advertisements. It seemed like there was a couple every few minutes. I would not be surprised if the total time spent listening to advert’s exceeded the amount of time that the play ran.

[@sandranaylor2348]

The adverts spoil a very good story. Why not put the ads at the beginning or end of the story

[@iisajardine9389]

First class, thank you so much xx

[@soulatheartcounsellingandp7011]

Shame about the constant ads..

[@MishMash22]

Totally spoilt by the huge number of adverts. It’s just greedy to have an advert every 5 mins.

[@rafaelsays175]

The real crime is the amount of ads here

[@arneashbee7514]

Please could anyone remind of the classical piano music at the beginning? Thanks…

[@hazelanderson1479]

It’s the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni.

[@arneashbee7514]

@@hazelanderson1479 thank you so much Hazel

[@hazelanderson1479]

@@arneashbee7514 You’re very welcome.

[@traceyrudge4064]

Ruined by adverts every 3-4 minutes!

[@LoneKharnivore]

"You're bitter, sir." ZING

[@brendasarvis2085]

To many adds

[@reidun-engh8824]

Google add blocks.Some of them are free of charge. The person uploading is not responsible for the adds btw. YT calculates the number of people whom have listening to it... The more people the more adds...

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Months later from the other comments and it's still got adverts every 3-4 minutes. No good. Giving up.

[@maxmarnau7019]

Ouch. A mistranslation of Wittgenstein. Colin Dexter would never have done that.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Colin Dexter's knowledge of Wittgenstein could have been written on the back of a postage stamp ! Like most writers he simply Googled appropriate quotations !

[@maxmarnau7019]

@@2msvalkyrie529 but he would have got it right.

[@Bambisgf77]

@@2msvalkyrie529 …. Actually the original books were written between 1975-1999, Google was born in 1998 so that that leaves only one year that he would have had access to resource. So let’s give credit to the exceptional writing skills of Mr. Dexter that has us all here decades later listening to his work.

[@Bambisgf77]

@@maxmarnau7019 I agree with you. I have little to no knowledge on it myself but to say C. Dexter used to Google to write his books is simply not true.

[@mittens4kittens435]

@@Bambisgf77 I think Dexter went to Cambridge and was pretty smart.

[@melsin1234]

Why are there ads in this but not others from finest music dramas

[@sandragriff]

Adds adds and more adds; at least 5 in the first 29 minutes. Had to abandon.

[@jamesmatthews9557]

This was very good drama and I learned something. I now know what it means to sconce someone. 😂

[@georginagowland6084]

Too many adverts I'm afraid.

[@richt6353]

Wasted my time with commercials!!

[@amazingtheatre1262]

Enjoyable but a poor story by Cullen’s standards with an ending that comes from nowwhere

[@georgemarie2049]

Ridiculous story. Cannot comment more more without spoiling the plot.

[@booker0110]

TOO MANY ADS

[@01doha]

Whilst I do enjoy these stories, and this production is very well done - I cannot abide Morse as a character, thoroughly dislikeable 🤨

[@angelabrown7424]

Ruined by adverts

[@norahmcphee4928]

Sorry i don't appreciate watching and listening to more adverts than the story

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Sounded like Nicola Sturgeon in opening scene. So hit OFF switch sharpish .

[@jacqui7672]

Dafty, you missed a treat.

[@charlottebruce979]

You missed a brilliant drama.

[@carlpotter007]

Sounded like Sharon Small…despite that I kept listening.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Actually I did listen to it . Ludicrous plot . Well below the normal standard. Morse's general grumpiness and ridiculous affectations about wine / opera and Latin became very tiresome . Time he retired ....( Almost as tedious as plodding Parisian bore Maigret ! )

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ carlpotter 007 Yes. Difficult to decide which is the least painful on the ear ?

[@jasanders5877]

😮 piffying rubbish 😱😲🙄😳😲

[@johndodds5431]

🥸

[@carlpotter007]

Neal Pearson is terrible as Morse. Why God? Why? He sounds exactly the same way he sounds in Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse. His voice/intonation does not change at all. If he were someone like Keanu Reeves - Keanu just plays himself in every movie and we expect and love it. But it does not work for Mr. Pearson.

[@maxmarnau7019]

That's an interesting comment (I have never seen Keanu Reeves so I can't judge that bit). I disagree absolutely. He has a beautiful understated expressiveness, not unlike John Thaw, though the voice is very different.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. Morse is supposed to be a curmudgeonly old git moaning about modern life and pretending to know about Latin and Opera while sipping vintage claret. ! Pearson sounds as though he's just out of the Police Academy.

[@carlpotter007]

@@maxmarnau7019 Hey Max - watch him in The Pale Horse. Exactly the same annoying voice. It’s hard to describe but for some reason he cannot replicate the previous depiction of the resistant detectives in the old versions who try to rebuff Ms. Marple. The old detectives were brusk but charming. Mr. Pearson is just rude. For some reason he cannot bring across the duality of the detective role of annoyed but polished yet bruised ego that the character needs when interacting with Ms. Marple’s character. He gets stuck on the annoyed and nothing else. Trust me - I have tried to like his acting but he really needs someone to push him farther when he takes on these kinds of roles. Another perfect example is Neal Dudgeon of Midsomer Murders. He also can’t successfully incorporate John Nettles’ successful interpretation of the main character of Barney. He too just gets stuck in being offensive instead of the combination of sarcastic but highly intelligent. It’s very frustrating.

[@gill2854]

@@maxmarnau7019 I agree. Besides which, Keanu Reeves has a Canadian accent, and I'm not sure how he 😊would make a good Morse.

[@maisiesummerfield265]

@@carlpotter007 Barnaby nor Barney