New photos have been revealed from the final scenes of the last ever episode of Endeavour.
Last year ITV announced that series nine of the Inspector Morse prequel starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam would be the last.
Millions of viewers tuned in to see the final episode on Sunday, March 12, and critics gave it glowing reviews, including the final scene at Blenheim Palace.
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In the final moments, Endeavour star Shaun Evans left the stately home following a choir performance in a black Jaguar, driving past John Thaw's iconic red Jaguar.
John Thaw died in 2002, so his lookalike John McHale was brought in to film the scenes.
As he looked in the rear-view mirror, we saw a glimpse of what appeared to be John Thaw's eyes as the older Morse.
Following the finale episode director Kate Saxon tweeted: "Not had a chance to read every message about last night's Endeavour yet but I will! Thanks so much for your support."
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In a heartbreaking dream sequence in the final episode Endeavour finally admitted his feelings for Joan Thursday, prompting her to passionately kiss the detective.
However, in reality Endeavour gives Joan a hug before she sets off on her honeymoon with his colleague Jim Strange.
The Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour, focusing on Morse's early career, launched in 2012 and scenes have been shot on location in and around Oxford ever since.
The pilot episode of Endeavour was screened in 2012 and attracted 8.2 million viewers.
The first episode of Endeavour series 9 - Prelude - which aired on Sunday, February 26, consolidated with an audience of five million viewers.
The Endeavour finale - Exeunt - achieved an overnight audience of 3.9 million, with a 24.3% share and a peak audience of 4.3 million.
This figure is expected to rise when they include viewers who watched on catch-up.
Series one, four and six all got an average UK audience of about seven million viewers, while series seven got 6.8 million viewers.
Mr Evans will now lead the cast of Delia Balmer, alongside Line of Duty and Motherland actress Anna Maxwell Martin.
The series, which is currently in production under the working title Delia Balmer, will explore the real-life story of Delia who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney.
The four-part series will air on ITV1 and ITX at dates to be fixed, and sees Anna portray the title character and Shaun Evans play John Sweeney, who is currently serving a life sentence for murdering his former girlfriends.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
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