The final series of ITV's Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour will receive millions more viewers when it is shown in the United States.
The crime drama is aired in countries around the world including the United States where fans can watch episodes on PBS Masterpiece.
The channel has announced that the final series will be shown in June.
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Season eight was released in the UK in September 2021, but didn't land on PBS until nine months later in June 2022.
PBS Masterpiece says on its website the last three Endeavour episodes will begin on June 18, with ITV's Morse documentary being shown on June 11.
The Endeavour series, starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam, finished last month after winning millions of viewers since it started in 2012.
Consolidated viewing figures take into account the number of viewers who watch the episodes on 'catch-up' in the week after they are first shown.
ITV spokeswoman Natasha Bayford said earlier: "The consolidated figure for the third and final episode - Exeunt - which aired on Sunday March 12 was 5.3m viewers.
"The second episode - Uniform - which aired on Sunday March 5 consolidated with an audience of of 5 million viewers.
"The first episode - Prelude - which aired on Sunday 26 February consolidated with an audience of 5 million viewers."
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The Endeavour finale - Exeunt - featured an iconic closing scene at Blenheim Palace.
In the final moments, viewers saw Endeavour star Shaun Evans leave the stately home following a choir performance in a black Jaguar, driving past John Thaw's iconic purple Jaguar.
The purple Jaguar was driven by a John Thaw 'lookalike' called John McHale.
This last ever episode got an overnight audience of 3.9 million, with a 24.3% share and a peak audience of 4.3 million.
The pilot episode of Endeavour was screened in 2012 and attracted 8.2 million viewers, and for the past decade Shaun Evans as Endeavour and Roger Allam as DCI Fred Thursday - plus a strong supporting cast - have kept viewers tuning in.
Series one, four and six all got an average UK audience of about seven million viewers, while series seven got 6.8 million viewers.
But these viewing figures couldn't match those for Inspector Morse TV episodes shown from 1987 to 2000. In the mid-1990s episodes got a TV audience of 18 million viewers.
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The Inspector Morse ITV series - and Lewis and Endeavour episodes - are thought to have raised millions of pounds for Oxford's tourism trade over more than three decades.
Viewers from the United States and Canada have visited Oxford to seek out Inspector Morse connections and try out Morse trails.
Jericho resident John Mair, who organised a Morse festival last month, said: "'Endeavour is about to air in the US.
"The Morse franchise is eternally popular there and has been for four decades.
"Ask the average american what they know of Oxford and they will mention Morse - and Harry Potter.
"Hundreds come annually to visit 'Morseland' and it's time for the city council to create a simple Morse Code to guide them around their promised land."
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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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