Inspector Morse fans will be in tears tonight (WED) as they say a final farewell to their favourite TV detective.
Oxford's Randolph Hotel will host a special screening of The Remorseful Day, the last of 33 small screen investigations featuring John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Morse and Lewis.John Thaw, star of Morse
Some time after 8.30pm on ITV, Morse will die, with his faithful assistant Lewis saying a tearful goodbye.
The author of the Morse books, Colin Dexter, 70, who lives in Banbury Road, Oxford, will be at the hotel to welcome fans flying in from across the globe to mourn the passing of the morose policeman.
Since Morse investigated his first of 80 Oxford murders in The Dead of Jericho in 1987, he has gained 16 million regular viewers in the UK, and 750 million in 40 other countries.
See our Morse special.
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