Series synopsis
Lewis is a British crime drama mystery television series that premiered on ITV1 on February 18, 2007. It ended on November 10, 2015. It was created by Colin Dexter. It stars Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman and Rebecca Front.
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Premise
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kevin Whately as Detective Inspector Robert 'Robbie' Lewis
- Laurence Fox as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
- Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson
- Rebecca Front as Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
- Alex Macqueen as Dr. Julius Fisher
Guest cast
- David Hayman as Richie Maguire
- Maureen Beattie as Professor Denise Gregson
- Ophelia Lovibond as Jessica Rattenbury
- Katia Winter as Marina Hartner
- Bradley James as Jack Roth
- Michael Pennington as Dr. Melville
- Daniela Nardini as Magda Donnelly
- Neil Pearson as Dr. Stringer
- Nathaniel Parker as Philip Coleman
- Joanna Lumley as Esme Ford
- Ronan Vibert as Simon Monkford
- Julian Wadham as Tom Rattenbury
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 44 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | January 29, 2006 | January 29, 2006 |
| Season 1 | 3 | February 18, 2007 | March 4, 2007 |
| Season 2 | 4 | February 24, 2008 | March 16, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 4 | March 22, 2009 | April 12, 2009 |
| Season 4 | 4 | May 2, 2010 | May 30, 2010 |
| Season 5 | 4 | April 3, 2011 | April 24, 2011 |
| Season 6 | 4 | May 16, 2012 | June 6, 2012 |
| Season 7 | 6 | January 7, 2013 | February 11, 2013 |
| Season 8 | 6 | October 10, 2014 | November 14, 2014 |
| Season 9 | 6 | October 6, 2015 | November 10, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Inspector Lewis investigates the death of a brilliant young maths student at Oxford University. |
January 29, 2006 |
| 2 | Behind the Scenes | |
| 3 | An Interview with Kevin Whately |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Whom the Gods Would Destroy Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate case involving one of the Oxford University's most prominent figures. |
February 18, 2007 |
| 2 |
Old School Ties Lewis comes face to face with his past in a case driven by celebrity, scheming, and dangerous sexual politics. |
February 25, 2007 |
| 3 |
Expiation When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests. |
March 4, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea When a man is found dead at the Bodleian Library, Lewis investigates a link between the death and an intruder on a local professor's property. |
February 24, 2008 |
| 2 |
Music to Die For Lewis and Hathaway investigate a link between the murder of a professor of German history and the recent winner of a local underground boxing bout. |
March 2, 2008 |
| 3 |
Life Born of Fire When an old friend of Hathaway's commits suicide, Lewis investigates a link between his death and a religious group whose members are being targeted by a killer. |
March 9, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Allegory of Love Lewis investigates the murder of a beautiful young Eastern European woman whose death comes straight from the pages of a popular fantasy novel. |
March 22, 2009 |
| 2 |
The Quality of Mercy When Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the murder of a rising Oxford theatre star, they focus their suspicions on his acting colleagues. |
March 29, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Point of Vanishing When religious fanatic Steven Mullan is murdered, Lewis investigates celebrity atheist Tom Rattenbury and his family, who had been attacked by Mullan. |
April 5, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Dead of Winter After a body is found on an Oxford tour bus, Lewis and Hathaway are led to Crevecoeur Hall, a sprawling Oxford estate where Hathaway spent much of his childhood. |
May 2, 2010 |
| 2 |
Dark Matter When the master of a college is found dead at the foot of the observatory stairs, suspicion falls on all of the staff - from senior tutors right down to the scouts. |
May 9, 2010 |
| 3 |
Your Sudden Death Question On a bank holiday weekend Lewis and Hathaway are called in when a top quiz competitor is found floating dead in the fountain of an Oxford college. |
May 16, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things Oxford's last all-female college is holding a reunion party to say goodbye to one of its most popular professors. After a guest is found murdered, Lewis believes the killing is connected to an attack that happened at the same building 10 years ago. He turns to his former DS, Alison McLennan, to help him with the case, but it ends up taking a new twist after two more bodies turn up. |
April 3, 2011 |
| 2 |
Wild Justice Lewis investigates when a visiting female bishop is poisoned. Then two more deaths occur, both mirroring macabre murders from Jacobean revenge tragedy. |
April 11, 2011 |
| 3 |
The Mind Has Mountains The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor. |
April 17, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Soul of Genius When a botanist accidentally digs up the body of the recently buried Murray Hawes, Lewis and Hathaway are set upon a seemingly impossible quest. |
May 16, 2012 |
| 2 |
Generation of Vipers Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a world of virtual bullying, but very real murder, when a professor is found dead after her dating video is leaked online. |
May 23, 2012 |
| 3 |
Fearful Symmetry When a babysitter is found dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography. |
May 30, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Down Among the Fearful Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the death of Reuben Beatty who works at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychology. He has been discovered dead injected by etorphine, a paralysing agent in the offices of psychic ‘Randolph James’. |
January 7, 2013 |
| 2 | Down Among the Fearful | January 14, 2013 |
| 3 |
The Ramblin' Boy An embalmed body is discovered dumped by an isolated farm track. Funeral director Brian Miller identifies the body and GP Matt Whitby confirms the gentleman died of cancer. |
January 21, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Entry Wounds (1) Hathaway has been promoted to Inspector after an extended break from the force, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again. |
October 10, 2014 |
| 2 |
Entry Wounds (2) Hathaway's murder theory has fallen apart. It might take Lewis's insight to close the case - but will his former protege listen? |
October 17, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Lions of Nemea (1) When a classics scholar is stabbed to death and dumped in the Oxford Canal, Lewis, Hathaway and Maddox find themselves sorely tested by a bizarre case. |
October 24, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
One for Sorrow (1) Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai. |
October 6, 2015 |
| 2 |
One for Sorrow (2) Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community. |
October 13, 2015 |
| 3 |
Magnum Opus (1) When College Dean Phil Beskin is found bludgeoned to death with a rock in local woodland, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate. |
October 20, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 18, 2007 |
| Last aired | November 10, 2015 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 21:00:00 |