Lewis

Lewis is a British television detective drama made as a spin-off from Inspector Morse, and set in Oxford. Kevin Whately reprises his character Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who had been Morse's Sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted and is assisted by DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox).
Following the pilot in 2006, a first series of three further episodes was broadcast in February/March 2007. A second series of four episodes aired in early 2008. A third series of four episodes was aired on ITV1 and ITV-HD from March–April 2009, but this was not shown in Scotland. A fourth series aired throughout the UK (including ITV1-HD where available) from 2 May 2010, and a fifth series from 3 April 2011, each again of four episodes. The show has also been broadcast on PBS in the United States as Inspector Lewis and shown as part of Masterpiece Mystery.^[1]

The drama began with a one-off pilot, written by Stephen Churchett from an idea by Russell Lewis, with Morse creator Colin Dexter in a consultant's role. As a result of the pilot's success, ITV announced a full series of three new episodes.^[3] Lewis returns from overseas, having come to terms with the loss not only of Morse, but also of his wife Val (killed in a hit and run incident). The pilot introduces the key new characters, Hathaway and Innocent. Throughout the course of twenty episodes produced so far, a bond of trust, first professional and later (and lesser degree) personal, is seen to grow between Lewis and Hathaway.

Lewis
Cover of the DVD of the first series
Also known as	James Lewis
Genre	Crime drama
Starring	Kevin Whately Laurence Fox Rebecca Front Clare Holman
Composer(s)	Barrington Pheloung
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	20 (List of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	London, Oxford
Running time	90 - 100 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original airing	29 January 2006 - present
Status	Returning 2011
Chronology
Preceded by	Inspector Morse