Interview and original photography copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2019 All other images provided by Paul Cripps courtesy of Mammoth Screen DAMIAN: You were the production designer on series five of Endeavour and asked back again this year. Given the fact that you got to design the new CID set, I wonder if series six […]
EXT. OXFORD – DAY 1 (18.55) The long late light of a cool summer’s evening. Oxford – a half-remembered dream. Drowned streets. Subtle and aquatint. Young lovers kiss in doorways, heedless of the murmuring world… MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR An exclusive interview with Russell Lewis Interview copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2019 INT. BALLROOM – […]
Interview copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2019 DAMIAN: You’ve appeared in some big-budget Hollywood films such as Everest, London Has Fallen and Transformers in addition to roles in high-profile TV series including Humans, Grantchester and Fearless. However, once an actor appears in Endeavour, they are forever part of the Morse Universe -indeed Inspector Morse, Lewis […]
LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE CARTOUCHE & PASSENGER Interview copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2019 DAMIAN: You were surprised I liked CARTOUCHE. Why exactly? RUSS: I thought you might find it too frivolous – too knowing. DAMIAN: I’ve tried a couple of times in the past to get you to tell me what your favourite episodes […]
Interview copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2019 DAMIAN: Given all the stars who appeared there during the sixties such as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Clitheroe, Sid James and Arthur Askey for example, Blackpool must have been an exciting place to grow up? CAROLINE: Our house was FULL of Marvin Gaye, Dianna Ross […]
Cavendish, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Cowley anymore… THE PROLOGUE 1969: It is a new year; a new era for Oxford’s finest. A new unit base houses the set of the new police station where both old and new characters have been gathering since just before 8am in readiness to shoot scenes for Film […]
Above photo courtesy of Paul Cripps (centre) An exclusive ENDEAVOUR interview PAUL CRIPPS Production Designer Interview copyright © Damian Michael Barcroft 2018 ~ DAMIAN: Having lived in Oxford, I wonder to what extent you were aware of Inspector Morse growing up? PAUL: I was aware of Inspector Morse for a few reasons. I think it […]
EXT. WOODS/GINGERBREAD HOUSE – DAY 1 Late afternoon. ENDEAVOUR makes his way through the woods. At last, he reaches, an ancient dwelling that seems to have grown out of the earth itself. Mossy. ENDEAVOUR comes to the door. A raggedy broomstick leant against the wall. ENDEAVOUR knocks. ENDEAVOUR: Hello? Miss Chattox? ENDEAVOUR pushes open the […]
DAMIAN: Russ, before we start the interview, I’ve been thinking that we’ve mentioned The Beatles, Tony Hancock and Carry On films quite a bit over the years and perhaps, well, maybe we should mention them a little less from now on. Would that be alright Russ? RUSS: As you please. ~ INT. COWLEY GENERAL – […]
The Home Office was appalled and said that women were not proper persons in the eyes of the law when Edith Smith became the first female police officer with official powers of arrest in 1915. However, by 1920, and after The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919, the Baird Committee stated that women could indeed […]