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Lewis - New Series
sonparc
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What on earth do ITV think is good about transmitting one hour episodes of the new series ?? Well maybe to try to disguise the fact that they have only made three stories I suppose. However I will record it,watch it all together and zap through the ads - is that what they want?
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They are ****ing clueless......
Stupid ITV.
They could also have a break for a few years and then start a new series with Hathaway as the lead detective with a Lewis-like sidekick.
Don't forget the game we played during the last season ie finding alliterative nicknames for the various bits of stuff that turned up
I thought Fox said he’d had enough, with KW on record as saying it was up to Fox how long he’d continue with it as well?
It’s very disrespectful to carve it in half after decades of two hour Morse and Lewis. Wonder if this means Endeavour will also air in one hour episodes?
If KW wants to come back but LF doesn't then they could just do a Midsommer Murders and give Lewis a new sidekick
But Wately is on record as saying that when Fox stops he will too. I would imagine that chopping the eps in half doesn’t sit well with either of them so even less reason for either to want to do more.
That would make sense, after all how long has he been playing Lewis??
Since the first episode of Morse screened on ITV on January 6, 1987, ''The Dead of Jericho'' written by Anthony Minghella.
Lawrence Fox told the Daily Telegraph in May 2012 that this series would be the last as they both wanted to move on.
To be honest it will make no difference to me if it's in two parts for that very reason. I never watch anything "live" on ITV
They then kept coming back and doing one offs as Colin Dexter produced new Morse books. Finishing of course with The Remorseful Day. Of course that doesnt apply to Lewis as each story is original to tv.
To be honest, a lot will be down the actors. If Lawrence Fox does well in the USA, then you wont see him again. I suspect he sees Lewis as a stepping stone to greater things.
If on the other hand Fox doesn't pull it off in the USA, and not all actors do - then I would have thought a few years down the line it is not impossble he would come back to Lewis.
I would have thought Kevin Whatley has less options. No disrespect to the guy, but he is soon going to be too old for leading man material. So being in a series where your character, Lewis is actually in the title is no bad thing. I don't see Kevin Whatley being in anything as big again. It will be guest staring parts like he was in George Gently last year.
So I would not be surprised to see him carry on in Lewis without Fox. He might take a few years off and then see that being in the odd Lewis is no bad thing when you are an actor the wrong side of 60 years old. ( and I mean that with no disrespect to the guy)
Fox and his wife Billy Piper are moving to US as want to make it big in Hollywood !
I guess if they can get films or a lead in a major TV show it will be much more cash than ITV pay.
Hopefully wont have the same fate as Adrian Lester the lead in Hustle who left for a year, again to make it big in Hollywood but then came back when it didn't work out.
That's exactly what I'm going to do - will save til next week and watch both in one go as it was intended to be
Reading elsewhere Whatley wanted the ending left open in case he does specials but ITV wanted it given a wrap up and closure this year in case there are no more.
Does anyone else think they could
Kevin actually decided to leave Morse at that time, which was why he didn't do the Wench is Dead. He wasn't going to do anymore.
He only went back cos the one after that was the last one.
I cant see Kevin doing it without Lawrence, even as one offs, not when he said about 3 years ago that he'd only go on doing Lewis as long as Lawrence wanted to do it.