<P> Endeavour is a British television detective drama series . It is a prequel to the long - running Inspector Morse and , like that series , is set primarily in Oxford . Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID . The series is produced for ITV as a Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios . After a pilot episode in 2012 , the first series was broadcast in 2013 , and three more series have followed . A fifth series with six episodes set in 1968 began on 4 February 2018 . </P>
<P> Endeavour is a British television detective drama series . It is a prequel to the long - running Inspector Morse and , like that series , is set primarily in Oxford . Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City Police CID . The series is produced for ITV as a Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece co-production for ITV Studios . After a pilot episode in 2012 , the first series was broadcast in 2013 , and three more series have followed . A fifth series with six episodes set in 1968 began on 4 February 2018 . </P>
when does the new series of endevour start
when does the new series of endevour start
4 February 2018
4 February 2018