Scripted series · ITV1
Lewis
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kevin Whately
Detective Inspector Robert 'Robbie' Lewis
41 eps
Laurence Fox
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
41 eps
Clare Holman
Dr. Laura Hobson
41 eps
Rebecca Front
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
41 eps
Alex Macqueen
Dr. Julius Fisher
7 eps
David Hayman
Richie Maguire
1 eps
Maureen Beattie
Professor Denise Gregson
1 eps
Ophelia Lovibond
Jessica Rattenbury
1 eps
Katia Winter
Marina Hartner
1 eps
Bradley James
Jack Roth
1 eps
Michael Pennington
Dr. Melville
1 eps
Daniela Nardini
Magda Donnelly
1 eps
Neil Pearson
Dr. Stringer
1 eps
Nathaniel Parker
Philip Coleman
1 eps
Joanna Lumley
Esme Ford
1 eps
Ronan Vibert
Simon Monkford
1 eps
Julian Wadham
Tom Rattenbury
1 eps
Olly Alexander
Hayden Wishart
1 eps
Joanna Christie
Sarah Kriel
1 eps
Rachael Stirling
Zoë Kenneth
1 eps
Wendy Nottingham
Susan Whelton
1 eps
Tom Riley
Philip Horton
1 eps
Richard Johnson
Augustus Mortmaigne
1 eps
Jessica Manley
Jo
1 eps
Jenny Seagrove
Cecile Rattenbury
1 eps
Selina Cadell
Professor Rutherford
1 eps
John Salthouse
Charles Acres
1 eps
Oliver Milburn
Charlie Newton
1 eps
Jack Gordon
James Coupland
1 eps
Guy Henry
Professor Pelham
1 eps
Harry Lloyd
Peter
1 eps
Michael Simkins
Manfred Canter
1 eps
Louise Dylan
Melanie Harding
1 eps
Cheryl Campbell
Valli Helm
1 eps
Ian McNeice
Reverend King
1 eps
Haydn Gwynne
Sandra Walters
1 eps
Gerard Horan
DC Hooper
1 eps
Perdita Weeks
Kitten
1 eps
Tom Mison
Dorian Crane
1 eps
Finn Cole
Ollie Tedman
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lewis actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lewis reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 41 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20063 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Pilot
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20073 episodes
7.7IMDbInspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Best episode · S01E02 Old School Ties
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20084 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S02E04 The Great and the Good
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20094 episodes
7.9IMDbBest episode · S03E04 Counter Culture Blues
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20104 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S04E02 Dark Matter
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20114 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S05E04 The Gift of Promise
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20124 episodes
6.8IMDbBest episode · S06E03 Fearful Symmetry
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20136 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S07E06 Intelligent Design
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
20146 episodes
8.1IMDbLewis is back five years after the death of his long-time police partner Morse. Now an inspector, he returns to Oxford and finds himself teamed up with younger colleague, Det Sgt James Hathaway and with a new boss, Chief Supt Jean Innocent.
Best episode · S08E05 Beyond Good and Evil
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
20156 episodes
8.3IMDbBest episode · S09E06 What Lies Tangled (2)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E04
The Great and the Good
A rape case appears to be solved when the chief suspect is murdered. But nothing is what it seems - and soon the upper echelons of Oxford society close ranks.
- Directed by Stuart Orme
S08E05
Beyond Good and Evil
Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon. Hathaway and Maddox continue to investigate the murder of Travis as the trail leads back to Lewis’s original case. The two detectives attempt to prevent another murder and Lewis sees himself isolated and alone with his reputation in jeopardy.
- Directed by David Drury
- Written by Noel Farragher, Steve Coombes
S04E02
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.
- Directed by Bille Eltringham
S03E04
Counter Culture Blues
When Lewis and Hathaway investigate a murder in town, forensic evidence leads them to suspect there is a connection with the reforming of an old rock band.
- Directed by Bill Anderson
S09E02
One for Sorrow (2)
Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.
- Directed by Nicholas Laughland
S05E04
The Gift of Promise
When a local businesswoman is bludgeoned to death, it appears to be a blackmail plot gone wrong. As the body count rises, Lewis and Hathaway realize there is a decades-old secret at the heart of the case, which they must uncover to bring the present-day murders to a halt.
- Directed by Metin Hüseyin
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michele BuckExecutive Producer
- Michele BuckProducer
- Damien TimmerExecutive Producer
- Damien TimmerProducer
- Ted ChildsExecutive Producer
- Rebecca EatonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Noel FarragherWriter
- Steve CoombesWriter
- Colin DexterWriter
- Alan PlaterWriter
Direction
- David DruryDirector
- Maurice PhillipsDirector
- Sarah HardingDirector
- Richard SpenceDirector
- Brian KellyDirector
- David O'NeillDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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