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A TV crew were in Knotty Green yesterday filming a scene for murder series Lewis a ' a spin-off from Inspector Morse.

Tony Blair, Dolly Parton and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will discuss how their faith and beliefs have shaped their lives in a new flagship BBC religious programme hosted by Fern Britton.

Within a few years, "smart" televisions will know what we want to watch from voice commands.

While Americans have their CSI gadgets and gun-toting cops, the good old British detective solves crimes using brainpower alone.

WHEN he is not solving murders on the streets of Oxford in TVa s Lewis, actor Kevin Whately is improving the lives of children in Africa.

Inspector Lewis 2 -- It would seem that the spin-off to the "Inspector Morse" series, "Inspector Lewis," was successful enough to call for a second season.

John Doyle Last updated on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 02:58AM EDT W ho needs a life when you have a cat and a TV? Okay, I'm being factious but, this weekend, there's all manner of interesting things to watch and the cat needs a bath.

Morse may have gone to the great cop shop in the sky, but his sidekick is returning in the new drama 'Lewis'. Kevin Whately tells Gerard Gilbert why he agreed to reprise his most famous role I'm sitting with Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse novels, in the quadrangle of Wadham College, Oxford.

PBS pretty much invented smarty-pants television, and it's still the best place to find shows that are entertaining and literate, with story lines that will allow you to drop bits of fascinating knowledge about, say, Charles Dickens or Anthony Trollope into any conversation.

And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea: On "Masterpiece Mystery!" Starring Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, 9 p.m. Sunday on KQED.

COMEDIAN Alan Davies joined other actors at an Oxford University college to film his guest appearance in the Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis.

Season 38, Episode 17 of 21 : Kevin Whately returns as Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis in the spin-off to the popular Inspector Morse series.

Television dramas such as Inspector Morse once added to the allure of becoming a police detective.

Television dramas such as Inspector Morse once added to the allure of becoming a police detective.

Kenneth Branagh's 'Wallander' captivated TV viewers. Now, as BBC4 shows the Scandinavian original, Geoffrey Macnab examines their different emphases on detectives, darkness and alienation Kenneth Branagh in Wallander enlarge Anyone wanting to play Inspector Wallander has to pass the soiled-underwear test.

Even the quirkly little hamlet of Market Shipborough, seen in 'Kingdom', is a breeding ground for Zonks.

A FOURTH series of the Oxford detective drama Lewis will be made, despite ITV's cash crisis.

WHETHER it's the choirmaster being killed with a pitchfork, or WI ladies committing homicide at the village fete, Oxfordshire is a hotbed of murder and intrigue - " if you believe three of Britain's best-loved TV detectives, that is.

Sheila Hancock presents a very personal account of her life with the actor John Thaw, best known for his Inspector Morse television series out of Britain.A As I read The Two Of Us: My Life With John Thaw I could feel the special bond they had and marveled at how open Sheila was to include the many declarations of love they made to each other.

Sheila Hancock is one of the star names in the new Jimmy McGovern drama serie,s Moving On.