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The Wolvercote Tongue

Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.

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  • Originally Aired December 25, 1987
  • Runtime 101 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Network ITV1
  • On Other Sites IMDB
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Name Type Role
Julian Mitchell Writer
Alastair Reid Director
Colin Dexter Director