CINESTIA
ExploreFavoritesRadar
Sign in
ExploreFavoritesRadar
All Titles
Lewis
Soundtrack
Google
Radar
Get notified when it hits streaming, rent, or buy below your target price.
Related titles
Real Life Nightmare
Real Life Nightmare
Hawaii
Hawaii
The Job
The Job
Dateline
Dateline
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
COLLECTION · Series · 2007

Lewis

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Source: TMDB
* 7.6 (120)CrimeDramaMysteryUnited Kingdom
Creators
Colin Dexter
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · ITV Productions · ITV Studios
Runtime
90 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
18/02/2007
Score
7.6 / 10 (120)

Awards and nominations

  • 1 win & 3 nominations total.
Where to watch
Streaming
Britbox Apple TV ChannelBritbox Apple TV ChannelBritBoxBritBoxBritBox Amazon ChannelBritBox Amazon Channel
Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
3 episodes · 2006
Pilot
Episode 1. Pilot
2006-01-29 · 97 min

Inspector Lewis investigates the death of a brilliant young maths student at Oxford University.

Episode 2. Behind the Scenes
49 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. An Interview with Kevin Whately
12 min

No synopsis

Season 1
Season 1
3 episodes · 2007

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Whom the Gods Would Destroy
Episode 1. Whom the Gods Would Destroy
2007-02-18 · 98 min

Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate case involving one of the Oxford University's most prominent figures.

Old School Ties
Episode 2. Old School Ties
2007-02-25 · 97 min

Lewis comes face to face with his past in a case driven by celebrity, scheming, and dangerous sexual politics.

Expiation
Episode 3. Expiation
2007-03-04 · 98 min

When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.

Season 2
Season 2
4 episodes · 2008
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
Episode 1. And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
2008-02-24 · 96 min

When a man is found dead at the Bodleian Library, Lewis investigates a link between the death and an intruder on a local professor's property.

Music to Die For
Episode 2. Music to Die For
2008-03-02 · 99 min

Lewis and Hathaway investigate a link between the murder of a professor of German history and the recent winner of a local underground boxing bout.

Life Born of Fire
Episode 3. Life Born of Fire
2008-03-09 · 97 min

When an old friend of Hathaway's commits suicide, Lewis investigates a link between his death and a religious group whose members are being targeted by a killer.

The Great and the Good
Episode 4. The Great and the Good
2008-03-16 · 99 min

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.

Season 3
Season 3
4 episodes · 2009
Allegory of Love
Episode 1. Allegory of Love
2009-03-22 · 97 min

Lewis investigates the murder of a beautiful young Eastern European woman whose death comes straight from the pages of a popular fantasy novel.

The Quality of Mercy
Episode 2. The Quality of Mercy
2009-03-29 · 99 min

When Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the murder of a rising Oxford theatre star, they focus their suspicions on his acting colleagues.

The Point of Vanishing
Episode 3. The Point of Vanishing
2009-04-05 · 97 min

When religious fanatic Steven Mullan is murdered, Lewis investigates celebrity atheist Tom Rattenbury and his family, who had been attacked by Mullan.

Counter Culture Blues
Episode 4. Counter Culture Blues
2009-04-12 · 95 min

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.

Season 4
Season 4
4 episodes · 2010
The Dead of Winter
Episode 1. The Dead of Winter
2010-05-02 · 89 min

After a body is found on an Oxford tour bus, Lewis and Hathaway are led to Crevecoeur Hall, a sprawling Oxford estate where Hathaway spent much of his childhood.

Dark Matter
Episode 2. Dark Matter
2010-05-09 · 90 min

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.

Your Sudden Death Question
Episode 3. Your Sudden Death Question
2010-05-16 · 89 min

On a bank holiday weekend Lewis and Hathaway are called in when a top quiz competitor is found floating dead in the fountain of an Oxford college.

Falling Darkness
Episode 4. Falling Darkness
2010-05-30 · 91 min

Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a university friend of pathologist Laura Hobson. As more deaths occur, they realise that Laura's past may hold the key.

Season 5
Season 5
4 episodes · 2011
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
Episode 1. Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
2011-04-03 · 93 min

Oxford's last all-female college is holding a reunion party to say goodbye to one of its most popular professors. After a guest is found murdered, Lewis believes the killing is connected to an attack that happened at the same building 10…

Wild Justice
Episode 2. Wild Justice
2011-04-11 · 94 min

Lewis investigates when a visiting female bishop is poisoned. Then two more deaths occur, both mirroring macabre murders from Jacobean revenge tragedy.

The Mind Has Mountains
Episode 3. The Mind Has Mountains
2011-04-17 · 93 min

The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.

The Gift of Promise
Episode 4. The Gift of Promise
2011-04-24 · 94 min

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…

Season 6
Season 6
4 episodes · 2012
The Soul of Genius
Episode 1. The Soul of Genius
2012-05-16 · 93 min

When a botanist accidentally digs up the body of the recently buried Murray Hawes, Lewis and Hathaway are set upon a seemingly impossible quest.

Generation of Vipers
Episode 2. Generation of Vipers
2012-05-23 · 93 min

Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a world of virtual bullying, but very real murder, when a professor is found dead after her dating video is leaked online.

Fearful Symmetry
Episode 3. Fearful Symmetry
2012-05-30 · 93 min

When a babysitter is found dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography.

The Indelible Stain
Episode 4. The Indelible Stain
2012-06-06 · 94 min

Lewis and Hathaway investigate when a controversial American academic is murdered after speaking at Oxford's Department of Criminology.

Season 7
Season 7
6 episodes · 2013
Down Among the Fearful (1)
Episode 1. Down Among the Fearful (1)
2013-01-07 · 45 min

Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the death of Reuben Beatty who works at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychology. He has been discovered dead injected by etorphine, a paralysing agent in the offices of psychic…

Down Among the Fearful (2)
Episode 2. Down Among the Fearful (2)
2013-01-14 · 46 min

Lewis and Hobson are examining the body of murdered Vicki Walmsley when a theft of etorphine is reported by the Garsington Equine Centre. The drug was last used a year earlier on a horse that injured its teenage rider, Joshua Grace – the…

The Ramblin' Boy (1)
Episode 3. The Ramblin' Boy (1)
2013-01-21 · 45 min

An embalmed body is discovered dumped by an isolated farm track. Funeral director Brian Miller identifies the body and GP Matt Whitby confirms the gentleman died of cancer.

The Ramblin' Boy (2)
Episode 4. The Ramblin' Boy (2)
2013-01-28 · 49 min

Liam Jay is in intensive care and Lewis and Alex believe that he has information about the death of Matt Whiby and the mysterious cremation. It is revealed by Emma Barnes that Johnny Jay, Liam’s father, was at the fateful supper party and…

Intelligent Design (1)
Episode 5. Intelligent Design (1)
2013-02-04 · 45 min

As Lewis and Hobson embark on a relationship, a former don is murdered on the night of his release from prison - crushed to death by a Jaguar Mark two.

Intelligent Design (2)
Episode 6. Intelligent Design (2)
2013-02-11 · 52 min

The corpse of a missing student is discovered in the attic of a college chapel.

Season 8
Season 8
6 episodes · 2014

Lewis 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.

Entry Wounds (1)
Episode 1. Entry Wounds (1)
2014-10-10 · 45 min

Hathaway has been promoted to Inspector after an extended break from the force, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again.

Entry Wounds (2)
Episode 2. Entry Wounds (2)
2014-10-17 · 45 min

Hathaway's murder theory has fallen apart. It might take Lewis's insight to close the case - but will his former protege listen?

The Lions of Nemea (1)
Episode 3. The Lions of Nemea (1)
2014-10-24 · 45 min

When a classics scholar is stabbed to death and dumped in the Oxford Canal, Lewis, Hathaway and Maddox find themselves sorely tested by a bizarre case.

The Lions of Nemea (2)
Episode 4. The Lions of Nemea (2)
2014-10-31 · 45 min

After a difficult start, Lewis and Hathaway's partnership seems to have gained some semblance of normality. DS Maddox has become a part of the team. Her abilities will be put to the test when an investigation begins on the brutal murder…

Beyond Good and Evil (1)
Episode 5. Beyond Good and Evil (1)
2014-11-07 · 45 min

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.

Beyond Good and Evil (2)
Episode 6. Beyond Good and Evil (2)
2014-11-14 · 45 min

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…

Season 9
Season 9
6 episodes · 2015
One for Sorrow (1)
Episode 1. One for Sorrow (1)
2015-10-06 · 45 min

Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.

One for Sorrow (2)
Episode 2. One for Sorrow (2)
2015-10-13 · 45 min

Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.

Magnum Opus (1)
Episode 3. Magnum Opus (1)
2015-10-20 · 45 min

When College Dean Phil Beskin is found bludgeoned to death with a rock in local woodland, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.

Magnum Opus (2)
Episode 4. Magnum Opus (2)
2015-10-27 · 45 min

Before the fourth murder takes place, the team must uncover the guilty secret that their victims share in order to learn the identity of both the killer and the potential victim.

What Lies Tangled (1)
Episode 5. What Lies Tangled (1)
2015-11-03 · 45 min

When an idyllic Oxford summer's day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.

What Lies Tangled (2)
Episode 6. What Lies Tangled (2)
2015-11-10 · 45 min

With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save his career and relationship.

Cast by season
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately
Detective Inspector Robert 'Robbie' Lewis
Laurence Fox
Laurence Fox
Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
Clare Holman
Clare Holman
Dr. Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
Rebecca Front
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
Comments

Sign in to comment and discuss this title.

…
Keywords
englandmurdercriminalpolice detectiveoxford, englandcriminal investigationforensic sciencecrime investigationacademiacolleagues
Related links
Explore catalog
Cinestia publishes lists, reviews, a collection and soundtracks for movie and series discovery.