Inspector Morse - TV Series and Books

I have seen every episode of the ITV series Inspector Morse and read all of the Inspector Morse books written by Colin Dexter. 

I can honestly say that, despite a few character and plot tweaks, I didn't see much of a difference between the two. I did find that a few of them worked slightly better on television than they did as novels. 

There are two that spring to mind as I write this. 

The first one is The Remorseful Day. John Thaw and Kevin Whately did a beautiful job of showing the emotion of this story without overdoing it. In the book, It didn't come across as well for me. However, it wasn't enough to spoil the book. 

The second is The Wench is Dead. I found the book plodding but the episode was able to show most of the heavy description that was in the book. 

It goes to show that sometimes TV adaptations can work just as well as the books. Sometimes, they may even be better. 

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