Inspector Morse. The Wolvercote Tongue.

First broadcast 25th December 1987.

A member of a tour group of older wealthy Americans visiting Oxford is found deceased in her hotel room with her most valuable possession stolen. She planned to donate the priceless possession, a medieval buckle dating back 1100 years, returning it to its rightful place as The Wolvercote Tongue.

John Thaw - Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately - Detective Sergeant Lewis
Peter Woodthorpe - Dr. Max DeBryn
Simon Callow - Theodore Kemp
Kenneth Cranham - Cedric Downes
Roberta Taylor - Sheila Williams
Robert Arden - Eddie Poindexter
Christine Norden - Laura Poindexter
Bill Reimbold - Howard Brown
Helena Stevens - Shirley Brown
John Bloomfield - Phil Aldrich
Mildred Shay - Janet Roscoe
Jane Bertish - Marion Kemp
Christine Kavanagh - Lucy Downes
Cherith Mellor - Fiona Hall
Nicholas Bell - Doctor Swain
Tim Faulkner - Hotel Manager
Iain Ormsby-Knox - Duty Sergeant
Maureen Morris - Nurse
Sara Coward - Lynn
Ron Copsey - Waiter
Teddie Thompson - Waitress (as Teddy Thompson)