Kevin Whately returns as Inspector Lewis teamed with his cool, cerebral partner Detective Sergeant Hathaway (Laurence Fox, A Room with a View). Lewis, the former working-class foil to the erudite Detective Inspector Morse, tackles murder and mayhem with the help of Hathaway in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford.

In 2009, Masterpiece mystery! presents two encore presentations from series one of Inspector Lewis: Old School Ties (August 16) and Expiation (August 23).

Inspector Lewis: Series II premieres August 30th, 2009, showcasing seven new cases: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (August 30); Music to Die For (September 6); Life Born of Fire (September 13); The Great and the Good (September 20); Allegory of Love (October 4); The Quality of Mercy (October 11) and The Point of Vanishing (October 18). Lewis and Hathaway encounter several crimes that take a personal turn, revealing new sides of the inimitable duo and their deepening relationship.