> 20 movie-length episodes per season

Is that a typo? Inspector Morse had a total of 33 episodes across 7 seasons and 5 specials. Seasons averaged about 4 eps each.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Inspector_Morse_episod...

I stand corrected. There was a time when I watched several shows like Morse (ie, Lewis, Frost, Foyle, Gently, Lynley, Marple, Midsomer) and I suppose it became a bit of a blur. It was a lot of long episodes, but not a lot of episodes (per season).

For "long lasting UK series" I tend to think of The Bill.

I'm sorry; for "long lasting UK series" it's really hard to beat Doctor Who...

The Bill may have more episodes, but Doctor Who has been running for 20 years longer.

> I'm sorry; for "long lasting UK series" it's really hard to beat Doctor Who...

The prototypical "long lasting UK series" is actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Street (nearly 60 years, >10000 episodes)

God I hate that program(me). And I was born on the same day, 9 December 1960, and as it gradually becomes known more and more for just being old I am more and more reminded of my own mortality.

OK, yes. Coronation Street does win that particular trophy.

Also a great example of the "endlessly rehashed story lines" type of series mentioned elsewhere in this thread :-)

Silent Witness ..