Laura Hobson, likewise reprising her role from Inspector Morse and from the seventh season, Angela Griffin as DS Lizzie Maddox. The series also stars Clare Holman as forensic pathologist Dr. Lewis has now been promoted to detective inspector and is assisted by DS James Hathaway, portrayed by Laurence Fox, who was promoted to inspector before the seventh series. Kevin Whately reprises his character Robert 'Robbie' Lewis, who was Morse's sergeant in the original series. It is a spin-off from Inspector Morse and, like that series, it is set in Oxford. Lewis is a British television detective drama produced for ITV, first airing in 2006 ( pilot) then 2007 (series 1).
