Roger Allam has reflected on his long-running role as DCI Fred Thursday in ITV's hit detective drama, Endeavour . A core cast member, the 72-year-old appeared alongside Shaun Evans in all nine seasons of the Inspector Morse prequel, which aired from 2012 to 2023. Speaking with The Guardian this month, Roger revealed why he initially signed on to Endeavour more than a decade ago, and the real reason is a heartwarming one.

© Photo: ITV Roger Allam as DCI Fred Thursday

Speaking about his eleven-year tenure as DCI Thursday, Roger recalled: "Having played a lot of sneery middle-class [expletive], I was immediately attracted to the character because this was more from my actual family background – working class. One grandfather was a labourer on a building site, the other was

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