I.M. 17. Fat Chance.

First broadcast 27th February 1991.

After a young woman aspiring to the priesthood dies while taking her exams, possibly from poison, Morse connects the death to a weight loss company.


John Thaw - Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately - Detective Sergeant Lewis
Maurice Denham - Lance Mandeville
David Gant - Geoffrey Boyd
Julian Gartside - Desmond Kelly
Caroline Ryder - Dinah Newberry
Zoë Wanamaker - Emma Pickford
Maggie O'Neill - Hilary Dobson
Sarah Carpenter - Victoria Hazlett
Una Brandon-Jones - Nadine Stacey
Arbel Jones - Jane Barnes
Nicholas Selby - Dr Corder
Eileen Dunwoodie - Mrs Gardam
Kenneth Haigh - Freddie Galt
Tilly Vosburgh - Irene Saunders
Alan Starkey - Rowlands
Ben Onwukwe - Doctor
William Roberts - Hank Briardale
Dorothea Alexander - Mrs Hulme
Badi Uzzaman - Chip Van Owner
Josephine Welcome - Judy
James Grout - Chief Superintendent Strange
Maureen Bennett - Val Lewis
Peggy Mount - Nun
Colin Dexter - Man in college grounds when Hilary Dobson goes in for interview
Tina Simmons - Slimmer of the Year