该剧是英剧《摩斯探长》的续篇,于2006-2015年在ITV播出,共九季33集,每集约90分钟,其中从2013年的第七季开始每集在ITV1首播时被拆分为上下两部分连续两周播出,然而在重播时以及在美国PBS电视台播出时依旧作为整集播出。该剧将背景设置在学术气息浓郁的牛津,剧中很多含有隐喻的诙谐对白在外国文学爱好者看来会别有趣味,同时延续摩斯系列侧重通过案件展示各色人生和命运悲剧的特色,凶手被揭露后通常会有一幕对手戏将矛盾推至高潮,尘埃落定后缓和而带有希望的片尾曲又形成鲜明映衬,让人感叹命运无常及人的渺小,同时又看到光明的希望。该剧多位编剧也曾参与ITV版大侦探波洛和马普尔小姐系列剧的改编。
丹尼(马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰)只是一介普通工人,日复一日的庸碌生活中,他的未来一片混沌。一次偶然中,丹尼被一道惊雷劈中陷入昏迷,醒来之后,丹尼吃惊的发现,自己竟然进入了一个名叫薇罗尼卡(蕾切尔·斯特灵 Rachael Stirling 饰)的女人的身体之中。
薇罗尼卡是一名时尚杂志的记者,前途一片光明,就这样,丹尼以薇罗尼卡的身份开始了全新的生活。在薇罗尼卡的男友杰(佩特逊·约瑟夫 Paterson Joseph 饰)和情人阿里(詹姆斯·兰斯 James Lance 饰)的双重攻势下,丹尼意识到他必须找回自己的身体。丹尼重访了自己曾经工作过的地方,遇见了同事皮特(马绍尔·兰卡斯特 Marshall Lancaster 饰)与丹尼暗恋的女孩菲罗娜(Angela Griffin 饰),通过与两人的交往,丹尼发现了一个全新的自己。
Causton is buzzing at the opening of a new brewery on the site of a famously cursed Abbey. But excitement turns to fear when a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are puzzled; could this really be about beer
A summer’s day in Oxford is screwed apart when a parcel bomb explodes. The team are called in to investigate, but the victim is a womanizer, having been known to have had numerous affairs with younger women. With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save his career and relationship.
Lewis and Hathaway are called to investigate a body in some woodland. But realising three more murders are to follow, the team must hurry to catch the killer, before they happen. Hathaway is struggling to cope with his father's illness, as he begins his search to find out who he was before the dementia kicked in.