The title character of the long-running PBS import Inspector Morse was dispatched to his final resting place a dozen years ago – but now comes a prequel, the pilot for a forthcoming new series. Replacing John Thaw as Endeavour Morse, and playing him as a younger man, is Shaun Evans. He doesn’t nail the younger incarnation as, say, Josh Brolin channels a younger Tommy Lee Jones in the newest Men in Black sequel, but doesn’t really try. By the way, this isn’t the first time TV decided to exhume a dead but popular character by presenting a prequel: That would be in 1955, when ABC’s Disneyland followed Davy Crockett at the Alamo (in which he died) with other adventures, set earlier in his life. The better to sell coonskin caps with, my dear… Check local listings.