Cherubim and Seraphim

Cherubim and Seraphim is the name of an Inspector Morse mystery dramatized on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 1992. The story involves a group of teenagers reveling in the contemporary rave and acid house culture. A teenager, Marilyn Garrett (Charlotte Chatton), the daughter of Morse's half-sister Joyce (Sorcha Cusack), is found dead, having taken an overdose. Morse takes leave to investigate the death, searching for a reason... more

Cherubim and Seraphim is the name of an Inspector Morse mystery dramatized on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 1992. The story involves a group of teenagers reveling in the contemporary rave and acid house culture. A teenager, Marilyn Garrett (Charlotte Chatton), the daughter of Morse's half-sister Joyce (Sorcha Cusack), is found dead, having taken an overdose. Morse takes leave to investigate the death, searching for a reason for Marilyn's suicide. Despite his love of opera and classics Morse shows some interest in and empathy with the prevailing youth culture and its music, although it is utterly alien to him. On one occasion, when listening to some homemade acid house music, Morse becomes excited as he spots a sample of the Hallelujah Chorus. Meanwhile, Morse's stepmother Gwen - the mother of Joyce - is being treated in a nursing home where a Dr Desmond Collier (Jason Isaacs), a pioneering chemist who has invented a new anti-ageing drug, 'seraphics', which work... less