Endeavour’s Shaun Evans and Roger Allam on whether they would ever return for another series

Endeavour stars Shaun Evans and Roger Allam have revealed if they would ever return for another series.

The pair can currently be seen on the small screen for the show’s ninth series, which was confirmed last year to be its last.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the pair spoke about the prospect of playing Morse and Thursday again in the future.

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"If people say 'would you come back?' it’s only because the work meant something to them. That's really good. That's what I want, for the work to have meant something," said Evans.

"Would I come back? No is the answer, because what more is there left to say that I can say about this? So no – never say never, but it would be highly unlikely."

Allam added: "If there was a really good script, I’d certainly consider it, yeah, absolutely. Or Thursday, I think he needs to go somewhere quite a long way away. He could set up as a private detective in Cornwall, and that would be great, wouldn’t it? Or maybe St Tropez."

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Upon the announcement of the series ending, Evans reiterated it was the right time for the detective to bow out, saying: "It's come to its right end, it really has. The people are now a part of my life and always will be, but the story itself is told. I can’t explain it better than that.

"So it doesn't feel like, 'Oh, God, we should have gone back and done this,' or 'Oh, I feel nostalgic for that.' I really don't feel any of that," he continued. "I feel like we've done that and it's reached its natural conclusion. And I'm pleased with it.

"I think we all felt – well, I can't speak for everyone else – but the sense on set at least was, it was the right time for all of us to call it a day."

Endeavour airs Sunday nights on ITV and streams on ITVX.

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