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  • Goodnight Mister Tom
  • Goodnight Mister Tom review by from Walsall, Uk
    Rated - 5 stars The original feel good classic 7 February 2004
    ...ed by this so called great idea to protect children. The acting is superb with John Thaw proving his versatility and backed up with a strong supporting cast. An overw...  
  • Inspector Morse -  The Remorseful Day / Rest in Peace
  • Rated - 5 stars Brilliant 26 June 2006
    ...This is probably the best Morse of them all. As usual John Thaw is superb. The plot, the acting grab you and keep you glued to your seat watching. By the end I doubt if ...  

John Thaw - filmography


  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Tom Brodie,  Daisy Bates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the courtroom, esteemed Barrister James Kavanagh Q.C. tackles tough cases involving rape, pornography, vigilantes, and prostitutes, but his most difficult battles occur at home, where he tries to balance his familial duty with the pressures imposed on him by his job. Contains all the episodes ..read more »
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  • Buried Treasure on DVD (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Rachel Davies,  Wil Johnson
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In BURIED TREASURE, John Thaw stars as Harry Jenkins, a bull-headed estate agent whose life changes when police arrive at his door with news that his estranged daughter has died, leaving her own mixed-race daughter. Harry, accompanied by the grandchild he never knew he had, embarks on a journey to ..read more »
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  • Britain At War In Colour on DVD (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features colour film, documenting the reality of war for the people involved. Includes extracts from diaries and letters from those who witnessed Britain at war. Contains three episodes plus extra unbroadcast footage.
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  • The Second World War In Colour on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Second World War In Colour [1999] is a three-part documentary which reveals hours of previously unseen colour film of World War II. As almost all newsreel film was shot in black and white, this DVD offers a completely new portrait of the war. Dramatic colour footage from as early as 1933 shows ..read more »
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  • Goodnight Mister Tom on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Nick Robinson,  Annabelle Apsion
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Set in a small English town at the start of WWII, Goodnight Mister Tom is based on Michelle Magorian's novel about a cantankerous WWI veteran named Tom Oakley (John Thaw), who, against his will, is paired with a London orphan named Willie Beech. The story is based around the relationship which ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Lisa Eichhorn,  James Grout
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. While there, he takes an interest in a 140 year-old case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of young woman traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in two men ..read more »
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Tom Brodie,  Daisy Bates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All the episodes from the second series of the popular TV programme: In True Commitment: The daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman and her boyfriend plan to murder a member of the neo-Nazi opposition. In Men Of Substance: Kavanagh is forced to replace the prosecutor who suffers a heart attack ..read more »
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Nicholas Jones,  Linda Bassett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All the episodes from the third series of the popular TV programme: In Mute Of Malice: Kavanagh defends a client who has become mute after announcing that he has killed his brother. In Blood Money:A computer tycoon is involved in a car accident. In Ancient History: Kavanagh prosecutes a doctor in a ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Way Through The Woods on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Gary Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Steven Parnell, who was accused of murdering a number young girls the previous summer, is killed while in prison awaiting trial. Morse had not been involved in the case as he was on leave during most of that investigation. What piques Morse's interest is that one of the victims, Karen Anderson, was ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Twilight Of The Gods on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Stephen Whittaker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse's police work and love of music come together as he investigates the murder of a journalist who was writing about college benefactor Andrew Baydon, and is witness when opera singer Gwladys Probert is shot while standing next to Baydon at the annual procession.
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  • Inspector Morse - The Day Of The Devil on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Keith Allen
    Director: Stephen Whittaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    When John Peter Barrie escapes from a maximum security mental institution, the police assign all available resources to finding him. Barrie is a dangerous sex offender known as the Devil's Disciple. Morse is assisted by Barrie's psychiatrist, Dr. Esther Martin. Barrie contacts Morse and they begin ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Jason Durr
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Dead On Time on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  David Haig
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Absolute Conviction on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Sean Bean
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A convicted fraudster, one of three former business partners at an open prison, dies following an assault. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a brash subordinate and trying to avoid offending the prison authorities.
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  • Inspector Morse - Cherubim And Seraphim on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Personal tragedy strikes as Morse's niece, Marilyn Garrett, commits suicide. Morse was very fond of her and had hopes that she would accomplish many of the things he had not done in his life. While Morse is away on personal leave, Lewis is studying for his inspector's exams and is temporarily ..read more »
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  • A Year In Provence on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Lindsay Duncan
    Director: David Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A YEAR IN PROVENCE is the four-part adaptation of Peter Mayle's true-life bestseller about the first year he and his wife (played by John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan) spent in a 200-year-old French farmhouse, and the gastronomical splendours they experienced. Originally produced for the A&E cable ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Fat Chance on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Maurice Denham
    Director: Colin Gregg,  Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Victoria Hazlett is a brilliant student who aspired to the priesthood in the Anglican Church. When she collapses and dies during an exam, the post-mortem reveals that she was likely poisoned, but the pathologist can't quite identify one of the substances found in her system. Victoria was a member ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Second Time Around on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Jenny Laird
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Greeks Bearing Gifts on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  James Grout
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse and Lewis investigate when Nicos, the chef from a local Greek restaurant, is found murdered. He had been in England for 6 months and they initially learn little about him other than he was well liked and had no enemies. They eventually learn that he had previously been in England as a sous-..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Promised Land on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  James Grout
    Director: John Madden,  Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    When the case against the Abingdon gang comes under scrutiny, Morse and Lewis must travel to Australia to locate their prime informant who was resettled there with his entire family in exchange for the information he provided the police. When they get there, they find the informant, Kenny Stone (..read more »
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  • Home To Roost - Series 4 (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Reece Dinsdale
    Director: David Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. The fourth series of the classic 80s show about a divorced man whose world (and home) is turned upside down when his wayward son returns to the nest. Features all seven episodes ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Last Enemy on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  James Grout
    Director: James Scott,  Anthony Simmons
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    When a decapitated body is found in the canal, the police must first identify the victim. The Master of an Oxford college, Sir Alexander Reece, contacts his old friend Morse to obtain assistance in locating the Deputy Master, David Kerridge, who is now four days overdue from his planned return to ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Secret Of Bay 5B on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Amanda Hillwood
    Director: Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Michael Gifford a successful architect who was strangled while sitting in his vehicle in a multi-level car park. As they look into his background, they find he was an egotist who had affairs with several women and had employees who are either indifferent to ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Last Seen Wearing on DVD (1988)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Peter McEnery
    Director: Edward Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse and Lewis investigate the disappearance of teenager Valerie Craven who vanished some six months previously while walking home from her exclusive girls school. Morse is the third detective assigned to the case and is convinced that the girl is by now dead. However, the girl's parents receive a ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Service Of All The Dead on DVD (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Alastair Reid,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of Harry Josephs, a warden at St. Oswald's church who is found dead immediately after a church service. The initial focus is on a tramp who attended the service but the autopsy reveals that Josephs died of an overdose of morphine. When others who attended the ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Wolvercote Tongue on DVD (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Peter Woodthorpe
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Laura Poindexter, an American tourist who is part of an exclusive tour group visiting Oxford. Missing from her personal effects is her jewelry, including the Wolvercote Tongue which she was going to donate to the Ashmolean Museum. The pathologist determines ..read more »
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  • Home To Roost - Series 3 (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Reece Dinsdale
    Director: David Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. The third series of the classic 80s show about a divorced man whose world (and home)is turned upside down when his wayward son returns to the nest.
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  • Inspector Morse - The Dead Of Jericho on DVD (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Gemma Jones
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Side A - The Dead of Jericho: Morse, who never quite finds romance, thinks that at last things will turn out differently when he meets beautiful Anne Stavely (Gemma Jones). But it is a love destined not to be when Anne is found hanging from a beam in mysterious circumstances. Morse suspects murder ..read more »
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  • Regan - The Movie (1974)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Dennis Waterman,  Lee Montague
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. This is the 1974 TV film that inspired THE SWEENEY series. John Thaw stars as tough cop Jack Regan, who is joined by fellow officer George Carter (Dennis Waterman) in his ..read more »
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  • Bomber Harris on DVD
    Starring: John Thaw,  Robert Hardy,  Frederick Treves
    Director: Michael Darlow
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A drama which follows the fortunes of Arthur Harris Commander in Chief of RAF Bomber Command in 1942. His vision is to put an end to Hitler's dominance and annihilate the German industrial heartland. Other British authoritative figures unhappy about this new kind of war ensure that Harris must look ..read more »
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  • Sweeney, The - Diamond Geezer
    Starring: John Thaw,  Dennis Waterman
    Director: Tom Clegg,  Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. This digitally remastered collection features cops Regan (John Thaw) and Carter (Dennis ..read more »
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  • Redcap - The Complete Second Series (3 discs)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. John Thaw takes the first starring role of his career in Redcap, playing Sergeant John Mann of the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch. Made in the mid-1960s at ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 8, Episode 5 - ... to Watch Now (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Clare Holman
    Director: Jack Gold,  Jamie McCoan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 8, The Wench Is... to Watch Now (1998)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse is taken seriously ill at an opening of an exhibition of old judicial practices at a museum and is hospitalized. Supt. Strange pushes Morse to take early retirement. An attractive scientist, who had a speech at the opening of the exhibition, brings her book on a 140 year-old case known as the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 6 members
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  • Goodnight Mr Tom to Watch Now (1998)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Nick Robinson,  Annabelle Apsion
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 102 minutes
    Set in a small English town at the start of WWII, Goodnight Mister Tom is based on Michelle Magorian's novel about a cantankerous WWI veteran named Tom Oakley (John Thaw), who, against his will, is paired with a London orphan named Willie Beech. The story is based around the relationship which ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 8, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Charles Beeson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Rachel James is shot through her kitchen window while having breakfast early one morning. She was having an affair with Dr. Julian Storrs, an Oxford professor who is a candidate for Master of Lonsdale College. When her next door neighbor is also killed however, Morse determines that the shooting of ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 6 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 8, The Way Thro... to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Claire Skinner
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Steven Parnell, who was accused of murdering a number young girls the previous summer, is killed while in prison awaiting trial. Morse had not been involved in the case as he was on leave during most of that investigation. What piques Morse's interest is that one of the victims, Karen Anderson, was ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Stephen Whittaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    When John Peter Barrie escapes from a maximum security mental institution, the police assign all available resources to finding him. Barrie is a dangerous sex offender known as the Devil's Disciple. Morse is assisted by Barrie's psychiatrist, Dr. Esther Martin. Barrie contacts Morse and they begin ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse's police work and love of music come together as he investigates the murder of a journalist who was writing about college benefactor Andrew Baydon, and is witness when opera singer Gwladys Probert is shot while standing next to Baydon at the annual procession.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 2 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 5 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Personal tragedy strikes as Morse's niece, Marilyn Garrett, commits suicide. Morse was very fond of her and had hopes that she would accomplish many of the things he had not done in his life. While Morse is away on personal leave, Lewis is studying for his inspector's exams and is temporarily ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 4 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of wealthy industrialist Sir John Balcombe. There is little love lost in the Balcombe family and no great remorse when Sir John is found dead, obviously bludgeoned to death. The dead man's wife and two sons all seem worried about other things. To Morse's ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis find themselves in Vicenza, Italy looking into the death of May Lawrence who was killed while attending a psychotherapy clinic there. The clinic is run by Russell Clark, a convicted fraudster who is well known to Morse and the British authorities. Morse is particularly enjoying the ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 4 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    A convicted fraudster, one of three former business partners at an open prison, dies following an assault. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a brash subordinate and trying to avoid offending the prison authorities.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 5, Epsiode 5 - ... to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    When the case against the Abingdon gang comes under scrutiny, Morse and Lewis must travel to Australia to locate their prime informant who was resettled there with his entire family in exchange for the information he provided the police. When they get there, they find the informant, Kenny Stone (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 5, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 4 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 5, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Victoria Hazlett is a brilliant student who aspired to the priesthood in the Anglican Church. When she collapses and dies during an exam, the post-mortem reveals that she was likely poisoned, but the pathologist can't quite identify one of the substances found in her system. Victoria was a member ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 5, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of fun-loving raconteur Harry Field, a mediocre artist with no real style to call his own, with many of his paintings featuring the same mystery woman. As they dig deeper into his past, they discover a possible link to art forgery. Meanwhile, Lewis considers ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 4, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Sandy Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Jackie Thorn who was found bound and stabbed in her flat. The murder is a carbon copy of one that occurred 27 days previously and they assume both were committed by the same man. The team is joined by Sgt. Siobhan Maitland, a expert in crimes against women. ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 4, Episode 4 - ... to Watch Now (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse finds himself the subject of a murder investigation when his friend, Beryl Newsome, is murdered at a rehearsal of the Magic Flute and he foolishly touches the murder weapon. Morse is suspended and DCI Bottomley, with DS Lewis assisting him, is put in charge of the case. Morse feels that he ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 4, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Dr. Julian Dear, a senior fellow at an Oxford college. Dear suffered a fatal heart attack during what appeared to be a mugging and the attack was witnessed by the College's Master, Matthew Copley-Barnes. Read was to participate in a debate on the evening of ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 4, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Trevor Radford, Managing Director of the family's Radford Breweries, is found murdered in the brewery. He had been working late one evening mounting a defense against an unwelcome takeover attempt from a rival brewery. There appear to be some disagreement in the family as to whether they should ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 3, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Amanda Hillwood
    Director: Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 3, Episode 4 - ... to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Michael Gifford a successful architect who was strangled while sitting in his vehicle in a multi-level car park. As they look into his background, they find he was an egotist who had affairs with several women and had employees who are either indifferent to ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 3, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Claire Skinner
    Director: Anthony Simmons
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Anthony Donn who is attending an old boys cricket match at his Oxford college in advance of the team going on a European tour. Morse knew him and had actually met him again not long before his death. The death looks like a suicide, but Morse has his doubts. ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 1, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse is taken aback by the apparent suicide of Anne Staveley. Morse knew her well as they were members of the same choir and he was quite attracted to her. On the evening of the choir's public performance, Morse stops by her house to collect her but finds her front door open and no one at home. On ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 2, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse is pressed into service when, while attending a college dinner for an eclectic group of foreign summer students, a Japanese member of the group suddenly excuses himself and a short time later is found brutally murdered in his room. There are any number of suspects, several of whom had bad ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 1, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Brian Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Nicholas Quinn, a hard of hearing Oxford examiner who had recently complained to his superior that others in the examination syndicate were selling secrets. Quinn died of cyanide poisoning but Morse is convinced that this is a case of murder, not suicide. ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 2, Episode 4 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Duffell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of a young woman, Sylvia Kane, found dead in a pub car park. She was last seen at a bus stop asking for the times of the bus to Woodstock and was to meet as friend at the same pub where she was found. She had accepted a lift from someone in a red car and the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 9 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 1, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of Harry Josephs, a warden at St. Oswald's church who is found dead immediately after a church service. The initial focus is on a tramp who attended the service but the autopsy reveals that Josephs died of an overdose of morphine. When others who attended the ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 2, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Laura Poindexter, an American tourist who is part of an exclusive tour group visiting Oxford. Missing from her personal effects is her jewelry, including the Wolvercote Tongue which she was going to donate to the Ashmolean Museum. The pathologist determines ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 5 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 2, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Edward Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the disappearance of teenager Valerie Craven who vanished some six months previously while walking home from her exclusive girls school. Morse is the third detective assigned to the case and is convinced that the girl is by now dead. However, the girl's parents receive a ..read more »
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John Thaw facts

5 most recent films

Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - The Remorseful Day / Rest in Peace - 3.5 stars
Buried Treasure - 3.0 stars
Britain At War In Colour - 3.5 stars
The Second World War In Colour - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Goodnight Mister Tom - 4.0 stars
Sweeney, The - The Complete Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - The Day Of The Devil - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - Who Killed Harry Field? - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - The Remorseful Day / Rest in Peace - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Plastic Man - The Complete Series - 3 stars
Thick As Thieves - The Complete Series - 0.5 stars
The Capone Investment - 2.0 stars
Home To Roost - Series 4 - 2.0 stars
Mitch - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kevin Whately - 66 times - show films
James Grout - 15 times - show films
Sean Bean - 10 times - show films
Jim Broadbent - 10 times - show films
Dennis Waterman - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Madden - 13 times - show films
Peter Hammond - 9 times - show films
none - 9 times - show films
Colin Gregg - 8 times - show films
Adrian Shergold - 8 times - show films