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John Thaw - what members say
review by from Walsall, Uk
The original feel good classic 7 February 2004
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Brilliant 26 June 2006
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Unfaulty John Thaw 8 February 2009
John Thaw - filmography
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Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: John Thaw, Tom Brodie, Daisy Bates
Certificate: 
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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from 603 members
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Buried Treasure
(2000)
Starring: John Thaw, Rachel Davies, Wil Johnson
Director: Adrian Shergold
Certificate: 
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 »
65%
from 194 members
Not currently released
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Britain At War In Colour
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: John Thaw
Director: none
Certificate:
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.
67%
from 501 members
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The Second World War In Colour
(1999)
Starring: John Thaw
Director: none
Certificate: 
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 »
70%
from 470 members
Not currently released
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Goodnight Mister Tom - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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Based on Michelle Magorian's novel about a cantankerous WWI veteran who is paired, against his will, with a London orphan. Set in a small English town at the start of WWII, GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM stars John Thaw as Tom Oakley, who gets stuck with a shy young orphan named Willie Beech when the ..read more »
80%
from 171 members
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Goodnight Mister Tom
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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John Thaw (Inspector Morse) stars as the widowed and cantankerous Tom Oakley in this charming film adaptation of the prize-winning children's novel by Michelle Magorian. When the Second World War is declared, Tom finds that his quiet life in the village of Little Weirwold is set to change when nine-..read more »
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from 4,164 members
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Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Lisa Eichhorn, James Grout, Colin
Director: Robert Knights
Certificate: 
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 »
73%
from 944 members
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Inspector Morse - S08 E03 - Death Is Now...
(1997)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Charles Beeson
Certificate:
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 »
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Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: John Thaw, Tom Brodie, Daisy Bates
Certificate:
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 »
70%
from 441 members
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Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: John Thaw, Nicholas Jones, Linda Bassett
Certificate:
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 »
70%
from 420 members
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Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 4
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: John Thaw
Director: Tristram Powell, Colin Gregg, Renny Rye
Certificate:
More cases defended by the barrister James Kavanagh Q.C. Features the episodes 'Momento Mori', 'Care In The Community', 'Briefs Trooping Gaily', 'Bearing Witness', 'Innocency Of Life' and 'Dead Reckoning'.
70%
from 355 members
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Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 5
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: John Thaw
Director: Tristram Powell, Colin Gregg, Renny Rye
Certificate:
James Kavanagh continues to juggle his cases and his family life in this fifth and final series. Contains the episodes 'Previous Convictions', in which Kavanagh defends a woman accused of causing an accident at a moto-cross event, 'The More Loving One', where he defends a young man accused of ..read more »
70%
from 360 members
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Inspector Morse - The Way Through the Woods
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Gary Powell, James Grout, Brian
Director: John Madden
Certificate:
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 »
71%
from 1,208 member
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Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Samantha Bond, Adrian Dunbar
Director: Stuart Orme
Certificate:
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 »
71%
from 1,132 member
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Inspector Morse - Dead on Time
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: David Haig, Richard Pasco, John Thaw
Director: John Madden
Certificate:
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 »
73%
from 992 members
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A Year In Provence
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan
Director: David Tucker
Certificate:
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? cable ..read more »
64%
from 522 members
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Inspector Morse - S05 E05 - Promised Land
(1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: John Madden
Certificate:
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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Inspector Morse - S05 E03 - Who Killed H...
(1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Colin Gregg
Certificate:
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 - S05 E01 - Second Time ...
(1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Adrian Shergold
Certificate:
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 - S05 E02 - Fat Chance
(1991)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Roy Battersby
Certificate:
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 - S04 E03 - Driven to Di...
(1990)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Sandy Johnson
Certificate:
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 - S04 E02 - The Sins of ...
(1990)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Peter Hammond
Certificate:
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 - S04 E01 - Infernal Serpent
(1990)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: John Madden
Certificate:
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 »
80%
from 1 member
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Home To Roost - Series 4
(1989)
Starring: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale
Director: David Reynolds
Certificate:
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 plus the Christmas special.
47%
from 10 members
Not available for rental
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Bomber Harris
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: John Thaw, Robert Hardy, Frederick Treves
Director: Michael Darlow
Certificate:
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 »
66%
from 444 members
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Inspector Morse - The Secret of Bay 5B
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Amanda Hillwood, Mel Martin, Br
Director: Jim Goddard
Certificate:
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 »
73%
from 910 members
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Inspector Morse - S02 E04 - Last Bus to ...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Peter Duffell
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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 »
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Inspector Morse - The Dead of Jericho
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Gemma Jones
Director: Alastair Reid
Certificate:
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 »
72%
from 1,639 member
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Inspector Morse - S02 E03 - The Settling...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Peter Hammond
Certificate:
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 »
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Inspector Morse - S01 E01 - The Dead of ...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Alastair Reid
Certificate:
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 - S02 E02 - Last Seen We...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Edward Bennett
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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 - S01 E02 - The Silent W...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Brian Parker
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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 - S01 E03 - Service of A...
(1987)
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately
Director: Peter Hammond
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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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Home To Roost - Series 1
(1985)
Starring: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Elizabeth Bennett
Director: Graham Wetherell
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A high-spirited teenager appears on his doorstep and Henry reluctantly takes him in. From then on, it's a life of domestic disharmony as Henry discovers Matthew's fondness for raiding the liquour cabinet and driving dear old dad up the wall.
57%
from 216 members
Not available for rental
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The Life And Death Of King John
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, George Costigan, John Thaw
Director: Daivd Giles
Certificate: 
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The reign of ..read more »
64%
from 103 members
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The Sweeney - Golden Fleece/The Trojan Bus
(1976)
Starring: Garfield Morgan, Dennis Waterman, John Thaw
Certificate:
Features two episodes of the classic cop show THE SWEENEY; 'Golden Fleece' and 'The Trojan Bus'. They're a classic detective double act, John Thaw is the mature, serious and irritable Regan, while his young partner, Dennis Waterman, is the cheeky cockney Carter who's a hit with the ladies. Part of ..read more »
65%
from 13 members
Not available for rental
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The Sweeney - The Complete First Series
(4 discs)
(1975)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman
Director: Viktors Ritelis, Ted Childs, Mike Vardy
Certificate:
The entire first series of the action-packed dry-witted smash hit cop show of 1970s. They're a classic detective double act, John Thaw is the mature, serious and irritable Regan, while his young partner, Dennis Waterman, is the cheeky cockney Carter who's a hit with the ladies. Part of London's ..read more »
72%
from 1,085 member
Not available for rental
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The Sweeney - The Complete Series 4
(4 discs)
(1975)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman
Director: Terry Green, Graham Baker, Tom Clegg
Certificate:
More tough 1970s Brit-cop action from Jack Regan (John Thaw) and George Carter (Dennis Waterman) in The Sweeney.
Episode titles: Messenger Of The Gods, Hard Men, Drag Act, Trust Red, Nightmare, Money Money Money, Bait, The Bigger They Are, Feet Of Clay, One Of Your Own, Hearts and Minds, Latin ..read more »
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from 782 members
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
(1961)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Donal Donnelly, Freda Jackson
Director: Stuart Burge
Certificate: 
Patrick McGoohan and John Thaw star in this television adaptation of John Arden’s intense, powerful play, initially screened in 1961 as a Granada Play of the Week and adapted by Arden himself.
Set against a background of nineteenth-century imperialist conflict, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is ..read more »
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from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Redcap - The Complete Second Series
(3 discs)
Starring: John Thaw
Certificate:
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 a time when the British army was still highly active, Redcap's stories cover investigations in Germany, Malaysia, Cyprus ..read more »
52%
from 58 members
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...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.
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