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  • Goodnight Mister Tom
  • Goodnight Mister Tom review by from Walsall, Uk
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review

John Thaw - filmography


  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 1 (2 discs) (2002)
    Starring: Anna Chancellor,  Lisa Harrow,  Jenny Jules
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire first series of this television drama starring John Thaw (Inspector Morse, The Sweeney) as one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In the opening episode 'Nothing But the Truth' his wife feels ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 625 members
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  • Buried Treasure (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Wil Johnson,  Rachel Davies
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When estate agent Harry Jenkins (John Thaw) returns home one day to hear the news of his estranged daughter's death, he discovers for the first time that he has a young mixed-race girl named Saffron for a granddaughter. Together, the self-obsessed estate agent and the strong-willed little girl ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 197 members
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  • Britain At War In Colour (2000)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Documentary series which uses colour film footage (much of it exclusive to video) and extracts from letters and diaries to describe what life was like in wartime Britain. Events featured include a royal visit to Warrington, the Battle of Britain, Moseley's Blackshirts marching on the Embankment, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 507 members
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  • Monsignor Renard (2 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Michael Attwell,  John Thaw,  Herb Andress
    Director: David Wheatley,  Malcolm Mowbray
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Entire first series of the ITV drama. Twenty years after taking an acrimonious leave of his family and friends in order to join the Roman church, Monsignor Renard (John Thaw) returns to his home village as parish priest. World War Two is well under way, and Nazi occupation is imminent. In addition ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 153 members
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  • The Second World War In Colour (1999)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    John Thaw narrates this documentary series, made to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Second World War, which has been painstakingly researched to include original colour footage from the various countries involved in the conflict. Included is material featuring Pearl Harbour, the Battle ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 475 members
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  • Goodnight Mister Tom - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Nick Robinson,  John Thaw,  Geoffrey Hutchings
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Thaw stars in this adaptation of Michelle Magorian's novel. The outbreak of the Second World War sees nine-year-old Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) evacuated from London and billeted with crotchety widower Tom Oakley (Thaw) in the village of Little Weirwold. Willie is a sad little boy who has not ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 208 members
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  • Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead (1998)
    Starring: Lisa Eichhorn,  James Grout,  Bri
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 964 members
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  • Goodnight Mister Tom on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Nick Robinson,  John Thaw,  Geoffrey Hutchings
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Thaw stars in this adaptation of Michelle Magorian's novel. The outbreak of the Second World War sees nine-year-old Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) evacuated from London and billeted with crotchety widower Tom Oakley (Thaw) in the village of Little Weirwold. Willie is a sad little boy who has not ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 4,879 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: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,221 member
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Director: Paul G,  Tristram Powell,  Renny Rye
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The entire fourth series of the television drama starring John Thaw as Kavanagh QC, one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In 'Memento Mori', Kavanagh, now back at work following his wife's death, agrees to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 363 members
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anna Chancellor,  Nicholas Jones,  Lena Headey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire third series of the television drama starring John Thaw as Kavanagh QC, one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In 'Mute of Malice', brothers Miles and Edgar Beddoes (Anthony Calf and Andrew Woodall) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 434 members
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 5 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Director: Paul G,  Tristram Powell,  Renny Rye
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The entire fifth series of the television drama starring John Thaw as Kavanagh QC, one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In 'Previous Convictions', a jet crashes into a motocross course after the RAF mechanic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 364 members
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  • Kavanagh Q.C. - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anna Chancellor,  Lisa Harrow,  Jenny Jules
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The entire second series of this television drama starring John Thaw as one of the country's leading criminal advocates in London, who has worked his way up from a northern working class background. In 'True Commitment', when a right-wing skinhead is stabbed during a clash between radical left-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 459 members
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  • Inspector Morse - S08 E01 - The Way Thro... (1995)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Claire Skinner
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a man accused of murdering young girls is killed in prison Morse finds one body was never found. Then a witness is murdered. As they dig into the case they come across a group of middle-aged men who take glamour photos. They find a body - but it's of a middle-aged man. So what's going on?
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 54 members
  • Inspector Morse - S07 E01 - Deadly Slumber (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The owner of a private clinic has committed suicide then Morse finds he was bound and gagged. One suspect is Michael Steppings who wrote threatening letters after his daughter was left brain-damaged after a botched operation. Then Morse finds one letter was altered which puts a new slant on it all.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 46 members
  • Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Samantha Bond,  Adrian Dunbar
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,160 member
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  • Inspector Morse - Dead on Time on DVD (1992)
    Starring: David Haig,  Richard Pasco,  John Thaw
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,020 member
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  • A Year In Provence on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Lindsay Duncan
    Director: David Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete BBC series, based on Peter Mayle's best-selling book about his experience of living in a small Provence village. The Mayles (John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan) depart London for the South of France convinced that they will find a simpler life consisting of good food and fine wine, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 568 members
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  • Inspector Morse - S06 E01 - Dead on Time (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Wheelchair-bound and terminally ill Henry Fallon commits suicide but Morse has mixed feelings about working on the case as he was once engaged to Mrs Fallon. When he finds it's murder, the son-in-law becomes a suspect. But Lewis is concerned that Morse's professionalism is compromised.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 60 members
  • Inspector Morse - S06 E05 - Cherubim and... (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tragedy strikes when Morse's niece commits suicide. He takes leave to try to find a reason and comes into contact with the alien world of house parties, raves and designer drugs. Lewis is working an the death of a young man and when they're re-teamed they see similarities in the two cases.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 50 members
  • Inspector Morse - S06 E03 - Death of the... (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Morse and Lewis go to Verona, Italy to look into the death of a woman attending a clinic run by a convicted fraudster. While Lewis is homesick, Morse falls under the spell of Nicole, an opera singer, also at the clinic. Then he uncovers a fraud in counterfeit rare manuscripts and Nicole may be involved.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 44 members
  • Inspector Morse - S05 E02 - Fat Chance (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When deacon Victoria Hazlett dies during an exam, a post-mortem reveals poison, but there's another substance that can't be identified. Victoria was in a group wanting women priests and suspicion falls on an anti-woman's group. Then there's a connection with a weight loss clinic.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 55 members
  • Inspector Morse - S05 E05 - Promised Land (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The duo go to Australia to find a prime informant in the case against the Abingdon gang. They discover he's hard to pin down and fear members of his old gang are after him too. When his daughter is kidnapped, things heat up and Morse ends up being at loggerheads with the local cops.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 47 members
  • Inspector Morse - S05 E03 - Who Killed H... (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of Harry Field, a larger than life mediocre artist whose many paintings feature the same mystery woman. As they dig deeper, they discover a link with art forgery. Meanwhile, Lewis considers trying for a promotion in Traffic Division.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 55 members
  • Inspector Morse - S04 E03 - Driven to Di... (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Sandy Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When two women are found bound and stabbed Morse assumes the crime was committed by the same man. An expert in crimes against women joins them and they find that the women bought cars from the same dealer. Convinced he's the culprit Morse hounds him - all he needs is evidence.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 70 members
  • Inspector Morse - S04 E02 - The Sins of ... (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Trevor Radford, the Managing Director of a family brewery is found dead after working late. There had been arguments in the family about a takeover from a rival brewery and his brother Stephen wanted to sell. Morse learns that Trevor's wife was having an affair with Stephen. Is the murder a crime ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 56 members
  • Inspector Morse - S04 E01 - Infernal Serpent (1990)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dr Julian Dear, a senior fellow and environmentalist had a fatal heart attack after a mugging just before he was due to give a controversial speech. Morse learns the Master was getting hate mail and then there's the journalist with a secret. Morse has to put his job on the line to find out the truth.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 68 members
  • Home To Roost - Series 4 (1989)
    Starring: Reece Dinsdale,  John Thaw
    Director: David Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the fourth series of the 1980s comedy series starring John Thaw as Henry Willows, a middle-aged man in middle-management who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish and pernickety daily cleaner, Enid ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 47% from 10 members
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  • Bomber Harris on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Sophie Thompson,  John Thaw,  Robert Hardy
    Director: Michael Darlow
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Thaw stars as legendary Bomber Command C-in-C alongside co-star Robert Hardy as Churchill. Based on real events and with the inclusion of genuine wartime film footage of RAF Bomber Command, it details some of the most controversial and devastating missions ever carried out by the RAF.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 468 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: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 939 members
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  • Home To Roost - Series 3 (1987)
    Starring: Reece Dinsdale,  John Thaw
    Director: David Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Complete third series of the television comedy starring John Thaw. Henry Willows (Thaw) is a happily divorced bachelor whose life is turned upside down when his teenage son Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) decides to move back in with his old man after seven years apart. Episodes comprise: 'Human Interest',..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 39 members
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  • Inspector Morse - S02 E02 - Last Seen We... (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Edward Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Teenager Valerie Craven vanished six months ago while going home from her exclusive girls school. Morse is convinced she's dead. However, her parents receive a note from Valerie and suspicion falls on fellow students, men in her diary and some teachers. When one is killed, it's now a murder case.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 62 members
  • Inspector Morse - S02 E03 - The Settling... (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Hammond
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At a college awards dinner, a Japanese man is killed. When traces of drugs are found on a student's clothing the drug squad is now involved. But when a second member of the group is murdered, Morse is convinced that this is far more than a simple case of drug smuggling gone awry.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 62 members
  • Inspector Morse - S01 E01 - The Dead of ... (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inspector Morse is in the same choir as Anne Staveley and has been wooing her. After she's found hanged, Morse suspects foul play and when her nosy neighbour is also found dead, he's convinced Anne was murdered too. Morse teams up with Lewis for the first time and a classic partnership is born!
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 145 members
  • Inspector Morse - S01 E02 - The Silent W... (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Brian Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 115 members
  • Inspector Morse - S02 E04 - Last Bus to ... (1987)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately
    Director: Peter Duffell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Morse investigates the murder of Sylvia Kane, who was found dead in a pub car park. She was last seen hitch-hiking with another woman and took a lift in a red car. When Morse finds an envelope on the dead girl addressed to a co-worker, he uncovers a complex web of passion, corruption and lies.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 72 members
  • Home To Roost - Series 2 (1986)
    Starring: Reece Dinsdale,  John Thaw
    Director: Home to Roost,  David Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Complete second series of the television comedy starring John Thaw. Henry Willows (Thaw) is a happily divorced bachelor whose life is turned upside down when his teenage son Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) decides to move back in with his old man after seven years apart. Episodes comprise: 'Plastic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 74 members
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  • Home To Roost - Series 1 (1985)
    Starring: Reece Dinsdale,  Perry Fenwick,  Joan Blackham
    Director: Graham Wetherell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Complete first series of the television comedy starring John Thaw. Henry Willows (Thaw) is a happily divorced bachelor whose life is turned upside down when his teenage son Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) decides to move back in with his old man after seven years apart. In this series, father and son ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 219 members
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  • The Sweeney - Golden Fleece/The Trojan Bus (1976)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Garfield Morgan,  Dennis Waterman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter are members of the Flying Squad fighting crime in the London underworld. In 'The Golden Fleece', two Australian swimming pool attendants are behind a string of break-ins, designed to discredit Regan and Carter's boss, Frank Haskins...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 17 members
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  • Sweeney! (2 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Dennis Waterman,  John Thaw,  Ian Bannen
    Director: David Wickes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A multinational oil cartel will do everything in their power to secure their position in the world market. When this policy leads to the blackmailing of the British Minister for Energy, Inspector Regan (John Thaw) and Sgt Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad are called in to investigate. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 137 members
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  • The Capone Investment on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Peter Sallis,  Isobel Black,  John Thaw
    Director: Alan Gibson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All six episodes of the 1974 crime thriller starring John Thaw, Glyn Owen and Peter Sallis. An investigation into a murder leads to the discovery that four million pounds of Al Capone's loot may have found its way to England. The series follows the detectives as they hunt for the money and attempt ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 37 members
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  • Regan - The Original Sweeney Pilot Movie (1974)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Lee Montague,  Dennis Waterman
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Pre-cursor to the television series 'The Sweeney'. Tough cop Jack Regan (John Thaw) breaks all the rules to catch the man responsible for the death of a policeman. He is, however, surprised when he encounters resistance from fellow officers in the Flying Squad.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 644 members
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  • The Bofors Gun on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Ian Holm,  John Thaw,  David Warner
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama set in post-World War II West Germany starring David Warner. Meek Lance Bombardier Terry Evans (Warner) has finally reached his last night of duty before being sent back to Britain for officer training. He has a difficult night ahead of him, however, as his subordinates Flynn (Ian Holm) and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 34 members
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  • Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1961)
    Starring: Patrick McGoohan,  John Thaw,  Donal Donnelly
    Director: Stuart Burge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Television adaptation of the play by John Arden following the brutal cycle of violence unleashed in a 19th century British colony. Patrick McGoohan stars as Sergeant Musgrave, whose attempts to impose order in a small colonial town lead to bloodshed and chaos. John Thaw co-stars.
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 2 members
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  • Redcap - The Complete Second Series (3 discs)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 13 episodes from the second series of the army drama. John Thaw plays tough military policeman Sergeant John Mann of the Special Investigations Branch, whose cases take him to wherever the British Army is active, including Germany, Aden, Cyprus and Borneo. Episodes are: 'Crime Passionel'; 'The ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 60 members
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  • Mitch
    Starring: John Thaw,  David Calder
    Director: Peter Cregeen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All ten episodes of the gritty 1980s crime series starring John Thaw as Mitch, a crime reporter for a national newspaper. Specialising in reporting on sensitive and tricky situations, Mitch is assigned to cover robberies, race crime, terrorism and, in one case, the murder of a small boy. Co-stars ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 10 members
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  • Redcap - The Complete First Series (4 discs)
    Starring: John Thaw
    Director: Raymond Menmuir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Complete first series of the British television drama, starring John Thaw as Sgt. John Mann, a short-tempered, firm-but-fair British Military Policeman. Includes all 13 episodes: 'It's What Comes After'; 'A Town Called Love'; 'Epitaph For a Sweat'; 'Misfire'; 'Corporal McCann's Private War'; 'The ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 198 members
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