John Thaw

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko. (imdb)

Second cinematic spin-off from the popular 70's police series. Regan & Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent. (imdb)

Cinematic spin-off from the popular TV series. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drunk-drive charge and suspended from the force, with his partner and best mate George Carter unable to help, Jack must rely on his wits to evade deadly government hitmen and expose the real villain of the piece. (imdb)

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems... (imdb)

Color footage of many aspects of WW2. (imdb)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson take on a challenging case.

his adaptation of Peter Mayle's true-life best-seller chronicles the first year he and his wife (played by John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan) spent in an old French farmhouse after quitting the London rat race. Amid the gastronomical splendors, the couple also had to make hilarious adjustments to the idiosyncrasies of life in France. Originally produced for the A&E cable channel. (netflix)

A national service NCO (David Warner) who comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him. (imdb)

A city-woman moves to a foreign country with her future husband, giving up all the comforts of cosmopolitan life. Life in the countryside finally takes its toll on her, and she finds herself involved sexually with another man. (imdb)

Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his daughter was at his wife's funeral. When trying to deal with his daughter's affairs, he finds out he is a grandfather of a nine-year-old girl, named Saffron.

British police TV series which revolutionized the genre on UK television in the mid-1970s starring John Thaw as a hard-edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. (imdb)

Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing case. (imdb)

A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life. (imdb)

Henry Willows, a divorced man, enjoys solitary life until his son Matthew unexpectedly moves in, disrupting his routine, as Matthew seeks refuge from his mother's new relationship. (imdb)