John Thaw

We asked two writers to choose 5 ‘must see’ British television shows - here are the ten that deserve a place in Television Heaven...

It's murder and intrigue most foul in this 1960s British thriller written by the prolific Francis Durbridge when the victim of a murder phones his wife after she has identified his body

Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas starring John Thaw as Sir Francis Drake during his circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, and the growing alienation between himself and his life-long friend Thomas Doughty

A troubled, abused child is evacuated to the countryside at the outbreak of the Second World War to live with a reclusive and grumpy old man. Both the victims of tragic circumstances, they soon develop a close bond

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Children can sometimes have an instinct for situations that are beyond the grasp of their young minds...

Generation gap comedy series by Eric Chappell

Set partly on a building site, a boy (15-year old Dennis Waterman) and a girl (16-year old Judith Geeson) meet secretly in a partly-built block of flats each day after the builders leave.

Drama starring John Thaw which revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds of Annotsfield, a Yorkshire mill-owning family, through five generations.

Arguably the world's, and certainly Britain's, finest entry in the long and distinguished history of the television/detective fiction genre.