Buried Treasure

Today is the final day of my month long 35th anniversary tribute to me being a fan for 35 years on 7th August 2008, i still can't believe I've been a fan that long, but I'm so pleased that it was John that i found all those years ago.

The first thing i should have seen John in would have been The Adventures of Black Beauty in 1971, because i loved this series; but because i was in hospital i didn't get to see the performance at that time that John give, but i now have it on DVD, which now is what counts.

Well onto my final choice for tonight's watching and it's "Buried Treasure", and I'm looking forward to watching it, to see John singing unaccompanied doing my favourite Beatle song is just bliss.

Monsignor Renard

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Hope you are all having a nice weekend, i really enjoyed watching The Waiting Time last night, not seen it for a while, and had forgotten how good it was, i thought Zara was very good, and would love to see her in a Lewis story.

Anyway on to tonight's choice and it is "Monsignor Renard", sadly for everyone the powers that be at ITV decided because this was too expensive to make, they decided not to make any more after this first series. Which John wasn't very happy about, and i have to say i can't blame him, this was a terrific first series, and would have gone on to be something rather special i think.

The Waiting Time

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Really enjoyed watching Into the Blue last night, Abigail and Matthew are really great actors in it, and John just shines, he's so cute and dressed mostly in blue my favourite colour, makes me rather happy, ha-ha!!

Anyway onto tonight's choice and it's "The Waiting Time", looking forward to this drama as it's another of my favourites.

Hope you all have a nice weekend... See you all tomorrow!

Into The Blue

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Well really enjoyed watching the first three episodes of A Year In Provence last night, will finish it off over the next few days, i really love seeing John singing as he really cheers me up, when i'm feeling low.

Anyway onto tonight's choice, and it's "Into The Blue", one of my favourites, though mind you everything i watch of John's is a favourite.

This photo comes from the presspack, that i have for this drama, and one of my favourite photos of John.

A Year In Provence

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I really enjoyed watching Bomber Harris last night, not seen it for a while, but back to tonight's choice and it is "A Year In Provence", really looking forward to this as John is very funny and i need cheering up, as my leg is rather sore with all the rain we are having in Manchester.

Bomber Harris

Tonight's choice is "Bomber Harris", for anyone who wants to know this is available in the UK on dvd, and i'm looking forward to watching John's performance tonight.

See you all tomorrow...

Stanley and the Women

Tonight's choice will be "Stanley and the Women", a mini series, but i'll only be watching the first episode, as i want to watch "New Tricks" later, and it's the last episode, then there is the drama with Sheila after it, but i'll finish this series next month.

Just as a matter of interest for me, if any of you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on this blog in the future then please email me, which you will find on the right hand side of this blog, and i'll see what i can do. So anything connected to John, the new series of Lewis, Sheila Hancock, etc, just let me know!

See you all tomorrow!

Who Cares Wins

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On to tonight's choice, and something slightly different, back in 1980 John hosted a series of training videos for a car company called Austin Rover, these were called "Who Cares Wins"!

See you all tomorrow...

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

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Hope you are enjoying my list of what i'm watching this month to mark my 35 years as a fan of this wonderful actor, tonight's choice is "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist" boy what a long title that is!!

See you all tomorrow...

Budgie

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Sorry for delay in adding tonight's choice, been rather chaos here as my sister's car is having trouble, still is but never mind that for the time being, onto more important things in the world of John.

Tonight's choice is "Budgie: Sunset Mansions or Whatever Happened To Janey Barb", for anyone who has it and wants to join me in watching.

Budgie is available in the UK, series 1 (Which John's episode is part off)

See you all tomorrow...

Strange Report

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Onto tonight's selection for my 35th anniversary year, and tonight it will be "Strange Report: Revenge-When A Man Hates", i've really enjoyed watching all these different performances from John this month, and if any of you are joining me i hope you are enjoying watching him as much as i am.

See you all tomorrow...

The John Thaw Foundation

Please can i ask if you use the internet for searching, instead of using Google please use the following link, where it will raise money for the John Thaw Foundation - web address is: http://www.everyclick.com/janetsteele it doesn't cost you anything but everytime you use it they will add money to the charity, many thanks everyone.

Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Dead Man's Chest

Onto tonight's choice and again it's another Edgar Wallace Mystery this time called "Dead Man's Chest", and my favourite of the two, and again sadly unavailable anywhere, i was lucky to obtain a copy of it on dvd from someone.

See you all tomorrow!

The Last Word - Before I Call You In

The Last Word a new series of monologues about dying begins on Monday, 25 August on BBC1 at 10.35pm. The first one is called "Before I Call You In", in which Sheila Hancock plays an invalid with a terminal illness recording a final message for her husband before she takes her own life in a Swiss assisted-suicide clinic.

Think this is going to be rather emotional, knowing what Sheila has gone through with the loss of John, but she's such a terrific actress that i'm looking forward to watching it, even if it does upset me.

Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Five To One

Tonight's choice is "Edgar Wallace Mystery: Five To One", from 1964, sadly so far it's never been released, i was lucky to get a copy, copied to dvd for me.

See you all tomorrow!

Z-Cars

Tonight's choice is "Z-Cars: Hide and Go Seek", the only episode that i have on video tape, there was four episodes made by John, sadly one of them no longer exists, but the three remaining including this one are in the archives somewhere, just wish they would put them on dvd for everyone to enjoy.

Hope you all had a nice weekend! See you all tomorrow...

Kavanagh QC - Series 3 & 4 Released In Australia!

AU$59.83 RRP - Series 3 & 4 Release Date: 29th September 2008 – 6 disc box set
John Thaw is Kavanagh QC, one of the most respected criminal advocates in London. From a northern working-class background, James Kavanagh has climbed to the top of the elite profession through hard work and a love of the law. His brilliance shines through in each episode as he tackles the most challenging cases.

Series 3
Mute of Malice
Blood Money
Ancient History
Diplomatic Baggage
The Ties that Bind
In God We Trust
Series 4
Momento Mori
Care in the Community
Briefs Trooping Gaily
Bearing Witness
The Innocency of Life
Dead Reckoning

Many thanks to Theresa for her help here with information on releases from Australia, thanks mate!!

Kavanagh Series released In Australian

AU$59.83RRP - Series 1 & 2 Released: 30th June 2008 – 5 disc box set
This DVD is formatted for playback on PAL enabled systems (Australian Standard). John Thaw (Inspector Morse, The Sweeney) stars as Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most respected criminal law barristers in London. Despite a northern working class background, James Kavanagh has climbed to the top of the elite legal profession through hard work and a true love of the law. His brilliance shines through in each episode as he tackles the most challenging cases where unexpected last minute twists in seemingly lost causes turn courtroom battles into dynamic legal dramas.

Series 1
Nothing but the Truth
HeartlandA Family Affair
The Sweetest Thing
Series 2
True Commitment
Men of Substance
The Burning Deck
A Sense of Loss
A Stranger in the Family
Job Satisfaction
No Special Features
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/294349/KAVANAGH-QC---SERIES-1-And-2 order from here and it only costs AU$56.99

The Last Grenade

My blog has been going now a full week, and i would like to thank everyone who has visited in that time, hope you are all enjoying what i am watching for my 35th anniversary of being a fan of this wonderful actor.

Tonight it will be the turn of another film this time "The Last Grenade", from 1970, see you all tomorrow!

The Bofors Gun

Tonight is the turn of "The Bofors Gun", another great performance from John, and a terrific film, Nicol Williamson is amazing as is the rest of the cast, i really wish the powers that be would release this on dvd, as my video copy is wearing out, ha-ha!! See you all tomorrow, with the next choice...

The Adventures of Black Beauty

Tonight is the turn of the big black horse, famously written by Anna Sewell, and brought to television under the title "The Adventures of Black Beauty", John appeared in an episode called 'The Hostage", where he kidnaps Beauty, so for anyone who has this, then join me tonight in watching him.

The Avengers

Well for tonight's choice of my 35th anniversary it will be "The Avengers: Espirit De Corps", so if anyone has it then you are free to join me in watching it.

Also to let anyone in the UK know, that Kavanagh QC is still being repeated on ITV3 at 10pm tonight if anyone is interested.

Hope you all watched Lewis last night also on ITV3 at 10pm, sorry forgot to post it here, if you missed it, i'm sure it will be repeated again.

Sherlock Holmes

Tonight's offering is "Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four", this was always my favourite detective, and i loved Jeremy Brett in the role, thought he was the best, and when i found out that John was going to star in a Holmes story i was over the moon.

I very nearly got to see John for the first time when this story was being filmed but missed him by half-an-hour, just my luck!! But at least i saw Jeremy for the second time, and this time we didn't bump into each other like we did on the location for "The Naval Treaty", that was embarrising to say the least, but he remembered it, and we had a good laugh, what a lovely man sadly missed.

Business As Usual

I'm rather enjoying myself here, hope you are all pleased with what i've done so far, if you have any suggestions then just leave a comment and i'll see what i can do.

Tonight's performance from John as part of my month long 35th anniversary is "Business As Usual", so if anyone has it and wants to join me in watching then feel free!

Goodnight Mister Tom

Tonight for my 35th anniversary month i'll be watching a classic... "Goodnight Mister Tom", so if anyone wants to join me then help yourself. First screened on Sunday 11th October 1998, and drawing 13.8 million viewers here in the UK alone!

We'll Support You Evermore

Finally i'm uptodate with my blog, and tonight i'll be watching "We'll Support You Evermore", another terrific drama from John, very tense.

Killer Waiting

Tonight was my all time favourite drama performance from John in "Killer Waiting" playing Major Peter Hastings, a terrific and powerful story, worth waiting for!

Mitch

For today it was the turn of "Mitch: Saturday Night", this is another of my favourite dramas, from a great decade for John.

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Well today is 35 years since i first saw John on TV in "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", so that's what i watched tonight, and i still love the film, and John's performance is wonderful.

Home To Roost/Thick As Thieves

Today i watched "Home To Roost: Protest/High Spirits" that i should have watched on 3rd but didn't due to bad weather, and also watched for today "Thick As Thieves: Holy Deadlock", what a great night for comedy, haven't laughed so much for ages, John was sure a great tonic.

Redcap

Today was "Redcap: The Killer", co-starring Garfield Morgan, who would later work again with John in The Sweeney.

Kavanagh QC - Blood Money

Today i watched Kavanagh QC: Blood Money", co-starring Sheila Hancock who was John's wife, a terrific episode and worthy of my 35 year anniversary selection.

Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries

Today i watched "Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries" as part of my 35th anniversary of seeing John on 7th August 1973.

The Sweeney: Messenger of the Gods

Today i started watching John for my 35th Anniversary month, and choose "The Sweeney: Messenger of the Gods", a great story and very funny, co-starring Diana Dors at her very best.