News about John Thaw

Ronnie Field, pictured, from south London, began 'working' aged 16, but with the release of his book, Nefarious: A life in crime, the 76-year-old former bankrobber admits that he is finally retired. Even though he was tempted by one job. This fella came to me with a bit of work the week I got out and I thought... no, I don't want to do that, it sounds too much money. They are going to get caught... they didn't get caught and they all have lovely places now. But I could have gone on it, they wanted me but it was my decision. I still see them now. I turned it down and I shouldn't have done.'

The Daily Mail's Weekend magazine has reached yet another magnificent milestone - this month we turn 30! We asked you to share our top ten TV shows so we could compile our definitive list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows voted for by you.

With the Local Data Company's finding that 527 conventional salons closed last year, Jan Masters honors the unique 'confessional link conducted solely in the salon chair.'

Dame Sheila Hancock said she is thankful to those who are browsing London streets for her'most treasured possession,' which she described as having 'high personal significance.' To the late John Thaw and Alec Ross, the British actress, 90, lost a sentimental gold chain containing four wedding rings belonging to each of her parents and their two marriages. The Metropolitan Police 'no longer deal with missing items,' according to multiple tweets on Twitter.

SHEILA HANCOCK: This is my first visit to France in two years. Everything seems to have been changed, including me. The ride down to the house now seems tiring, as does climbing into the shower and down the steep stairs with no handrail. I'm two years older. Either I spend money on making it more old-lady-friendly or I give it to someone else to experience its joys. So, I can barely bear to write this: My beloved French home is up for auction. It seems as if it was a betrayal [my late husband John Thaw] and me, as it has given [my late husband John Thaw] and me 30 years of exile and solace. I've been showing potential buyers round, and it's been traumatic. I have loved my house and found it beautiful for a third of my life. I know it is simple, but I wish people would see its beauty and fight to own it.

SHEILA HANCOCK; I confess that I am getting anxious about expressing opinion now. (Not often! (I hear you yell at me.) 'Cancelled' is a threat. That word doesn't seem threatening. Ancestral from childhood, Erased from life. My grandchildren are always reminding me, "You can't say that Nana" or "You can't use that word." It seems that I say the right words rather than that I say what I feel.

DEN CONFIDENTIAL: The Coronation, which is just three weeks away, will be seen by many as a demonstration of sublime pageantry and history - as well as critics' interpretation of flummery and fanfare. But, to King Charles, it is clearly a rare chance to start a new era, one that is quite different from Queen Elizabeth's late mother's. Nowhere, I can say, will this be more evident than in the exclusion of most of the country's grandest aristocrats from the service in Westminster Abbey, as well as almost all of their peers. Despite the fact that one of their number, the Duke of Norfolk, orchestrating every facet of the Coronation in his role as Earl Marshal, the majority of the 24 non-royal dukes - the most senior rank in the peerage - is not exempted from the cull.

Bel Mooney helps a woman who is getting sick, but she is uncertain what therapy might be other than the passing of time. "I now have a deep sense of daily sadness as if future life is all doom, dark, and bleak, and nothing will ever improve." While I acknowledge that some of this is sad, I am actually struggling - rather than living.'

After a 36-episode run which concluded on Sunday evening, Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour brought the original series to the forefront in its final show. The episode came to an end with a touching tribute to late John Thaw, who appeared on Morse's older version from 1987 to 2000.

When Inspector Morse passed away just over 20 years ago, John Thaw's daughter describes how she was comforted and helped her deal with the loss of her father. 'The feeling of belonging continued for me in the most surprising and wonderful way as I found myself acting in the prequel to Inspector Morse's ITV show Endeavour, which refers to Morse's little-known, rather obscure first name.'

What comes after Thursday? The answer is a cryptic one in one of Morse's crossword puzzles, but it isn't Friday. The character of Chief Inspector Fred Thursday, portrayed by Roger Allam in Endeavour (ITV), is an enigma. He was never mentioned in the original series starring John Thaw, Inspector Morse, nor in Lewis' sequel, Lewis. However, the redoubtable old copper and war veteran, as both mentor and father figure, is a defining presence for the young Morse. What catastrophe occurs to exclude him permanently from our detective hero's future?

The Daily Mail commissioned crime novelist Colin Dexter to write a one-off short story starring Inspector Morse (inset). It has now culminated in the revival of the British detective on television. Inspector Fred Thursday's third series, Endeavour, starring Shaun Evans as Detective Constable (later Sergeant) Morse (left) and Roger Allam as his mentor, Inspector Fred Thursday, is back for the final time with three two-hour episodes. Endeavour's success is all the more surprising considering that Dexter was initially opposed to further TV adaptations. He believed John Thaw (pictured right), the late star of the original series, was irreplaceable

Bel Mooney's this week, a woman who is asking why guys keep flirting with her at work.

JOHN MAIR: I may not have been surprised. The city of dreaming spires, Jericho, was the scene of the very first murder investigated by TV's Inspector Morse, and ever since that first episode was broadcast back in 1987, the boundary between reality and fiction has blurred. My house was once home to Florence Jeffreys, an unfortunate woman beaten to death by her son-in-law in 1993, shortly after her husband and daughter were murdered in another part of Oxford.

RICHARD EDEN: Every family has its secrets. However, few can compare the shocking truth that was on the internet until Polly Fry's 45th birthday, Jeremy Fry, the designer and scion of the Fry chocolate empire, isn't Jeremy Fry, but Fry's close friend, Prince Margaret's former husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. However, Polly has a mystery that she is only too keen to reveal. I'm happy to report that, seven years after writing of her aspirations to find 'a Mr Darcy,' she has discovered him - in the form of legendary'reputation manager' Abel Hadden.' Hadden, the Sultan of Brunei, has confirmed that he and Polly (pictured) are happily entangled. Yes, it's true.' We've known each other for about 18 months,' he tells me.

On what would have been John Thaw's birthday, his daughter honored the late actor on his 80th birthday. Inspector Morse's chief died at the age of 60 in February 2002 after a bout with oesophageal cancer. On Tuesday, his daughter, Abigail, 57, took to Twitter to express her gratitude to him by posting a snapshot of the two of them and writing: 'Would have been 81 today.'

ROGER LEWIS: A large portion of Perry's life has been spent in clinics and rehabilitation centers. "I've spent over $7 million trying to get sober," he says, much more than I've spent getting alcoholic. He's been going to therapy twice a week for the past 30 years and has attended 6,000 AA meetings. Little of it was helpful. Perry didn't listen to his doctors and called detoxification "hell." He wanted vodka to'soothe my nerves and help me have fun.' Although he was sober for 18 months at the time of writing, his prescriptions have resulted in insomnia, respiratory difficulties, pancreatitis, and a perforated bowel.

Dame Sheila, who was married to actor John Thaw until his death in 2002, said that being brave meant holding back tears when she was young. However, she continued, 'the obsession with showing your emotions at any time has gotten 'hollow and meaningless.'

Endeavour supporters were left devastated after it was revealed that the series's last episode had wrapped filming. The show's executives revealed in May that the forthcoming ninth series of the Morse prequel story will be the show's last, with the show announcing on Tuesday that they had reached the show's final day of production. Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) and Fred Thursday (Roger Allam), the show's Twitter account said, 'And that's a wrap.'

Jackie Malton (left) spoke with Lynda La Plante, who based her Prime Suspect character DCI Jane Tennison (inset) on her. She spoke about her 20 years in the Met police, with 11 of them serving in the Met police. She was branded a 'c***' and was told she wasn't gay, she hadn't met the right one and didn't have a good ******* yet.'

Shaun Evans played a dapper figure in London on Sunday as he shot Endeavour's final episode. During an outdoor scene, the actor, who plays Endeavour Morse in the series, was seen stepping out of his iconic Jaguar. Shaun, 42, seemed to be unprepared for the shooting after he sported a black blazer with matching trousers.