John Thaw

Jack Regan is the total professional, a 24-hours-a-day cop whose commitment to his job has already led to the breakup of his marriage. Regan's partner, DS George Carter, is a sharp, South London Cockney. Together, Regan and Carter lead a unit of skilled detectives who infiltrate and bust up London's criminal underworld. The revolutionary series that introduced a new kind of police drama, The Sweeney depicts the violent clashes between the Flying Squad...

Monsignor Renard tells the story of the German occupation of France during World War II through the eyes and experiences of a humble and extraordinary priest--whose beliefs are tested to the breaking point by the brutality of the Nazi occupation and the violence necessitated by the Resistance.

When Morse visits his stepmother and half-sister, he finds himself in the middle of a tragedy. His stepniece has committed suicide.

"On a June morning in 1859, the body of a young woman was found by the Oxford Canal. In the present day, recovering after an operation in hospital, Morse is visited by Adele Cecil (Judy Loe) and American scholar Millie Van Buren (Lisa Eichhorn) whose book on the murder becomes his preoccupation. Morse soon becomes convinced that the two boatmen publicly hanged for the murder of the respectably married Joanna Franks were the victims of a gross miscarriage...

"Murder strikes in an Oxfordshire village at 17 Bloxham Drive. Exactly 24 hours later, while a policeman patrols outside, the resident at Number 15 is shot dead by the same gun. Investigators begin to unearth links between the neighbours of the modern estate. The murders also take Morse and Lewis into the hothouse atmosphere of the election for Master of Lonsdale College, over which the smooth and odious retiring master, Sir Clixby Bream, presides."--Container....

Britain's first hard-hitting, police-based television series delves deep into the gritty encounters of The Flying Squad (nicknamed "The Sweeney"), the elite investigation unit of London's Police Force and the seedy underworld of organized crime.

Jack Regan, a tough inspector, isn't afraid to employ sometimes underhanded and often violent methods to take down the bad guys.

A precious jewel known as The Wolvercote tongue is missing and its owner has been found dead in a hotel room. Morse suspects foul play, despite the pathologist's report that she died of a heart attack.

While celebrations are taking place at the new college building at Oxford, Morse and Lewis look into the murder of a freelance journalist, who was working on an article about college benefactor Bayden.

James Kavanagh Q.C., brilliant, relentless and sometimes exasperating, he will push to extremes to see justice served--even as his professional triumphs mask a private life at times more troubled than those of his clients.