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  • magazine article

    Film Review magazine Article (1978). Sweeney 2.

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    Chris Sullivan

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    1st Nov 2025
    Film Review magazine Article (1978). Sweeney 2.

    Sweeney 2, the second and final film spin-off from The Sweeney television series.

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  • Programme

    John Thaw’s last play with RADA; The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

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    Chris Sullivan

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    26th Oct 2025
    John Thaw’s last play with RADA; The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

    John’s final play with RADA was The Knight of the Burning Pestle, which was staged at the University Open Air Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 1960. John and his friend Tom Courtenay jokingly referred to the play as Knight of the Burning Pisspots.

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  • magazine article

    TV Times (British TV Guide) Article From March 1988.

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    Chris Sullivan

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    23rd Oct 2025
    TV Times (British TV Guide) Article From March 1988.

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  • magazine article

    ‘You’ Magazine (The Mail on Sunday Supplement) Sept’ 1983.

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    19th Oct 2025
    ‘You’ Magazine (The Mail on Sunday Supplement) Sept’ 1983.

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  • Programme

    John Thaw playing the role of Mephistopheles in the RADA production of Faust, 1960. (John was 18Years of Age).

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    15th Oct 2025
    John Thaw playing the role of Mephistopheles in the RADA production of Faust, 1960. (John was 18Years of Age).

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  • Programme

    John Thaw at RADA.

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    12th Oct 2025
    John Thaw at RADA.

    By his second year at RADA, John Thaw was honing his craft as he performed in many student productions. His name can be seen on this programme for a 1959 production of Sheridan’s The School for Scandal. A reviewer in The Stage described his performance in the role of Snake as “convincing”.  John…

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  • magazine article

    TV Times (British TV Guide) John Thaw Interview: Kavanagh QC.

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    7th Oct 2025
    TV Times (British TV Guide) John Thaw Interview: Kavanagh QC.

    TV Times article 31st December 1994 – 6th January 1995.

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  • magazine article

    Woman’s Weekly (British Magazine) 19th October 1985: John Thaw Article.

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    4th Oct 2025
    Woman’s Weekly (British Magazine) 19th October 1985: John Thaw Article.

    Woman’s Weekly (British Magazine) 19th October 1985: John Thaw Article.

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    The John Thaw Story (2002)

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    Chris Sullivan

    on

    18th Sep 2025
    The John Thaw Story (2002)

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  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney 50th Anniversary Blu-ray

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    1st Jun 2025
    The Sweeney 50th Anniversary Blu-ray

    We’ve been waiting for this, and it’s finally here. The Sweeney in its full glory, restored and released on Blu-ray Disc in 2025, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the series.  Series One is officially released on 2 June 2025. At the time of writing, it seems we can expect…

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  • MORE ARTCILES FROM THE BRITISH TV GUIDE, TV TIMES, FROM 1971 – 1974.

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    John Thaw in Redcap From The Redcap Annual. 1965

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    More British TV Guide (TV Times) Articles on John Thaw: 1967 and 1969.

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  • Article About John Thaw and the City He Grew Up In: Manchester.

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