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INSPECTOR MORSE TRIVIA
- Ailish Hurley is the bar manager of Chapter's Bar, Randolph Hotel, Oxford. She is a good friend of Colin Dexter, and was a continual source of inspiration to him, persuading him to carry on writing the Inspector Morse novels on which the TV series is based. As a mark of respect, he asked for her to be given a cameo role in the final Inspector Morse film, "The Remorseful Day", where she is seen briefly serving coffee to Morse and Sandra Harrison.
- Sgt Lewis' warrant card (which he shows to Mrs Reece in episode 4.2, "The Sins Of The Fathers") is signed by "Chief Constable K McBain", a tribute to the late Kenny McBain, producer of Series 1 and 2.
- In Episode 4.3, "Driven To Distraction", Morse tells Lewis about a friend who was terminally ill but was concerned that the battery on his car would go flat with not being driven so he got Morse to drive the car each week to keep the battery charged. Anthony Minghella, writer of the episode, included this story as a tribute to the late Kenny McBain, producer of Series 1 and 2, who had asked Minghella to perform this service on his newly-bought Saab when he discovered that he was dying of Hodgkin's disease.
- When the final scene of "The Remorseful Day" was being filmed, in which Morse collapses of a fatal heart attack on the lawn of Exeter College, the camera, which had been working perfectly until that moment, jammed on five consecutive takes before finally allowing the take that appears in the episode.
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JOHN THAW BY THE NUMBERS
During an extraordinary career that spanned over 40 years, John amassed the following accomplishments:
- Nominated 4 times for BAFTA awards, winning twice.
- Won the Lew Grade People's Vote Award twice.
- Won the Radio Times (public voted) Award twice.
- Won the People's Choice Best Actor Award three times, two of those years back-to-back.
- Starred in 7 television series for a combined total of 188 episodes.
- Performed in 43 stage plays for a total of 2,022 performances.
- Appeared in 12 theatrical motion pictures.
- Appeared in 11 made-for-television movies.
- Starred in 9 television mini-series.
- Made 16 different guest appearances on other series or television shows.