| KAVANAGH | _ QC, eponymous barrister played by John Thaw (8) |
| REGAN | Pilot episode of the 1975- 8 ITV police drama The Sweeney, named for the character played by John Thaw (5) |
| MORSE | Who is the fictional detective created by Colin Dexter and played by John Thaw in a 33-episode TV series? (5) |
| INSPECTOR | _ Morse, TV detective played by John Thaw and Shaun Evans (9) |
| RUMPOLE | Barrister played by Leo McKern (7) |
| PROVENCE | Depicted in memoirs by Peter Mayle and later a mini-series starring John Thaw, a region of France with a lavender season between June and August (8) |
| MAGORIAN | Children's author of Just Henry and the classic wartime story Goodnight Mister Tom that was adapted into a family film featuring John Thaw (8) |
| REDCAP | 1960s ITV drama series that starred John Thaw as Sgt John Mann (6) |
| INSPECTORMORSE | John Thaw played a detective in this (9,5) |
| KAVANAGHQC | John Thaw legal series from the 1990s (8,1,1) |
| DENNISWATERMAN | Actor who played John Thaw's sidekick in The Sweeney |
| YEAR | A - in Provence; memoir by Peter Mayle that was adapted into a television mini-series with John Thaw (4) |
| AYEAR | ____ in Provence, memoir adapted into a TV miniseries with John Thaw |
| SWEENEY | The -; police drama with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman (7) |
| ROOST | Home to -; sitcom with John Thaw and Reece Dinsdale (5) |
| SHEILA | - Hancock, actress wife of the late John Thaw (6) |
| THESWEENEY | 1970s police series starring John Thaw (3,7) |
| HOMETOROOST | 1985 ITV sitcom starring John Thaw and Reece Dinsdale (4,2,5) |
| SHEILAHANCOCK | British actress who married John Thaw in 1973 |
| MITCH | 1984 TV series starring John Thaw as a Fleet Street crime reporter |