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John Thaw is awarded a BAFTA Fellowship

As most of you will be aware John Thaw was awarded with a Fellowship at last year’s BAFTA awards. He joins a scant list of Britain’s most enduring actors (Guinness, Gielguid, Connery, Caine and Finney) who have, over the years been bestowed this highest of academy honours.

In the same evening Thaw also accepted the Lew Grade award for Inspector Morse, which was voted for by television audiences. In his short but gracious acceptance speeches he remarked that he was greatly honoured and regarded the fellowship award as one of the happiest moments of his professional life. He said of the Lew Grade award for Inspector Morse that it was ‘a great send off for the old fellow’.

Inspector Morse will certainly be missed by his legion of fans whom are unlikely to see the likes of him again. Inspector Morse was long regarded by fans and critics alike as a shining example of beautifully scripted and acted drama, which seems nowadays to be ever on the decline.

John Thaw himself has come an incredible distance since he took his first steps into the world of acting at RADA, aged just sixteen with countless hit dramas to his credit and a career that has spanned the decades he has become one of Britain’s most popular and well loved actors. With this in mind it is hard to think of a more deserving recipient of the BAFTAs Fellowship award.