"John was as he has been throughout his ... which made Inspector Morse, Goodnight Mister Tom and Kavanagh QC, said Thaw was "one of the great actors of his generation". "He was universally the ...

Heart-warming WW2 drama starring John Thaw. A curmudgeonly widower living in a small village takes in a shy evacuee from London, and teaches him to read, write and draw.