Thaw appeared alongside his wife, and youngest daughter Joanna ... The vicar of the church, the Rev Nicholas Holtam, said: "John's ambition was to be good at what he did rather than be famous.

She said: "He (Jack, John Thaw’s dad) was very competitive and he couldn’t understand any of my brilliant clues, so he used to pounce and steal them from the other team." She told the Features ...