Kevin said he thought they would film more in 2014 and there are the remaining episodes of the current series to enjoy. Get the superfan scoop on the final season with exclusive cast interviews, videos and more. Kevin: We were in the studio, and I think the whole day had sort of built towards it, again because for some of the crew it was 28 years of work, for me it was 30 years of work finishing. But away from the hit ITV series, it looks like the pair are really the best of pals. And he and Dennis had shared a caravan. "I keep thinking 'Bloody hell, how did John do it'," Whately says. Who'll find love on our blind date? Jace: What was it like filming this final scene for the series in which theres so much left unsaid between the two men? Jace: (Laughs). I didnt have any big plans I just wanted a year off to play golf and be with my children and granddaughter, adds the father-of-two his daughter Kitty, 31, is an opera singer and mother of his adored seven-year-old granddaughter Evie, while his son Kieran, 29, works in a bakery near their Woburn home. Inspector Morse was John Thaws show and Kevin talked fondly of the actor, who died from throat cancer in 2002. 'My son Kieran was about three at the time, and he just slipped from our grasp and headed off. Though this is not the first time that weve said goodbye to Inspector Robbie Lewis, actor Kevin Whately insists that, this time, the beloved character is leaving the screen for good. He has, the actor says, a 'roving eye' and is 'a bit of a lad.'. I mean when we began Lewis, I was slightly concerned that they wanted to turn him into another Morse; they killed off his wife and made him a bit of a lonely, glum character. But I haven't been in that position for a long time now. He died in 2004. When he died at the age of 60, the BBC website was inundated with tributes from the viewing public. Jace: How was working with Laurence Fox different than with John? Im not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something., Returning to Lewis was like coming home. ", He consulted John's widow, the actress Sheila Hancock, before taking on the Lewis project. As I say, its always quite exciting when theres a stunt in in the middle of a shoot, we look forward to it. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. They asked me for two or three years whether Id consider spinning Lewis off. Jace: How much of a role does Oxford, as a setting, play in that affection do you think? But it was strange. But, I think basically, hes as diligent and honest, and pretty much the same character as he was 30 years ago. At 70 years old, Kevin Whately height is 180 cm . I go to a lot of Police functions and I have some close friends who are policemen. His own wife, Madeleine Newton, also an actress, appeared in a 1990 episode of Morse - as the Inspector's love interest. I suppose it might have ended if Laurence had got a job in America but he didnt go in the end because his wife Billie Piper won a role at the National Theatre so they all stayed at home.. 'He ran between two cars that were parked on the side of the road. But as I say, its like a moving train, and then the crew become close pals and family, so you feel you owe it to them to keep going as well, because its a lot of peoples livelihood. And what did he acknowledge by finally turning up? They like The Sweeney because it shows dilemmas and problems that a policeman has to face - just as a man, not only as a policeman. "I would never have taken the series if she had not supported it," he says. His mother Dorothy (Dolly) walked out on the family when he was 7 years old. "She knows I love her, but she gets confused about who I am. I dont think he can carry on much longer, sighs Kevin as he thinks about the character whos dominated his life. Aumente o reconhecimento da sua marca de forma autntica compartilhando seu contedo com os criadores da internet. Mariella Frostrup: I was widely mocked for putting sex with my husband in the diary. I never drank while I was working, although afterwards - particularly when I was doing The Sweeney with. We knew where wed hired it from the first time, and he managed to find it in amongst all the junk at the back. But when I got to the the audition John was there with his amazing blue, gimlet eyes staring across the room at me, watching me, and not saying much. But I hasten to add, it has never affected my work. Age is the greatest risk factor; one in 50 people aged between 65 and 70 have dementia, compared with one in 5 above the age of 80. Lewis: Vals slipping away. I'm getting to the point where I have done it now. Kevin Whately (born 6 February 1951) is an English actor. [1][2] Since 1984 she has been married to actor Kevin Whately, known for his role as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in both Inspector Morse and its spin-off Lewis. I loved him. He said: He insisted we share a dressing room. Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary played the man who provides their alibi but his smarmy character was just one of many red herrings. Kevin Whately in Lewis and his current co-star Laurence Fox . 'I think part of it is down to the fact that neither Madelaine nor I is particularly ambitious,' he says. I liked hiding behind the different characters and it was a form of therapy for me, which I think it is for about 50% of actors. He was still my dad until the day he died last year. And it was so big it actually a piece of shrapnel, a piece of balsa wood actually cut Laurences face. Once the pilot took off I thought we might get another couple of seasons out of it. Coronavirus: Keech Hospice pleads for donations. So we might have run it a bit longer than it shouldve done, but it felt about right 10 years to finish. Jace: What has it been like filming in Oxford over the last 30 years? He was a heavy drinker until he gave it up in 1995. But before we say our final farewells, Kevin Whately joins us to look back on his incredible 30 year career as Robbie Lewis the once second banana turned leading detective and star. Beaming Princess of Wales watches a young boy backflip during St David's Day Lovely in lilac! MASTERPIECEStudio is hosted by me, Jace Lacob and produced by Rachel Aronoff. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. My career has always been important to me and still is. It's his first grandchild and the instinctive love that he feels for Ivy has shocked him. Kevin isn't known for emotional excess either on screen or off - but his face lights up when mention of his granddaughter is made. Jace: Do you remember what the final scene was that you shot on Morse with John? "She was all over him like a rash," Whately laughs. And and what have you learned from each of them? Jace: One of the most surprising developments over the last few seasons was Robbie and Laura falling in love. Kevin: Well as I say, John was very shy and hugely experienced as a film actor, so I learned any technique that Ive got from him very quickly. Kevin - better known for taking down people's particulars, in Morse and Lewis, than taking off his underwear for a sex scene - admits to mixed emotions when he read about his character's bedroom antics in the script. "And she is absolutely gorgeous. But the thing that keeps us together apart from the fact we love each other, is having the same sense of humour and out look on life, the same beliefs about what is important, what's right and wrong. It was something hed done with Dennis Waterman [in The Sweeney] and it meant we were always together, chewing the fat and maybe running scenes together. Jace: Now, is it true you nearly turned down Lewis when it was offered to you? As the ballot for places in this year's Bupa Great North Run opens - proceeds of which go to the Alzheimer's Society - Inspector Morse actor Kevin Whately tells Laura Donnelly how his family is coping with his mother's deterioration. [3], She has appeared alongside her husband several times: in the Inspector Morse episode "Masonic Mysteries" as Beryl Newsome - the love-interest of Morse - whom Morse was wrongly suspected of murdering;[4] as his on-screen wife in the 1988 Look and Read children's serial, Geordie Racer;[5] in the Alan Plater drama Joe Maddison's War, playing Jenny Barlow; and the love interest of Dennis Patterson (Tim Healy) in the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.[6][7]. "Anyway, she got a knife through the heart so that was the end of that!" I just enjoy what I have and what is around and whatever work I do and whoever I meet. In a couple of years ITV would have said, 'Do one more and we'll set it in Lyme Regis', and trouble is I probably would have been tempted. 'And, in this case, I was working with actresses who had reason to be anxious. Laurence can his concentration can be everywhere and just having fun, and then click, switch it on as soon as the camera rolls and give a much better performance than me so Its a bit galling really. CLIP: Something went wrong, please try again later. Michael Gambon: I was terrified at the beginning when I read it, and I met the director because its a, you know, its a famous role, isnt it? The TV actor, who came to fame in the 1980s in the award-winning Auf Wiedersehn Pet, before becoming firmly lodged in the national conscious as the sidekick of Inspector Morse, was one of four children born to Mary Whately, now 82. Another factor in the series conclusion: Lewis, the character, was getting on in years, and Whately, who is 65, said he didnt want to be a 70-year-old policeman, especially since British police generally retire at 55. And the fact that it is a university town like Boston with all its universities means that you have these weird and wonderful academic characters, and you can get away with all sorts of outrageous stories (laughs) as a result, with these big-brained people. ", Other days are better: "Sometimes, she still calls me our Kev. In a recent telephone interview, Whately said he became involved with Inspector Morse after colleagues urged him to portray Inspector Lewis, a younger man on television than he was in the Colin Dexter novels on which the series was based. They have two children. At various times in my life I've been a heavy drinker, there's no question about that. His wife is Madelaine Newton (m. 1984) Kevin Whately Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2020-2021. Jace: Now, their farewell scene is so understated. Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. The actor, best known for his role in the ITV drama Inspector Morse, and its spin-off series, Lewis, is reluctant to say anything that could smack of self-pity. Im pretty sure they wont spin Hathaway off; I hope theyll find something totally different for Laurence to do in his own series, but well see what happens. It particularly disgusts my wife, that shirt. He died of oesophageal cancer at the age of 60. He and Sheila Hancock married at Cirencester registry office on Christmas Eve. Whately said Inspector Morse ran for 33 episodes and that Inspector Lewis will run for the same number of episodes. ' (Laughs). Difficult to film in a big public place like that, to try and get some subtlety into the into the scene. In 2000 Thaw predicted he would die from his heavy smoking habit. Indeed, we see Cameron cheating on his partner Sue with Polly, one of the teachers at his school. I am talking about it because I think it is really important that we improve the research and treatment of Alzheimer's.". Jace: Now, taking a look back to 1987s The Dead of Jericho, the first Morse episode, what was it like stepping foot onto set that day? Kevin returns to the tried, tested and successful Lewis in the autumn, teaming up once more with Laurence Fox, husband of Billie Piper, who plays Lewis's sidekick DS James Hathaway. What was it like shooting that particular scene in which Lewis says goodbye to his mentor? Thanks to you Chris, I learnt that Kevin Whately started his early working life, as a folk singer. Were you resistant at all to having the 2 get together? Chris Pleasance explains how Do not sell or share my personal information. John Thaw was a quiet, private man. I just enjoy the moment. It has survived a seismic shift in the careers of Kevin and Madelaine - when they first met she was the star, having played Dolly Seaton in the successful BBC drama When The Boat Comes In, alongside New Tricks actor James Bolam in the Seventies. Isnt that strange? Jace: Now, their relationship is made public in the episode The Ramblin Boy when Laura kisses Robbie at the pub in front of Hathaway and Innocent. All I know is that I'm a very lucky man. I didnt think the character was strong enough. He can remember my lines, lines that Ive long forgotten, and brings them up at the most inopportune moments. Were coming at it from a different angle now; Lewis is retired and Hathaways been promoted to Inspector. Kevin: I thought the the whole thing it couldve become a bit soapy so in the end I said, Look weve done enough of this Will they? Jace: Now, I cant think about the the Goodbye Sir scene in Morse, The Remorseful Day without a tear springing to my eye. His marriage to actress Sheila Hancock was generally regarded as one of the strongest in showbusiness. But listening to episodes ofMASTERPIECEStudio can help make that commute much more enjoyable! Kevin said: Laurence and I told them this time last year that we wanted to finish it. ACTOR Kevin Whately has new grandparent written all over him. Oscar Cainer tells all, How to dress like a grown up: Trust me, loose fit can be flattering, says Shane Watson, Anti-agers no one but you needs to know about,Inge Van Lotringen tells all. The leisurely-paced series, set in beautiful Oxfordshire, was Thaw's most popular and long-running project. A fan of West African music, he is looking forward to hearing some live drumming and singing. I was always very shy and felt completely at home on stage. The marriage also survived a reported affair in the Nineties, between Kevin and Amanda Burton, when they filmed the ITV medical drama Peak Practice together in Derbyshire. Their TV profiles started to change when Kevin found fame as Neville Hope in comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, in the Eighties, and shifted further when he starred as Sergeant Lewis in ITV's Morse. The strength of the casting is such that we do not expect that nice Kevin Whately will be the villain. It's the kind you hope and pray no parent has to witness. Then at twenty-six I was out of work for those nine months and it all came back. Jace: What do you think makes Lewis and Hathaways dynamic so unique? Jace: youre even in the same shirt you wore in that pilot episode. The great betrayal: How journalist Isabel Oakeshott leaked Matt Hancock's WhatsApps after they worked Don't just stick to the Malbec! And yet he has supplemented his lucrative roles as Lewis and Dr Jack Kerruish with a. "The character fades and all you can catch are the little sparks that remind us of how she was.". It does resolve itself at the end of the films. It will be the third series of the detective drama. As he is equally determined to campaign for improved research and funding for dementia, an interest sparked by his mother's descent into Alzheimer's disease, he chooses each word with caution. She was the first person her son had ever known to suffer from the disease. 'And Anna (Madeley) was a screen virgin who obviously felt nervous about her first ever sex scene on TV. He said: "He insisted we share a dressing room. There are lots of good actors around. Kevin Whately, Actor: Inspector Morse. Jace Lacob (Jace):MASTERPIECEStudio is brought to you by Audible. The eighth and final season of Inspector Lewis begins tonight on PBS MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!, with three episodes airing through August 21. Kevin: I think he was afraid of being put on the scrap heap, that if he went he would never get back into the job; they would never use him as a consultant again, which they probably wouldnt actually, but he obviously came to realize that the relationship with Laura was much more important. Sponsors forMASTERPIECEon PBS are Viking River Cruises, Audible, and TheMASTERPIECETrust. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. He does end up with a new wife, with a new chapter to his life, and I thought that was a fitting way to distinguish the ending as being different from that of Morse. [on the death of Inspector Morse]: All good things come to an end. Smoking and drinking is a mugs game. After the third series of "Sweeney," John Thaw wasn't keen on making a fourth and needed considerable persuasion before agreeing to it. Although Kevin loves sitting down and watching a DVD with Ivy, he won't be letting her anywhere near The Children. Jace: And what is your fondest memory of John Thaw? Kevin: Id been asked to come down from the Northeast. As her aggression mounted, she was admitted to hospital, and finally transferred into a private care home in west London. People always say how difficult it is for two actors to live together, and in many ways it is. By Tim Oglethorpe for MailOnline Updated: 21:49 GMT, 28 August 2008. He bumped into an American tourist down in Mexico about 3 years ago, who said, Oh, what a fine actor that Donald Whately is, and this tickled Laurence, so from then on I was Donald, and (laughs) he was delighted with that. Its probably time. Laurence Fox, who plays his sidekick DS Hathaway, was even more categorical, saying that he and Kevin had agreed to call it a day and that it was definitely the end. The actor has on and off been trying to give up the role for nearly 20 years. "People say that you grieve because the person disappears in front of your eyes, and that is exactly true," says her son. Son of John Edward (1919-1997) and Dorothy (ne Ablott) Thaw (1921-1974). Over the last 30 years hes rarely been off our screens, starring in the likes of Peak Practice, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Joe Maddisons War, which was written specifically for him. Oxfords just great wherever you point a camera it looks good and unusual. I like Sheila, I respect her, and I know its vice-versa. And actors tend to be very gung-ho and foolish, so when they were setting that up, were very aware as well that special effects boys, we call them special defects, tend to overpower these explosions, make them much bigger than theyre meant to be, and thats what happened (laughs) in that shot. Emily, the stepdaughter of Kevin's headteacher character, Cameron Miller, is found dead with a head injury in the garden of the family home, and much of Lucy Gannon's drama concerns who might have killed the little girl, and why. 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