Colin Dexter(1930-2017)

He became a close friend of Ispettore Morse (1987) star John Thaw and admired his performance so much that he stated that while his estate owns the copyright to the Inspector Morse stories, which extends to 70 years after his own death, no other actor will be allowed to play the role on screen. However, Colin Baker was allowed to play the role for a stage production in 2010.

I met Agatha Christie. People say she couldn't write, but I doubt they've read her beautiful autobiography. She had more imagination than the rest of us by far, misleading you from page one. Tremendous achievement. I've tried to do that in a way. But I can't stick some writers - Dorothy L. Sayers. Wouldn't have worried if she'd written nothing.