John Nettles Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded the OBE at Buckingham Palace in late 2010
• Became the patron of the Mare and Foal Sanctuary charity
• Was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before his television career took off
• Quote: "As long as there's an audience there, I'll be there․ You can't retire․ What would you do? Look at your showreel? Read my one good review again? No․ You have to go on․"
• Quote: "I think characters have a life on television․ A beginning, a middle and an end․"
• Quote: "[on "Hitler's British Channel Islands"] "There came a point when I thought, either I don't tel this story and keep my friends or I tell it and lose them all․""
• Quote: "[on "Midsomer Murders"] "It's been a long time․ Not just a chapter in my life, more a book, and I shall be very sad to leave all those friends behind․""
• Best known for appearing in such long-running detective series as "The Detectives" and "Midsomer Murders․"
• His participation in the documentary "Channel Islands at War" inspired him to do further research into the Nazi occupation Jersey and publish the book "Hitler's British Channel Islands․"
• While filming one of his final scenes in "Midsomer Murders," the gun belt he was wearing fell off as he was running and he tripped over it, landing face down