Did anyone see him in a one-off television drama (and if you can remember its name, post it PLEASE!) wherein he played the father of a British soldier on duty in Northern Ireland who was killed by the IRA. Thaw goes there, to try to make some sense of it all, and interacts with people on both sides of the divide, including the IRA girl who lured the son to his death as a "legitimate target". The film offers no easy answers or simplistic stereotypes (everyone is believable and all points of view fairly portrayed). Thaw was simply AMAZING as the well-meaning bereaved parent who is totally out of his depth, finding himself being welcomed and claimed as "one of ours" by one side, reviled by the other, and disdained by the on-duty army as a clueless meddling outsider. He tightrope-balances on these various high wires, all the while trying to find out who his son really was.

Oh, WHAT was the name of this drama (a one-off, probably an hour long: I don't think it was feature-film length) and who broadcast it? It was before the satellite revolution, and possibly pre-Channel 4 (though if so, only just) so it's most likely the Beeb or ITV. If I can find these facts, I will write and hassle the broadcasting company to repeat this stunning gem of a drama. It should certainly be seen again, as part of a tribute to this fine and much-mourned artist. R.I.P.