Creative Quote by John Nettles

Actors have become much more savvy about the nature of television celebrity these days. We were not. The kind of celebrity culture that exists…

— John Nettles

My nearest and dearest have always been very careful. I've never had to send Christmas present back yet.

— John Nettles

I have just written a book on the occupation of the Channel Islands, which is being published in Germany. Pursuing the Second World War…

— John Nettles

I remember Tom Baker once said to me many years ago: never go back, particularly with TV shows. This is because the track record…

— John Nettles

Midsomer' is a throwback to the old detective tradition, in which everything happens in the head of one man. Everything depends on his intuition…

— John Nettles

The whole of Cornwall has become antiseptic. When I was growing up in St. Austell, the county was wonderfully rough and workish. These days…

— John Nettles

Domestic violence is often ignored as it usually happens behind closed doors and it can seem easier not to get involved. Yet, domestic violence…

— John Nettles

I don't think anyone takes the deaths in Midsomer as seriously as in say Wire In The Blood or Silent Witness. We're part of…

— John Nettles

Football is my guilty pleasure.

— John Nettles

I get a lot of letters from French lady admirers - and gentlemen. 'Midsomer' is a huge hit in France, and it's all down…

— John Nettles

You need someone to ground you because if you start believing that your public persona is your only and real persona, then you're looking…

— John Nettles

I'll have been doing 'Midsomer Murders' for 14 years by the time 'Barnaby' leaves. I've formed familial ties with the people involved in the…

— John Nettles