Editing Martin Shaw (section)

===Television===
Shaw began television work in 1967.<ref name="Martin Shaw" /> Parts in one-off plays for [[Granada Television]] led to his playing hippy student Robert Croft, Lucile Hewitt's boyfriend, in ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name="Martin Shaw">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/martin_shaw_person_page.shtml |title=Martin Shaw |publisher= BBC|year=2017}}</ref> Another early role was booze and football-loving Welsh medical student Huw Evans in the television comedy series ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House]]''. He later guest-starred, playing the same role, in the follow-up series ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'', now a nervous expectant father in the episode "Mother and Father Doing Well".<ref name="doctor">{{cite news|url=https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-doctor-in-the-house-cast-list-for-the-show-doctor-in-the-house/reference |title=Doctor in the House cast List |publisher= ranker.com|year=2019}}</ref> The actor had been introduced to international audiences via his portrayal of Horatio in the 1970 ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' presentation of ''[[Hamlet]]'', starring [[Richard Chamberlain]].

Shaw appeared with future co-star [[Lewis Collins]] in an episode of ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]''. Both played the roles of terrorists.<ref name="Martin Shaw"/> Shaw portrayed Ray Doyle ("Agent 4–5") in the British television series ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (1977–1983), opposite Collins. Shaw played another law-enforcement role in the 1990s ITV production ''[[The Chief (TV series)|The Chief]]''.<ref name="Martin Shaw" />

In 1983, Shaw played [[Robert Falcon Scott]] in ''[[The Last Place on Earth]]''. The series was filmed at [[Frobisher Bay]] near the city of [[Iqaluit]] on [[Baffin Island]], Canada. In interview at the time, Shaw commented that he generally responded well to the testing physical conditions, particularly when they enhanced the reality of the scene. In the same year he played Sir Henry Baskerville in ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', an adaptation of the novel by [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]. He acted opposite [[Ian Richardson]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] and Donald Churchill's [[Dr. Watson]].

He played [[Cecil Rhodes]] in ''[[Rhodes (TV series)|Rhodes]]'', an eight-part serial that aired in 1996 and was filmed on location in [[South Africa]]. Shaw's younger son, [[Joe Shaw (actor)|Joe]], took early leave of his drama school course to play the part of the youthful Rhodes. <ref name="fame">{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dad's+fame+spoiled+my+childhood+but+being+an+actor+was+all+I+ever...-a062135390 |title=Dad's fame spoiled my childhood but being an actor was all I ever wanted to do|publisher= thefreelibrary.com|year=2000}}</ref> 

Another television acting credit includes the role of Mr (later Prof) Robert Kingsford in ''[[Always and Everyone]]'' (1999–2002), a British accident and emergency medical series, played alongside [[Niamh Cusack]]. <ref name="tom">{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/martin_shaw |title=Martin shaw|publisher= rottentomatoes.com|year=2020}}</ref> 

In 2001, he took the title role in the [[BBC]] drama ''[[Judge John Deed]]''.<ref name="Martin Shaw"/> The character gave an editorial voice to the television writer and producer [[G.F. Newman]]'s ideas about lifestyle choices such as vegetarianism and alternative medicine as well as issues of social justice. One episode about the safety of the MMR vaccine was banned.<ref>{{cite news |last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10866398/BBC-too-anxious-about-offending-says-Judge-John-Deed-producer.html |title=BBC 'too anxious about offending', says Judge John Deed producer |work=The Daily Telegraph |date= 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Leigh |last=Holmwood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/18/broadcasting.television1 |title=BBC shows that broke the impartiality rules |work=The Guardian |year=2016}}</ref>

Between seasons of ''Judge John Deed'', Shaw took the role of poetic bespectacled forensic detective [[Adam Dalgliesh]] in [[P.D. James]]'s ''[[Death in Holy Orders]]'' in 2003 and ''[[The Murder Room]]'' in 2005. After the sixth season of ''Judge John Deed'' had been filmed, Shaw appeared in the series ''[[Apparitions (TV series)|Apparitions]]'', broadcast by the BBC in 2008. This was Shaw's first project as executive director.<ref name="tom" />

From 2007 until 2017 he played the title role in the BBC TV series ''[[Inspector George Gently]]''. 
On 9 May 2015 Shaw recited "[[For the Fallen]]" at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London which was broadcast on BBC 1.<ref name="tom" />

In 2021 he played the role of Dennis Stephenson, leader of a fictitious religious cult called the Barum Brethren, in the [[BritBox]] original series ''[[The Long Call]]''. The series premiered in autumn 2021, and is based on the [[Ann Cleeves]] bestselling novel.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-long-call-release-date-itv/|title=The Long Call on ITV: Release date, cast, trailer and latest news|journal=RadioTimes|first=Joe|last=Julians|date=26 October 2021|accessdate=13 May 2022}}</ref>