Lindsay and Steve Edge as a series regular. The first series received a positive reception which led to a Christmas special broadcast in 2022 succeeded by a second series to be broadcast in 2023. In December 2022, Askwith appeared in the fourth and final episode of the quartet, Strike: Troubled Blood, on BBC1, his character Steve, plays one of the suspected killers in the J.K. Rowling inspired mystery crime drama. In 2022, he is set to appear in the eighth series of Inside No. 9. Stage work Askwith's extensive work on stage, includes numerous farces such as Run For Your Wife, Casanova's Last Stand, One for the Road plus the stage Confessions sequel The Further Confessions of a Window Cleaner and Terry Johnson's Dead Funny. From 11 December 2012 – 27 January 2013, he appeared at the Mill at Sonning, Reading, Berkshire in Ray Cooney's farce Caught in the Net. In pantomimes, Askwith has appeared with the Chuckle Brothers in Dick Whittington, with Frank Bruno and Sooty in a Wolverhampton production of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears and in various productions of Aladdin as Abanazar. More unusual stage roles include the title role in a production of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and the Child Catcher in a 2006 touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Personal life Askwith had relationships with the actresses Cheryl Hall and later Linda Hayden during the 1970s. Askwith married actress Leonie Mellinger in 1988 but they later divorced. In 1996, he married Mary Smith, an aromatherapist but they divorced in 2002. Askwith lives in Gozo, a Mediterranean island near Malta, having moved there in 1991, where his hobbies include swimming, underwater diving and yachting, however he regularly returns to the UK for tours, events and filming. Askwith is a great-nephew of the comic Robb Wilton. He is also a supporter of Queens Park Rangers F.C. Filmography Film Television Television commercials Baked Beans – brand unknown (year unknown) Summer County – margarine (1967) – directed by Ridley Scott Smith's Crisps – crisps (1967) with Simon Dee Pepsi Cola – drink (1971) Thomson Sky Tours – airways (1971) – directed by Tony Scott Dulux Magicote – paint (1971) TUF Boots – footwear – (1971) – directed by Terence Donovan KitKat – chocolate biscuits (1973) Guinness – alcohol (1973) Car Care – part work magazine (1985) Documentaries Traincare '90 – Narrator (1990) King Rocker (2020)