Leslie Thomas
Leslie Thomas,  (22 March 1931 – 6 May 2014) was a Welsh journalist and author. His best known works where his comic novels The Virgin Soldiers (1966) and Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective (1976). The Virgin Soldiers was made into a movie in 1969 and a sequel in 1977, while Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective was made into an ITV television series starring Peter Davison. The series ran for 17 episodes from 2003 to 2007.