BEWDLEY Festival continues this week with tickets still available for some of the events remaining.

Tomorrow evening at the Ramada Hotel, Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse, will explain how the character was adapted for TV and recount his experiences of working with actors John Thaw and Kevin Whately.

This morning at Bewdley Baptist Church, at 10.30am, Bob Lawrence, director of wildlife at West Midland Safari Park, will tell tales of his work at the tourist attraction.

Bob saved the day at last year’s festival by stepping in at the last minute when the BBC’s Alastair Fothergill failed to turn up for his show due to a mix-up.

Bob filled in with a talk and slides about animal research worldwide and was such a success that organisers have asked him back this year.

At 2.30pm this afternoon at the baptist church, a woman will tell the story of the her Norwegian father, who escaped execution at the hands of the Gestapo in the Second World War. Ellie Targett’s father worked for the resistance during the war and, after being caught spying for the Allies, was sent to Gestapo HQ for execution.

While en route, he managed to escape and fled over 200 miles to Sweden while being pursued by 900 soldiers and tracker dogs.

Ellie has retraced his steps across the mountains and met some of the people who gave him shelter.

The baptist church’s events continue tomorrow at 2.30pm, with a talk by David Tadd, Scotland Yard’s recently retired head of forensic investigation.

He was the first UK forensic officer to be sent to Thailand to assist in the identification of five thousand victims killed in the tsunami in December, 2004.

His talk will cover the 15 months it took to complete the identification programme and will also provide details of the forensics used to correctly identify the victims.

Innovative acoustic guitarist, Gordon Giltrap will perform at the baptist church on Saturday at 2.30pm, treating fans to his well-known hits and explaining the history of his many different guitars.

The festival concludes on Sunday at 10.30am with a service at St Anne’s Church, featuring the work of leading jazz musician Scott Stroman.