Alkin is best remembered for two roles: DS Tom Daniels in The Sweeney and barrister Barry Deeley in the long running daytime TV drama Crown Court.
In 2012 he played John Alkin in BBC 4's The Best Possible Taste, a biography of Kenny Everett.
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