The Professionals

jon_1ukjon_1uk Posts: 674MI6 Agent
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Anybody liked the "The Professionals" when it was on?
I have just bought the 1st series- remastered on Blu-Ray the quality is fantastic..
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    jon_1uk wrote:
    Anybody liked the "The Professionals" when it was on?
    I have just bought the 1st series- remastered on Blu-Ray the quality is fantastic..

    I liked the show when it first came out (its still good today ) I even went as far as saving up for a Triumph dolomite sprint
    until I went to the university motors show room in Balham to test drive one ,only to find I couldn't fit in the bloody thing
    but my fave car from the show was the Ford escort RS 2000 :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Always loved the show and still watch it when it's on. -{ so wanted
    to be Lewis Collins. :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Shoot me now, but I've never heard of the Professionals :s

    AS, admitting that your a little bit on the Porky Side then? ;)
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Loved the Professionals!

    My neighbor drove a green Dolomite and refused to sell it to me because I'd kill myself with a brand new driver's license...
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Always loved the show and still watch it when it's on. -{ so wanted
    to be Lewis Collins. :))

    no, you so wanted Lewis Collins :)) :)) :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Hey I'd have made the change if He'd Asked, he was so Macho ! :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Shoot me now, but I've never heard of the Professionals :s

    AS, admitting that your a little bit on the Porky Side then? ;)

    What!!! You need to go out and buy the box set now. It holds up very well for a modern audience.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It should be part of the education system. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I was under new- Labor Education. What do you expect? ;)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The sad thing for me was ( showing how hard up for money British tv is ) .
    They pulled the third series of The New Avengers to pay for the Professionals.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • herbie123herbie123 Posts: 47MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    The sad thing for me was ( showing how hard up for money British tv is ) .
    They pulled the third series of The New Avengers to pay for the Professionals.


    Enjoy both of these, when they are shown on ITV 4.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    +1 {[]
    I too still watch them when they're on. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    Loved it! Back when the SAS would take the odd adventurer, or anybody non military who showed enough initiative to turn up the right time, and at the right place for selection! Lewis Collins tried out, and got a long way down the line. He started this to get the experience the producers thought he needed, but he carried on with intentions of joining. His earlier tv work made him too well known to carry on. He was a complete gun fanatic, and later owned many in LA, and was well respected at many gun clubs. We all know Lewis Collins met with Broccoli about being Bond, and the rest is history. Cubby hated him, thinking him too aggressive. Collins later said he just tried to play him with a tough edge. It's a shame though, that decent roles eluded him. He was a cool guy, our Steve McQueen really. Tough, edgy and cool. A mans man.

    I think many of the plots of the Professionals stand up today. The work of the intelligence services was well known/researched by the writers.

    I watched one the other day and thought the 3 litre Capri had almost gone full circle. You'd have laughed at a bloke in one in the nineties/noughties, but I think a well sorted one would get a few admirers now. Possibly by forty year old blokes, but I'm one and the thing with forty year old blokes is we couldn't give a rats arse what people think, and that's bloody brilliant.

    How much of a fan was I? Well my four year old boy is called Lewis...
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Shoot me now, but I've never heard of the Professionals :s

    AS, admitting that your a little bit on the Porky Side then? ;)

    no I was about 6 ft 2 in them days (ive shrunk a bit since )but it just wasn't a comfortable car ,a bit of a struggle to get in and out
    so I bought the Ford Cortina 2000E instead , but take ASP 9MM advice and get the set :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    thesecretagent wrote:
    Loved it! Back when the SAS would take the odd adventurer, or anybody non military who showed enough initiative to turn up the right time, and at the right place for selection! Lewis Collins tried out, and got a long way down the line. He started this to get the experience the producers thought he needed, but he carried on with intentions of joining. His earlier tv work made him too well known to carry on. He was a complete gun fanatic, and later owned many in LA, and was well respected at many gun clubs. We all know Lewis Collins met with Broccoli about being Bond, and the rest is history. Cubby hated him, thinking him too aggressive. Collins later said he just tried to play him with a tough edge. It's a shame though, that decent roles eluded him. He was a cool guy, our Steve McQueen really. Tough, edgy and cool. A mans man.

    I think many of the plots of the Professionals stand up today. The work of the intelligence services was well known/researched by the writers.

    I watched one the other day and thought the 3 litre Capri had almost gone full circle. You'd have laughed at a bloke in one in the nineties/noughties, but I think a well sorted one would get a few admirers now. Possibly by forty year old blokes, but I'm one and the thing with forty year old blokes is we couldn't give a rats arse what people think, and that's bloody brilliant.

    How much of a fan was I? Well my four year old boy is called Lewis...

    Obviously, THE PROFESSIONALS got Collins through Cubby's door, though I suspect Cubby saw him more out of duress due to Collins popularity in the UK at the time and being everything the geriatric Rog wasn't; regardless of Collins' attitude, I don't think he had a prayer with Cubby as Cubby was an old-school film producer who thought all leading men (ie James Bond) had to be 6 foot plus, which Collins obviously wasn't. Hell, Daniel Craig wouldn't even have got as far as Cubby's office.

    That said, I think Collins leading turn in WHO DARES WINS probably confirmed he couldn't carry a Bond film.

    And personally, its a shame he only ever got action roles of decreasing quality; I thought he had a really brilliant light comedic touch and elegant charm in THE CUCKOO WALTZ. Now THAT was a long time ago!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    always shaken wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Shoot me now, but I've never heard of the Professionals :s

    AS, admitting that your a little bit on the Porky Side then? ;)

    no I was about 6 ft 2 in them days (ive shrunk a bit since )but it just wasn't a comfortable car ,a bit of a struggle to get in and out
    so I bought the Ford Cortina 2000E instead , but take ASP 9MM advice and get the set :)

    Oh Alright, my little Remark was meant as a Joke and no Offense was intended -{
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    always shaken wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Shoot me now, but I've never heard of the Professionals :s

    AS, admitting that your a little bit on the Porky Side then? ;)

    no I was about 6 ft 2 in them days (ive shrunk a bit since )but it just wasn't a comfortable car ,a bit of a struggle to get in and out
    so I bought the Ford Cortina 2000E instead , but take ASP 9MM advice and get the set :)

    Oh Alright, my little Remark was meant as a Joke and no Offense was intended -{

    no offence taken, I know you was pulling my leg me old mate , just usual banter among a bunch of like minded blokes,
    but as the thread said , there are repeats of the lads from C15 on some of the non BBC satations worth a look before forking out
    on a box set :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I'll take a look -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I DARE you to come back and say The Professionals look
    Dated and slow ! :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I dare not, for fear of Le Chiffre cutting off my Manhood :))
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    I don't think Collins could have stomached the baffoonery territory the films were headed for. However, I would have enjoyed seeing him as Bond in the more serious entries.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think ITV4 is showing the Professionals. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Whilst we are on the Subject of old Bond like TV Franchises, what does everyone think of the old Mission Impossible TV Series? (Not the Cruise Chronicles Set of Films)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I loved it but then again I love all that 60s spy stuff ( best tv theme, Ever ) :))
    A couple of years ago bbc2 showed the full series again. It was remade in the 80s
    Not as good though..
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Yeah the 80's Series, reminds me a lot of the Gardner 007 Novels. That Series has some really Cheesy Effects -{
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    Surprisingly it was 1998 that series was released. Even Edward Woodward was bad in it :#
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    edited April 2014
    They wanted to make the M:I Film as early as 1981 apparently.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Oh ! The one I was thinking of had Peter Graves, I think it was by an Australian tv company.
    I think they also remade the Professionals, I'd forgotten about that. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Peter Graves Predecessor was better though, in my Opinion.
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    Hold on, are we talking about different things. I was on about the New Professionals. Awful and it was canned quickly. I didn't know they did a new MI series too, unless my mind has wiped it because it was that bad.
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