My parents bought me one of those Starsky, chunky cardigan type things.
Great era, other favourites were Kojak, Harry O and Cannon. Last two having the
brilliant gimmicks of an inoperable bullet injury and morbid obesity preventing
them from chasing the perps.
The New Avengers also catered to a developing interest at that age, (Purdey).
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On 28 Nov 2013, at 22:23, Simon Oram <fab5fre...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Just have to say, I thought The Professionals opening credits with the car
> smashing through the plate glass was the best opening sequence of any UK TV
> series, of any genre.
>
> At my school you were either a Professsionals or a Starsky and Hutch lad. I
> know who I was even though Paul Michael Glaser had a really cool jumper in
> the opening credits.
>
> Simon
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> Subject: [MOPO] Lewis Collins RIP
>
> Granted Martin Shaw was the better classically trained and overall better
> actor between the two. Had Collins been given the chance at Bond he would
> have fit quite well straight after Moore due to his comic timing and true to
> life action ability – doing his own stunts and SAS training and acceptance.
> Furthermore, the womanising aspect that he cultivated in the Professionals
> fits in nicely with the character of Bond. He would of got my Vote as Bond
> instead of Moore doing A View To a Kill looking like a Grandad.
>
> Yes, the Italian action films he made were not the best and did not do his
> career any good but as Michael Caine has said in his books, the role of an
> actor is simple, “stay employed”. Caine said of JAWS The Revenge, If someone
> is going to pay you 50,000 to spend a week in the Bahamas all expenses paid,
> you would be made not to do it. Collins next big piece of success in my
> opinion was his excellent supporting role to Caine in the TV mini Series
> “Jack The Ripper” that won Caine a Golden Globe.
>
> Collins did only spasmodic acting post his Ripper days (maybe he suffered
> from type casting) which is a shame as I believe he had depth beyond been an
> action man. He moved to LA where he took a course in being a Director (which
> he completed) with the view of getting behind the camera and finding work in
> America but like so many others this proved problematic. The computer
> industry was growing and Collins had an eye for it and before long he had his
> own business and was very successful at it. They remade “The Professionals”
> in 1999 but unsuccessfully as we all know. Collins was approached to play a
> Gordon Jackson type role as head of ‘CI5’ however prior to release but
> negotiations broke down and Edward Woodward stepped in and the series only
> lasted 13 episodes. Collins as the record looks now, left acting at the
> doorstep by 2002 with a stint on the long running British crime drama “The
> Bill”. Fitting really that he gained worldwide fame on a British crime TV
> show and his last performance was on another worldwide British crime TV show.
>
> Personally, I had always hoped he would return to the screen big or small.
>
> He was a part of my Saturday nights as a teenager as one half of the
> professionals and given the chance could have been so much more later on!
>
> Regards to you all
>
> Ben
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