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Bob Rocca: The Professionals
CI5: Criminal Intelligence 5. A team specially formed by the Home Office to combat an increasing wave of terrorism. Special men - experts from all branches of the army, the SAS, the police. It offers tough, hard men to deal with tough hard situations. Their brief? To keep Britain clean, keep it safe. Protect it from anarchy, from acts of terror, crimes against the public. Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw are Bodie, ex-paratrooper, ex-mercenary, and Doyle, ex-CID detective, two of the deadliest special agents on the block...deadly spirited, often abrasive but always tempered by mutual respect...and they always get results. Gordon Jackson portrays George Cowley, the straight-talking chief of CI5 in a series that takes an intriguing look at the loyalties, treacheries, perils and dramas of a government department battling against the real world of espionage, organised crime and terrorism. Foreword by series creator Brian Clemens. A chronological account of every episode including cast lists and production credits. A comprehensive guide to The Professionals merchandised products, from toys to magazines. Over 200 back and white photographs, never before published until now. Includes extensive interviews with actors, producers, writers, directors and other production team members - many speaking about their work on the series for the first time. Everything you ever wanted to know about The Professionals, including shooting/location schedules, cast lists, actor profiles and cut scenes.
ISBN Number: 978-1593933319
Order the book here:
www.amazon.co.uk
Werner Schmitz: Die Profis. Auf den Spuren des CI5 - das große Buch zur Serie
Interesting book for the fans who are fluent in German:
The extensive film book about the British cult TV-series: every week agents Doyle and Bodie fought spies, assassins and criminals of all kind.
Die Profis – that’s fast-paced action with cult status. Behind the title of the successful British TV-series is the fictitious
British special organisation CI5, consisting of different specialists for the effective fight against terrorism and crime.
The series was produced in the late 70s and stood out because of its action-packed suspension from the first to the last minute.
The CI5 fights anything or anyone posing a threat to England, be it terrorists, fanatical single culprits or the drug mafia.
The concept was created by Brian Clemens (Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone – German title for The Avengers),
one of the best known writers for television. When George Cowley, head of the organisation, and his top agents Ray Doyle
and William Bodie go hunting, the end often justifies the means.
Today no one would take offence at their raving approach, but that that time the guardians of the media morale
often got in a flap about some episodes. In Germany, 18 of the 57 episodes were considered to be too brutal or
"too English" and were not shown during the first broadcast.
At the beginning there was some commotion in the press about the leading character Gordon Jackson.
How could the popular "butler from Eaton Place" (in Germany the series Upstairs, Downstairs
was called Das Haus am Eaton Place) have turned into this ruthless and despotic head of an elite unit?
Among the non-American TV-shows on German screens, The Professionals was one of the most successful.
It turned two young budding actors, who were more or less only known in their own country at that time,
into two international stars: Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins.
The series was and is still exciting, partly because of its plain handcraft – most of the stunts
were mastered by the leading actors themselves, without any computer tricks.
The first German book about The Professionals is a real treat for the numerous fans:
it has everything that the reader expects from a solid, but entertaining film book.
The author deals in detail with the beginnings of the series, but also with the events behind the scenes.
Furthermore, the stories are analysed and the censoring measures are explained.
Detailed portraits of every single episode are the core of this richly illustrated publication.
The author also takes heed of The New Professionals, a remake of the 90s. Therefore,
Die Profis is a comprehensive publication about the series, written by a connoisseur and fan for
like-minded people.
ISBN Number: ISBN 3-89602-704-2
The book can be ordered here:
www.schwarzkopf-schwarzkopf.de
or here:
www.amazon.de
More about Werner Schmitz on his website:
www.mediagems.de
Dan Matovina: Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger
The story of the British rock group Badfinger
is told in this book, using information from interviews with family and friends of the group.
The group were responsible for such hits as "Without You", but the two principle songwriters
committed suicide before seeing the rewards of their success.
This book is interesting because the group was managed by Lew's father Bill Collins and therefore Lew is mentioned quite
a few times.
If you want to know more about the book, please visit Dan's website at:
www.mindspring.com/~crimson3
Tony Walker: Snides
Synopsis from Amazon:
For ex-SAS John Pilgrim, WWII never ended. On the run, he struggles to keep a valuable
Third Reich document from neo-Nazi gangsters. Then feisty Sally Brandon joins him and bullets fly.
A hard-boiled action thriller with all the right elements.
Tony Walker describes his hero John Pilgrim as follows:
John Pilgrim, a veteran of the British Special Air Service Regiment, owns a shop next door to an antiques market in Soho,
London's "Sin Center", where high-class gourmet restaurants rub shoulders with "adult" bookstores and striptease
joints. His shop specializes in the sale of militaria, which includes ex-army surplus items, swords, daggers, uniforms, helmets,
medals, badges and insignia, from armies all over the world, including Nazi Germany. Pilgrim is like a slightly-used James Bond
(minus the Vodka Martini) and Indiana Jones (minus the Fedora and stubble). Imagine a grittier Lovejoy with a gun, and you have
John Pilgrim.
Sounds familiar? According to Tony Walker, one of the inspirations for the hero of the novel was indeed Lewis Collins!
If you want to know more about the book, please visit Tony Walker's website at:
www.johnpilgrimbooks.com
