Thursday, March 18

the professionals

No doubt there are entire fanboy sites dedicated to the 80's British cop/action show The Professionals. If you are reading this in the States and never saw it before it may just look dated, not nostalgic atall...

It sticks in my mind though as it had a) a very British humor -the constant chat back and forward between Bodie and Doyle, b) the pseudo realist training and driving skills segements they would use, and c) it was to my just-arrived-in-UK eyes, one of my first experiences seeing the archetypal hard Scotsman -the CI5 boss Gordon Cowley -played fantastically out of character by the usually mild Gordon Jackson.

The second documentary clip ends with a set piece that is burned in my mind; Bodie and Doyle race towards each other and try to stop as close as they can. How close can partners get?? Paging Dr. Freud...