Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it, I’ve got special men. Experts from the army, police, from every service. These are the professionals.
The rise and rise of Joe Patroni George Kennedy’s most famous role. OK, so the last one is from View from the Top, but you can’t tell me that he’s not playing Joe Patroni there, too.
Dreifachgängers Ever notice how some people look the same on The Professionals? Takapuna actress Pamela Stephenson (Mrs Billy Connolly) appears three times in three different roles in two seasons, while Jordanian actor Nadim Sawalha played various Arabs, as he seemed to do in every British show in the 1970s and 1980s.
Fancier than Lawrence and Sheriff Ali In James Bond, if you do a desert crossing, you must do so in full evening dress.
The New Avengers in French I always prefer it when the producers of the original take the time to produce titles for export, ensuring that the typography matches. But did Jo Lumley wear bottes de cuir that often?
Joanna Lumley aka Purdey in The New Avengers
Purdey I am glad I’m not the only one Tumbling about The New Avengers. All this Avengers hype is making me nostalgic.
They could have called him Fu Manchu The New Avengers’ idea of a Chinese villain, in ‘Trap’. Oh dear.
Prospector Bloodhound Reliving my childhood: I think this was the first metal detector I saw on TV in The New Avengers. Just spotted it again as I go through season 2 of the show.
The Engineer in the RAF You could get away with stock footage in 1977—of course, these days you can freeze-frame stuff on DVD. From The New Avengers’ episode, ‘Obsession’.
More from The New Avengers I know what you’re thinking, but this was The New Avengers.
Quick and mostly irrelevant thoughts from a 
