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...
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Companion piece to follow on 'Who Dares Wins'? The performance from the leading man - Bodie from 'The Professionals' - is described on imdb as "Bond-style".
I remember the furore when Lewis Collins was (falsely? Fact check needed) outed. It was the British equivalent of finding out that one half of the Starsky & Hutch bromance was gay.
"Not that there's anything wrong with that" [J. Seinfeld] but a shock to my 12 year old system in 1982...
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