Tag: Lewis Collins

The Professionals: Series 1, Episode 9 – Close Quarters

“The Myer Helmut group. Anarchists, fanatics, they’ve bombed, killed and maimed at least a hundred people in the last two years. Now they’re here, in Britain – and I want them.”

The one where…

Bodie, on medical leave with a broken hand and a girlfriend, stumbles over the leader of a German terrorist gang while out rowing.

It’s back to the countryside this week for a tense siege thriller (you’ll read that phrase a lot) which puts the focus squarely on hardman Bodie. It is, in fact, almost a Bodie solo episode; there are occasional cuts to Doyle and Cowley searching for him, but for the most part, Lewis Collins carries this one by himself.

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The Professionals: Let’s talk about Bodie and Doyle

“Anarchy. Acts of terror. Crimes against the public. To combat it, I’ve got special men. Experts from the Army, the police, from every service. These are the Professionals.”

If you’re a reader of this blog, you might have noticed that the entries for the last few years have been a bit sporadic. This is because fundamentally, I’m a pretty lazy person. I like writing, but if I’m going to do it regularly, I need something to make me do it. In the past, that motivation has been provided by doing episode by episode reviews of weekly TV shows; after all, I originally started this blog to write lengthy essays about each new ep of Doctor Who.

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