Watched the final two episodes of
The Professionals tonight. All five series and 57 episodes.
On the whole it was top quality television with some episodes remarkably tense. You might think after five series of unconnected stories the quality would deteriorate towards the end but it really didn't. In fact it was probably getting better and better and finished on a real high.
Some stories were action based whilst others were Cold War style espionage with others featuring hit men, hate groups (No wonder Klansmen has never aired on UK tv), terrorists... you name it. Bombs go off, cars topple over, bullets are sprayed...all terrific stuff with three great leads in Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw and Gordon Jackson.
Yet another hit series from Brian Clemens to go with
The Avengers,
The New Avengers and
Thriller and also an unforgettable theme tune from Laurie Johnson.
The restored dvd box set (It also came out on Blu but i didn't have a player at the time of purchasing) looks stunning - probably better on dvd than 90% of Italian films look on Blu - and i'm delighted to have it in the collection