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* BannedEpisode: In the episode "Klansmen," Bodie's life is saved by a black doctor despite his [[CompressedVice racist abuse]], while members of white supremacy organisations are portrayed as ignorant thugs being manipulated by right-wing politicians and crooked businessmen for their own ends. The episode was banned in Britain for many years due to its violence and racist content.
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* BannedEpisode: In the episode "Klansmen," Bodie's life is saved by a black doctor despite his [[CompressedVice racist abuse]], while members of white supremacy organisations are portrayed as ignorant thugs being manipulated by right-wing politicians and crooked businessmen for their own ends. The episode "Klansmen" was banned in Britain for many years due to its violence and racist content.content (never mind this VerySpecialEpisode has an anti-racism theme), but is available on DVD or streaming services.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: All of the vehicles, weapons and technologies available (and the fashion-''definitely'' the fashions) show that it is all set strictly during TheSeventies, not to mention the many stories that involve the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (and fighting spies straight from UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre) and other things like the Congo brush wars.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: In 1987, Creator/{{ITV}} was re-running some episodes. After the Hungerford shooting incident the particular episode that was to be aired, "Lawson's Last Stand", had a theme that was deemed insensitive and was replaced by the less violent "The Untouchables".
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* TooSoon: In 1987, Creator/{{ITV}} was re-running some episodes. After the Hungerford shooting incident the particular episode that was to be aired, "Lawson's Last Stand", had a theme that was deemed insensitive and was replaced by the less violent "The Untouchables".
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* TheOtherMarty: Anthony Andrews was originally cast as Bodie. He had already completed three days filming when he was replaced.
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* ActorSharedBackground: During the show's run, while playing a former paratrooper, Lewis Collins actually ''qualified'' to join became a paratrooper himself[[note]]as a member of the SAS. Territorial Army, the predecessor to the current British Army Reserve[[/note]]. He only remained an actor because later made a serious attempt at joining the the Territorial SAS and passed the initial entrance tests but was rejected before Selection began when it was deemed that his career fame made him too famous for covert operations.a liability.
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* BannedEpisode: In the episode "Klansmen," Bodie's life is saved by a black doctor despite his [[CompressedVice racist abuse]], while members of white supremacy organisations are portrayed as ignorant thugs being manipulated by right-wing politicians and crooked businessmen for their own ends. The episode is was banned in Britain for many years due to its violence and racist content.
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** In 2011, film company Lionsgate announced it had acquired the rights to series and intended to begin shooting a movie in 2011. The characters of Bodie, Doyle and Cowley would be played by new actors. The film would have been a prequel to the series concerning how Bodie and Doyle entered CI5.
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** In 2011, film company Lionsgate announced it had acquired the rights to series and intended to begin shooting a movie in 2011. The characters of Bodie, Doyle and Cowley would be played by new actors. The film would have been a prequel to the series concerning how Bodie and Doyle entered CI5.[=CI5=].
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Deliberately invoked, at least initially, by the creator - -- the two leads were cast because they did not get on while working together on a previous project and he thought that would give the onscreen relationship between them the edge he wanted. While they worked out their differences in fairly short order and became friends offscreen they were good enough actors to keep the onscreen dynamic he wanted.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/LeeMarvin did not get along during filming due to Marvin's alcoholism, which was making him unreliable and difficult at the time, infuriating Lancaster. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off that mountain".
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** Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/LeeMarvin did not get along during filming due to Marvin's alcoholism, which was making him unreliable and difficult at the time, infuriating Lancaster. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off thatmountain".mountain."
** Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/LeeMarvin did not get along during filming due to Marvin's alcoholism, which was making him unreliable and difficult at the time, infuriating Lancaster. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off that
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: According to casting director Esta Charkham, Creator/PierceBrosnan took a minor role in "Bloodsports" just so he could earn enough money to pay the fare to fly to the US, where he had been offered a role in a MiniSeries called ''The Manions of America''.
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* OutOfOrder: The third episode, "Old Dog with New Tricks", was meant to be the pilot, but "Private Madness, Public Danger" aired first.
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* CareerResurrection: Richard Brooks was looking for a more modestly priced production, at $6 million, in the wake of the $10 million spent on ''Literature/LordJim'', a financial and critical failure for Brooks that had come out a year earlier. The film was a big hit and led to a comeback of sorts for Brooks.
* DevelopmentHell: Plans for a remake were announced in 2000 but as of 2011 haven't been followed through. Among the people attached were screenwriter Bruce Feirstein and Creator/JohnWoo.
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** According to Marvin's widow, a disagreement arose between Marvin and Lancaster about the authenticity of the weapons. Burt could not care less, and Lee was well-known throughout his career for insisting on accuracy with guns and costumes. A big blow-up ensued. Brooks implored Lee to make peace with Burt, who was known to possess a rather inflated ego. Lee did so on his knees before Lancaster, wailing for forgiveness. It is unknown if Burt saw that Marvin was mocking him.
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** Despite the principal male actors being in their fifties (except for Creator/LeeMarvin, who was only 42), all of them insisted on performing their own stunts. However, only Creator/WoodyStrode performed all of his stunts as there were no black stuntmen who came close to his height and stature. Creator/BurtLancaster, who was 52 at52, still insisted on doing all the time, did most of his own stunts.stunts, including being hung upside down in Coyote Pass and running across the top of the moving train car. The studio balked, however, at Lancaster climbing the side of the cliff in the pass to plant the dynamite and a stuntman was substituted.
** During the filming of the scene where Maria attempts to escape through a canyon wired with dynamite, Creator/ClaudiaCardinale's stunt double was badly injured during the explosion. Cardinale, who had never ridden a horse before, performed the stunt herself for the final cut, and escaped uninjured.
* StillbornFranchise: The success of the movie led to calls from the studio for a sequel, but only with the four principals actors involved because of the fiasco surrounding the sequel to ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', where only Creator/YulBrynner returned. However, all of the principals had full filming schedules. By the time any space could be cleared, Creator/RobertRyan's health (due to lung cancer) made it impossible for him to perform the physical work necessary for the movie. After his death in 1973, all plans for a sequel were scrapped.
* StuntDouble: Even though Creator/JackPalance was as tall as Creator/WoodyStrode, he had to use a stunt double for the scenes where he was wounded and fell off his horse, because falling the wrong way off a horse could lead to serious injuries.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Cretor/{{Columbia}} first bought the rights, they planned for Creator/GregoryPeck, Creator/FrankSinatra and Creator/RobertMitchum to star.
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** Despite the principal male actors being in their fifties (except for Creator/LeeMarvin, who was only 42), all of them insisted on performing their own stunts. However, only Creator/WoodyStrode performed all of his stunts as there were no black stuntmen who came close to his height and stature. Creator/BurtLancaster, who was 52 at
** During the filming of the scene where Maria attempts to escape through a canyon wired with dynamite, Creator/ClaudiaCardinale's stunt double was badly injured during the explosion. Cardinale, who had never ridden a horse before, performed the stunt herself for the final cut, and escaped uninjured.
* StillbornFranchise: The success of the movie led to calls from the studio for a sequel, but only with the four principals actors involved because of the fiasco surrounding the sequel to ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', where only Creator/YulBrynner returned. However, all of the principals had full filming schedules. By the time any space could be cleared, Creator/RobertRyan's health (due to lung cancer) made it impossible for him to perform the physical work necessary for the movie. After his death in 1973, all plans for a sequel were scrapped.
* StuntDouble: Even though Creator/JackPalance was as tall as Creator/WoodyStrode, he had to use a stunt double for the scenes where he was wounded and fell off his horse, because falling the wrong way off a horse could lead to serious injuries.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Cretor/{{Columbia}} first bought the rights, they planned for Creator/GregoryPeck, Creator/FrankSinatra and Creator/RobertMitchum to star.
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** In 2004 plans were being drawn up for a film version with Lewis Collins approached to play Cowley, but after negotiations broke down the film was abandoned.
** In 2011, film company Lionsgate announced it had acquired the rights to series and intended to begin shooting a movie in 2011. The characters of Bodie, Doyle and Cowley would be played by new actors. The film would have been a prequel to the series concerning how Bodie and Doyle entered CI5.
** In 2004 plans were being drawn up for a film version with Lewis Collins approached to play Cowley, but after negotiations broke down the film was abandoned.
** In 2011, film company Lionsgate announced it had acquired the rights to series and intended to begin shooting a movie in 2011. The characters of Bodie, Doyle and Cowley would be played by new actors. The film would have been a prequel to the series concerning how Bodie and Doyle entered CI5.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/MartinShaw remarked that at the time he was offered the role of Ray Doyle, he only accepted because there weren't many other offers of work.
* TheOtherMarty: Anthony Andrews was originally cast as Bodie. He had already completed three days filming when he was replaced.
* ThrowItIn: Much of the laddish banter between Bodie and Doyle was improvised on-set by Collins and Shaw in order to entertain the crew, notably their conversation about Cowley in the Capri during "Look After Annie". However, these conversations proved to be so popular, that the editors left them in the finished versions, and they came to be regarded by many viewers as some of their favorite parts of the show.
* TooSoon: In 1987, Creator/{{ITV}} was re-running some episodes. After the Hungerford shooting incident the particular episode that was to be aired, "Lawson's Last Stand", had a theme that was deemed insensitive and was replaced by the less violent "The Untouchables".
* ThrowItIn: Much of the laddish banter between Bodie and Doyle was improvised on-set by Collins and Shaw in order to entertain the crew, notably their conversation about Cowley in the Capri during "Look After Annie". However, these conversations proved to be so popular, that the editors left them in the finished versions, and they came to be regarded by many viewers as some of their favorite parts of the show.
* TooSoon: In 1987, Creator/{{ITV}} was re-running some episodes. After the Hungerford shooting incident the particular episode that was to be aired, "Lawson's Last Stand", had a theme that was deemed insensitive and was replaced by the less violent "The Untouchables".
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* WorkingTitle: ''The A-Squad''.
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* FakeNationality: Jack Palance as a Mexican bandit.
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* FakeNationality: Jack Palance Creator/JackPalance as a Mexican bandit.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/BurtLancaster andCreaotr/LeeMarvin Creator/LeeMarvin did not get along during filming due to Marvin's alcoholism, which was making him unreliable and difficult at the time, infuriating Lancaster. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off that mountain".
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* ActorInspiredElement: The characters of Cowley, Bodie and Doyle were changed substantially from their original concepts. Cowley was only intended to be 'Northern' not Scottish like Gordon Jackson. Lewis Collins managed to tone down the formal nature of Bodie's costume by series two. Doyle had the biggest change as he was intended to be blond-haired, blue-eyed and be-suited. Martin Shaw was cast (and suggested to cut his brown permed hair) and argued that Doyle wouldn't wear suits and instead turned up to the first day of shooting wearing jeans and a T-shirt, despite being told that he'd be sent home by the previous director if he did.
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* ActorInspiredElement: The characters of Cowley, Bodie and Doyle were changed substantially from their original concepts. Cowley was only intended to be 'Northern' not Scottish like Gordon Jackson. Lewis Collins managed to tone down the formal nature of Bodie's costume by series two. Doyle had the biggest change as he was intended to be blond-haired, blue-eyed and be-suited. Martin Shaw Creator/MartinShaw was cast (and suggested to cut his brown permed hair) and argued that Doyle wouldn't wear suits and instead turned up to the first day of shooting wearing jeans and a T-shirt, despite being told that he'd be sent home by the previous director if he did.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: All of the vehicles, weapons and technologies available (and the fashion-''definitely'' the fashions) show that it is all set strictly during TheSeventies, not to mention the many stories that involve the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (and fighting spies straight from MoscowCentre) and other things like the Congo brush wars.
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* CastTheExpert: Creator/LeeMarvin, a former Marine, took it upon himself to keep the film's guns clean in the unpredictable desert conditions.
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* ActorInspiredElement: The characters of Cowley, Bodie and Doyle were changed substantially from their original concepts. Cowley was only intended to be 'Northern' not Scottish like Gordon Jackson. Lewis Collins managed to tone down the formal nature of Bodie's costume by series two. Doyle had the biggest change as he was intended to be blond-haired, blue-eyed and be-suited. Martin Shaw was cast (and suggested to cut his brown permed hair) and argued that Doyle wouldn't wear suits and instead turned up to the first day of shooting wearing jeans and a T-shirt, despite being told that he'd be sent home by the previous director if he did.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Lewis Collins actually ''qualified'' to join the SAS. He only remained an actor because his career made him too famous for covert operations.
* BannedEpisode: In the episode "Klansmen," Bodie's life is saved by a black doctor despite his [[CompressedVice racist abuse]], while members of white supremacy organisations are portrayed as ignorant thugs being manipulated by right-wing politicians and crooked businessmen for their own ends. The episode is banned in Britain for its violence and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint racist content]].
* MissingEpisode: "Klansmen" has to this day never been shown on British terrestrial television, and only once on cable television in 1997 (in a bizarre aversion of the NoExportForYou trope, it ''has'' been shown in other countries).
* OldShame: Martin Shaw (who played Doyle) blocked re-runs for years, only relenting after the death of Gordon Jackson (Cowley) so his widow could benefit.
* BannedEpisode: In the episode "Klansmen," Bodie's life is saved by a black doctor despite his [[CompressedVice racist abuse]], while members of white supremacy organisations are portrayed as ignorant thugs being manipulated by right-wing politicians and crooked businessmen for their own ends. The episode is banned in Britain for its violence and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint racist content]].
* MissingEpisode: "Klansmen" has to this day never been shown on British terrestrial television, and only once on cable television in 1997 (in a bizarre aversion of the NoExportForYou trope, it ''has'' been shown in other countries).
* OldShame: Martin Shaw (who played Doyle) blocked re-runs for years, only relenting after the death of Gordon Jackson (Cowley) so his widow could benefit.
