Jackie Collins Collins later stated that she was never consulted during production and that she did not agree with some of the casting choices. She then went on to write the sequel to "Chances", titled "Lucky" (1985), followed by "Hollywood Husbands" (1986) and "Rock Star" (1988). In 1990, Collins published her third Lucky Santangelo novel, "Lady Boss", and wrote and co-produced the television miniseries "Lucky Chances", which combined her first two Lucky Santangelo novels and starred Nicollette Sheridan (in the lead role) and Sandra Bullock. In 1992, Collins was widowed when her husband of 26 years, Oscar Lerman, died of cancer. Around
The Professionals (TV series) the show featured varied plots, good scripts and ongoing character development of Bodie and Doyle and to a lesser extent Cowley, but later series featured increasingly overused ideas and script devices and both Collins and Shaw stated they felt the show was becoming stale. While episodes were broadcast until 1983, episodes were actually filmed between 1977 and 1981. Major George Cowley (Gordon Jackson) (born c. 1917) – Nicknamed "Morris" after the car of the same name. His operatives sometimes call him "The Cow", though not to his face. Founder and head of CI5, making him Bodie and Doyle's boss. As