The Professionals (TV series) playing a one-dimensional character in a one-dimensional show. Several years after the series ended London Weekend Television was contractually obliged to re-negotiate repeat fees with the lead actors. Unwilling to accede to Martin Shaw's demands, plans for further repeat screenings on the UK's ITV network had to be withdrawn, leading to Lewis Collins expressing his anger towards Shaw in an interview for the British press. However, Shaw eventually agreed to UK satellite screenings, although according to a "Radio Times" interview only after being discreetly made aware that Gordon Jackson's widow, actress Rona Anderson (who guested in "Cry Wolf"), was suffering
Corgi Toys Starsky", "Ken Hutchinson", and a "suspect". In 1980, a silver Ford Capri 3.0 S (342) was issued as a tie-in with the popular British television crime drama "The Professionals" featuring models of 'Bodie', 'Doyle' and 'Cowley', as well as a 1957 Ford Thunderbird (348) from the American show "Vega$" with 'Dan Tanna' at the wheel. 1982 saw the release of the "Magnum, P.I." Ferrari 308 GTS (298). Cost-cutting at the time dictated that no figure was included. The first emergency vehicles produced by Corgi Toys were issued as part of the launch range in July 1956, and were based on