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 Unwilling to accede to Martin Shaw's demands, plans for further repeat screenings on the UK's ITV network had to be withdrawn, leading to Lewis Collins expressing his anger towards Shaw in an interview for the British press.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
The Professionals (TV series) The first two broadcast episodes of the series - "Private Madness, Public Danger" and "The Female Factor" - feature a voice over by Cowley over the top of the title sequence but this was removed from the third episode - "Old Dog With New Tricks" - onwards. When the first series has been repeated all bar one episode, "When The Heat Cools Off", and the usually unscreened "Klansman" are shown using the more familiar title sequence employed for the second series onwards. This means that the Cowley voice over is never married to the correct visuals on the repeat broadcasts