The A-Team executed. They escape this fate and come to work for a General Hunt Stockwell, leading into the remainder of the fifth season. The show ran for five seasons on the NBC television network, from January 23, 1983 to December 30, 1986 (with one additional, previously unbroadcast episode shown on March 8, 1987), for a total of 98 episodes. "The A-Team" revolves around the four members of a former commando outfit, now mercenaries. Their leader is Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), whose plans tend to be unorthodox but effective. Lieutenant Templeton Peck (Dirk Benedict; Tim Dunigan appeared as Templeton
Bob Peck of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", and re-appeared in another production of Macbeth in 1982. According to Peck's fellow Royal Shakespeare Theatre performer and veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen, Peck is the actor he considers he "learned the most from". Peck's television career began in the 1970s, with his first television roles being in the BBC's "Thirty-Minute Theatre" anthology series in 1972, in which he appeared in the episode "Bypass". He also appeared in various other successful television productions such as "Z-Cars" and "Play for Today". He also appeared in the films "Royal Flash" and "Parker". In 1985 television writer Troy Kennedy