The Professionals (1977)

3 mistakes in Killer With a Long Arm

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Starring: Gordon Jackson, Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw

Genres: Action, Crime

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Killer With a Long Arm - S1-E4

Factual error: The assassination attempt takes place on Wimbledon Finals Day, yet there seem to be other matches going on at the same time, which doesn't happen when the final's occurring.

Killer With a Long Arm - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: In several shots of the tower block, Cowley can see the business end of the rifle jutting out through the balcony, yet from Bodie's angle it is housed completely inside the apartment.

Killer With a Long Arm - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When the motorcycle cop is shot, there is initially no blood on the car door - we don't see this until we cut to a close-up.

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Private Madness, Public Danger - S1-E1

Trivia: This, the first ever episode of the series, was first broadcast on ITV on December 30th 1977. It was repeated on ITV in 1979. Some time after this, a cut was made, which has endured on all subsequent UK TV transmissions: Just prior to the title sequence, we see Nesbitt hand Susan some drugs. In the original broadcast we then see Susan tightening her belt around her arm. Using Nesbitt's cigarette lighter to sterilise a needle, she then "shoots up" (injects the drugs in her arm). The excision may have come about because of a tightening up of censorship rules by the Independent Broadcasting Authority about the explicit use of illegal drugs on TV. However, the missing segment has been restored for the 2002 DVD release.

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Questions

Look After Annie - S1-E12

Question: Is Annie's white dress in the last attack scenes the same as Princess Leia's in Star Wars? It looks very similar.

Answer: It's similar, but not the same, particularly the neck and sleeves are quite different.

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