Discovered in a Christmas Stocking 11 December

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Today's present is of the boring but (I hope) useful variety.



Just what you've always wanted *g* - an index to Bob Rocca's The Professionals.


Bob's book is such a sprawling epic, with a Dickensian cast of characters and a glove puppet. It's a saga of greed and of generosity of spirit, of bitter rivalry (and not just with Starsky & Hutch), of friendship and laughter, of injury and fortitude, of honour and disgrace, of damaged motors and damaged trousers.

Consequently I found the book quite unmanageable as a source of information. There was so much there, if I could just get it under control.

So I compiled an index of photographs and a general index. The whole thing would be too large to post here (and the formatting doesn't work), so I'm posting the juiciest bits - the entries for Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson and Martin Shaw.

If anyone would like a copy of the index, I'd be happy to email it. And if you haven't seen the book, this might whet your appetite.

Jaycat’s Index to
Bob Rocca, The Professionals
(BearManor Media, New York, 2009)

Collins, Lewis 31
biography 38-9, 607-13
casting as Bodie 37-9, 144
charity work 351-2, 488, 554
contract, end of 554, 577
films, starring in 448, 612
firearms/assault offences 554, 571
holiday destinations 299, 320, 351
meeting fans 227-8, 290, 479, 562
payment per episode 578
public appearances by 95-7, 287

remarks/anecdotes about 448, 473, 579
action sequences 191, 219, 221, 293-4, 328, 429, 454, 460-1
not good at 50
behaving like Bodie 325, 351, 435, 456
behaviour on set 482, 484, 562
difficult 435-6, 444, 458
giggling/messing around 48, 75-6, 84, 88, 191, 297, 310, 323,
325, 341, 482-3, 576
glove puppet 211-12
playing football 297
“theme” weeks 319-20
helpful/pleasant 46, 79, 171, 172, 174, 184, 185, 209, 323, 474-
5, 479
nervous 39, 193-4
chasing girls 340, 341, 433
damaging cars 66, 207-8, 300-1, 333, 474, 559
dissatisfaction with production 155, 434, 441, 456, 477
driving 300-1, 559
fight scenes 61, 479
fitness 301, 613
hairstyle 328, 575-6
injured on set 79, 309-10, 559
meeting fans 209
motorbikes 166, 433
parachuting accident 223-4, 444, 446
relations with Martin Shaw 207, 212, 309, 341, 479
good 84, 173, 320
not good 188, 310, 456, 458
rivalry 300, 461, 476, 573, 579
stunts, doing/wanting to do 432, 446, 454, 457, 469, 476, 479, 559,
579
wardrobe 285-6, 351, 443-4
Who Dares Wins 448

Parachute Regiment (Territorial) 351, 425, 511
second broken ankle 425
television appearances
after The Professionals 612, 613
before The Professionals 37, 610
between filming The Professionals series 96, 287, 467, 486
training with police and armed forces 51, 202, 282, 284


Collins, Lewis, quoted on:
action sequences 49, 167, 565, 575
Bodie 38-9, 51, 167, 345
compared with Hutch in Starsky & Hutch 38, 72
dialogue in car scenes 165
dissatisfaction with production 345, 456
dressing up as a cavalier 98
driving 68, 166, 204, 467
female fans 167
film about the Parachute Regiment 445
fitness 195, 577
girlfriends 167, 197
James Bond 612
“Klansmen” 93
leisure time 195-7
Martin Shaw 51, 72, 95, 165, 166, 189, 190, 218, 282, 575,
objection to repeats of The Professionals 578-9
messing around while filming 77-9, 218
music 72, 607-8
The Beatles 607
overwork 94-95, 167
parachuting accident and convalescence 224, 227, 282
sailing 282-3
shooting (as a hobby) 195-7, 607
stunts 166, 174, 183, 190, 217
The Cuckoo Waltz 610
The New Avengers 38
theatre, work in 608-10
training with police and armed forces 51, 282
wardrobe 285
Who Dares Wins 612
working conditions on set 217




Jackson, Gordon
biography 25, 557, 579, 619-22
casting as Cowley 25, 28
contract, end of 554, 577
holiday destinations 299, 320, 351
OBE presented 291-2
payment per episode 578
remarks/anecdotes about 28, 48, 53, 62, 67, 84, 155, 184, 187, 194, 297,
309, 317, 432, 462, 473, 477, 479, 484, 580, 612
good advice to director 323
learning scripts 67, 317, 343
losing Cowley’s limp 160-1

Jackson, Gordon, quoted on:
acting, and his wife 556
Bodie and Doyle 314
Collins and Shaw 343, 345
Cowley 28, 160-1, 314
driving 204, 300
golf 341
learning scripts 67, 300
music and reading 67-8
Upstairs, Downstairs 314




Shaw, Martin
biography 30, 613-19
casting as Doyle 28-30, 32, 37
charity work 351-2
contract, end of 554, 577, 578
holiday destinations 299, 320, 351
injuries while filming 82, 178, 192, 215, 217
meeting fans 227-8, 290, 479, 562
payment per episode 578

remarks/anecdotes about 226, 463, 473
behaviour on set
difficult 434, 444, 447-8, 458, 556
helpful/pleasant 46, 166, 171, 172, 174, 217, 290, 323, 465,
479, 562
laughing/messing around 37, 84, 306, 310, 323, 341, 576
playing football 297
“themed” weeks 319-20
more “professional” than Lewis Collins 188, 341, 456
withdrawn 184, 456
damaging cars 575
“Discovered in a Graveyard” 465
Mozart soundtrack at his request 464
dissatisfaction with production 441, 454, 456, 477
driving 300-1, 309, 347, 476, 482, 559
fight scenes 88, 479
fitness 301, 577
flying 619
hairstyle 328, 347, 383, 575-6
injuries on set 82, 178, 217
neck massages 473
objection to repeats of The Professionals 578-9
Patricia Hodge, working with 346-7
relations with Lewis Collins 212, 300, 209, 341, 479
good 84, 173, 320
not good 188, 310, 456, 458
rivalry 300, 461, 476, 573, 579
riding motorbikes 166, 167, 433
stunts, doing/wanting to do 433, 454, 463, 476, 479, 575, 579
vegetarianism 184
wardrobe 285-6, 434

scuba diving 284
television appearances
after The Professionals 618-19
before The Professionals 30, 613-18
between filming The Professionals series 96, 424, 618
training with police and armed forces 282, 284


Shaw, Martin, quoted on:
alcohol, not drinking 159, 166, 167
dialogue in car scenes 165
directors 178
dissatisfaction with production 155, 424
Doyle 37, 159, 344-5, 434, 578
dressing up as a cossack 98
driving 203, 300
fans 167, 178, 579
fitness 197, 615
herbalism/health foods 197-8
growing a beard 161
horseriding 96-7
injuries on set 192, 207, 445
injury to his cheek-bone 159
LAMDA 215-16, 613
leaving The Professionals 344-5
Lewis Collins 39, 40, 94, 165, 167, 175, 189, 207, 320, 424
“Klansmen” 93
meditation 217
motorbikes 166
overwork 94, 189, 577
Prague 615-16
privacy 161, 345, 579
rock-climbing 97
Roman Polanski’s MacBeth 615
sailing 97-8
smoking 174
squash 197
stunts 174-5, 215
success in the theatre 615
training with police and SAS 50-1, 424
vegetarianism 167
violence on TV 159
yoga 197

Comments

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! This is a damn sight more useful than new socks and hankies!!

It must have taken you ages - what a labour of love!

Can I have a copy, please? I think you have my e-mail addy - and if not, hey, I'll see you tomorrow and we can sort something out then!! *g*

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Sort something out we will. ; )

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

What a brilliant idea and I think you *have* just succeeded in whetting my appetite (not that it needed whetting, I've just been lazy about ordering it) and I think you should get royalites or something simimlar...

[scherwood]

oh, wow, thanks for this great index! :D *hugs* <3

can you please e-mail me with the whole file?
zazza_fire(at)hotmail.com

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

P.S. Did you buy the book from the book depository here in the UK? I'm wondering who the best people are to go to.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

I bought it from Amazon, I think it was Amazon UK. But it was posted from Germany much sooner than the delivery time Amazon gave - I don't understand.

And glad to have reminded you about ordering.

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks very much for that!

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea! I'm only about half way through the book at the moment so this could be very useful - thanks :)

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I couldn't read it at all, gave up around page 30, and then just dipped into it for particular episodes. So it was great fun indexing to find stuff I didn't know was there, like the glove puppet.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Wow! So much work!
But that's amazing! The book will be even much more fun this way!
Would you please send me a copy?

firlefanzine at gmx dot com

(and finally I've read your story! :-))

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

You clever old thing you - what a brilliant idea. *g* Thank you.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's brought a smile to my face.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Yay you! What a briliant and unexpected treat :))

Mmmm Shaw, Martin ... on dressing up as a cossack

Mmmm Collins, Lewis ... on dressing up as a cavalier

:))

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

The things they're quoted on are so wonderfully... random. *g*

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!
And I don't even have the book, but now want it even more! :)

Am particularly intrigued by the "neck massages", and could sure use one right now.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, this is fabulous. I'd love a copy! *showers you with sugarplums and nekkid CI5 agents* chakbalam at gmail dot com

I love you!

[zana16.livejournal.com]

Gosh! This is fabulous! Thank you for all the hard work!

Could I get a copy? zana16(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

Even though I haven't the book yet that's a brilliant thing to do. And now that I read through ot a nice teaser for the book, too.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

What a great idea! You've certainly put a lot of work into that - the things we do for the love of Pros! *g*

I'd like a full copy too please. ♥

[biani.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a brilliant idea! I wanted to reread the book anyway and now I´d just print your compilation and put it in the book to find things that interest me more easily. Thank you!

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!!

I would love a copy

BatsRGr8 at aol.com

Thank you =0

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

What a huge job - well done, you! I would definitely like a copy, please; miwahni (at) gmail (dot) com.
Many thanks. I'll print it out and tuck it in the back of the book.

[metabolick.livejournal.com]

Absolutely brilliant! And what a useful gift! I would love a copy. Thanks soooo much!

metabolick at yahoo dot com

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

What a great idea. Would you please send me a copy? To: ga_di (at) ymail (dot) com. Thank you so much!
Now I think I'll get this book, I couldn't make up my mind until now.

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! I didn't get a chance to see this on Friday before I left! What a brilliant thing to have done! I'm both amazed and grateful! I would love a copy of the file, too, if I may. Could you send it to msmoat at gmail dot com, please?

Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a splendid gift for us all!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Have finally had a bit of a play around with this, and yeay, it's brilliant! The idea is brilliant, and using it is great! Love the little things it brings out too - look how many more references there are to the lads being nice guys as opposed to awkward, and to them having a good time on set! I've said it before, but I must say it again - thank you! *g*

[enednoviel.livejournal.com]

That is really really brilliant. Can I have a copy? ambersky at gmx.de

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

What a great idea! Thanks. :D I'll be requesting the whole thing. <3

towerbridge @ gmail.com

[mr2544.livejournal.com]

This is fabulous! What a lot of work, and it's greatly appreciated. I would love the whole thing as well, please. Thank you!

mr2544 @ aol.com