"The A-Team" (1983)TV series 1983-1987

Creators:

Stephen J. Cannell
Frank Lupo

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

23 January 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | War

Tagline:

Heroes for hire.

Plot:

Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.

Plot Keywords:

Famous Opening Theme | Sergeant | Veterans Hospital | Mohawk Haircut | Satire

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

George Peppard	...	Col. John "Hannibal" Smith / ... (98 episodes, 1983-1987)
Dwight Schultz	...	Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (98 episodes, 1983-1987)
Mr. T	...	Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus (98 episodes, 1983-1987)
Dirk Benedict	...	Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (96 episodes, 1983-1987)
John Ashley	...	Narrator / ... (85 episodes, 1983-1986)

Runtime:

60 min (98 episodes) | Argentina:60 min | Israel:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Trivia:

The remaining cast members have not made it a secret that Mr. T and George Peppard did not get along very well on the set. Arguments were fed by the fact that Mr. T became the real star of the show, despite of Peppard being a 'proper movie actor'. Things got even worse when Peppard learned that Mr. T got paid more.

Quotes:

Face: [the team's plane is starting to malfunction] Uh, Murdock, what's going to happen?
Murdock: Looks like we're going to crash.'
Face: No, what's *really* going to happen?
Murdock: Looks like we're going to crash and die.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

Television defined the eighties

Nothing defined the eighties so much as the television we watched. Dallas. The Young and the Restless. The Dukes of Hazzard. He-Man. The Greatest American Hero. Airwolf. Knight Rider.

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they did not commit. They promptly escaped a maximum security stockade into the Los Angeles Underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they exist as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...

The A-Team.

With a script any eight year old would love, the four members of the A-Team went off every week to somewhere in America to help someone who couldn't find help anywhere else. They battled impossible odds (with impossible storylines) and managed to stay one step ahead of the law. They were always predictable, heroic, and fun. God bless the eighties, and long live TV Land.