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 clubname = Frickley Athletic F.C. | image = 
 | fullname = Frickley Athletic Football Club | nickname = The Blues | founded = 1910 as Frickley Colliery F.C.
changed 1974 to Frickley Athletic F.C. | ground = GMB Stadium
South Elmsall| capacity = 2,000 | chairman = Peter Bywater | manager = Billy Heath |oddjob man = Steve Pennock league = Northern Premier League Premier Division | season = 2005-06 | position = Northern Premier League Premier Division,
2nd (lost in play-offs)| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=4169E1|body1=4169E1|rightarm1=4169E1|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks 

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The club's officials and staff are:

Main characters

 * George Peppard as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (1983-1987) 

 * Dirk Benedict as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck (1983-1987) 

 Main article: Templeton "Faceman" Peck Suave, smooth-talking, and hugely successful with women, he serves as the team's con man and scrounger, able to get his hands on just about anything they need. Effectively second in command behind Hannibal (although technically Murdock outranks him), he is the one who arranges for supplies, equipment, and sensitive information using numerous scams and hustles. Tim Dunigan played this role in the pilot episode. 

 * Mr. T as Sgt. Bosco Albert "B.A." Baracus (1983-1987) 

 Main article: B.A. Baracus A highly-skilled mechanic and the A-Team's regular Mr. Fix-It, his character is basically that of the public persona of Mr. T himself. He is a skilled fighter and is easily roused to anger, earning him the nickname "Bad Attitude". Despite his reputed attitude, he is a nice guy at heart. He has a special fondness for children and, being a teetotaller, he never drinks alcohol, preferring milk instead. He is most upset by Murdock, frequently referring to him as a "crazy fool." He suffers an intense fear of flying, especially when the plane in question is flown by Murdock. This difficulty is often overcome by other members of the team drugging him, or otherwise rendering him unconscious, so he can be transported without objection. 

 * Dwight Schultz as Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (1983-1987) 

 Main article: H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock The best chopper pilot of the Vietnam War, Murdock is either mentally unstable or exceptionally good at pretending to be so. Although he was their pilot on the Hanoi bank raid, he was technically not part of the A-Team and so not tried by the military. Though interned at a psychiatric hospital, he routinely escapes to accompany the A-Team on their missions. The symptoms of his "insanity" varies from episode to episode, but generally includes self-identification with fictional characters, hallucinations, belief in the "intelligence" of inanimate objects, among others. He frequently refers to his invisible dog, "Billy". Unlike B.A., the initials "H.M." were never explained in terms of Murdock's actual name, and the nickname "Howlin' Mad" is simply attributed to them. He was permanently discharged from the hospital in the fifth season. 

[edit] Additional team members

Plot

[edit] Episode introduction

Each episode of the first season began with this voiceover introduction: “ Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive 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. ”

During seasons 2 to 4, the opening phrase "In 1972" replaced "Ten years ago". There was one exception to this which was season 2, episode 12, which has the original intro.

The intro was narrated by John Ashley, who was also one of the show's producers. The intro was dropped for the final season.

[edit] The "crime they didn't commit"

During the Vietnam War, the A-Team's commanding officer, Colonel Morrison, gave them orders to rob the Bank of Hanoi to help bring the war to an end. They succeeded in their mission, but on returning to their base four days after the end of the war, they found their C.O. murdered by the Viet Cong and his headquarters burnt to the ground. Therefore no proof existed that the A-Team were acting under orders, and they were sent to prison by a military court.

[edit] Episode formula

A typical episode starts with the A-Team being hired by down-trodden, terrorized clients (often more than one member of the same family). The 'official' way of doing this was for the client to contact one of Hannibal's many comic aliases that were used to ensure that prospective clients were not working for the military. Just as frequently, the A-Team would be on the road and stumble across someone who needed their help. Often the A-Team would return their fee to the most needy clients or find another way to pay their expenses.

Typically (especially as the episodes progressed, and particularly in the third season), the team would have an opening brawl with the episode's opponents and win. The opponents would go away swearing to get even with the team. Later, B.A. would often lead the team in constructing a weapon, vehicle or other device out of resources at their disposal (often while held captive by the bad guys), which they would use to defeat their opponents.

Other typical elements include: Face (often paired with Murdock) running a scam to get resources that the team need; Murdock having a particular comic fixation or persona; Hannibal using another disguise to fool the bad guys; and B.A. arguing with Murdock. Every few episodes, the Military Police would catch up with the team, giving them an extra obstacle to overcome in that particular episode.

Unofficial reunions

On 18 May 2006, Channel 4 in the UK attempted to reunite the surviving cast members of The A-Team for the show Bring Back... in an episode titled "Bring Back...The A Team". [1] Justin Lee Collins presented the challenge, securing interviews and appearances from Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Marla Heasley, Jack Ging, series co-creator Stephen Cannell, and Mr. T. (after much searching). Collins often used very unorthodox methods, such as ambushing the actors in their homes, hotel rooms, or even while out shopping, without any prior warning and, for Mr. T, attempting to gatecrash his way into the Latin Grammy Awards.

Collins eventually managed to bring together Benedict, Schultz, Heasley, Ging and Cannell, along with William Lucking, Lance LeGault, and George Peppard's son, Christian. Mr. T was unable to make the meeting, which took place in the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills, but he did manage to appear on the show for a brief talk with Collins.

During every interview, Collins would inquire about the rumored tension between Peppard and Mr T. Although Peppard was an established star of Hollywood movies, Mr. T was relatively new to on-screen acting yet, in a short time, he was generally regarded as the main star of the show. It was suggested that tension did indeed exist between the two and was most probably due to Peppard's bitterness of Mr. T's status in the show. During the interview with Mr. T, the trademark gold chains worn by his character were discussed. Mr. T stated that they were symbolic of the iron chains of his African slave-ancestors but made from gold because he thinks of himself as being a 'slave' except with a higher price now. As a lighthearted joke for the show, a medium attempted to contact the deceased George Peppard via seance.

The program never touched upon the fifth season of the series in any way, with no mention of Eddie Velez' and Robert Vaughn's characters, and neither actor appearing at the reunion itself. Additionally, the episode in which Jack Ging's character General Fullbright is shot and killed is specifically described as the series' final episode (it was in fact, the final episode of season four).

A more serious attempt to contact Peppard will take place later in 2007 when Most Haunted will get Benedict, Schultz and Mr T. together to perform a proper séance. Presenter Yvette Fielding has said "We're all going to Los Angeles for a week to film it. It took a lot of doing to get those three together - now we have to do the really hard part." [2]

External links

• Official website

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