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"The A-Team" (1983) More at IMDbPro »

• James Coburn was considered for the role of Hannibal Smith.
  
  
• In the opening credits, Dirk Benedict reacts to a passing metallic "Cylon warrior". Cylons were the nemesis in Benedict's earlier series, "Battlestar Galactica" (1978).
  
  
• Premiered on NBC-TV immediately after the 1983 Super Bowl.
  
  
• There was some talk about an A-Team reunion, a TV movie where the A-Team was given a full pardon, but after George Peppard died, the idea was dropped.
  
  
• The "crime they didn't commit" which led to The A-Team being sent to a military court was robbery of one hundred million yen from the "Bank of Hanoi" four days after the Vietnam War ended.
  
  
• The Spanish (Spain) version of the series has two significant changes with character nicknames. "Face" is called '"Fenix" and "B.A." Baracus is known as "M.A."
  
  
• Most of the episodes were filmed five weeks before they aired.
  
  
• In the Italian version, "Face" is called "Sberla" (= "face slap") and BA is known as PE or "Pessimo Elemento" (= "terrible element").
  
  
• Exterior shots of the "hospital" that the team goes to in order to spring Murdock is the pre-1994 earthquake main building (200) at the Sepulveda Veterans' Hospital in North Hills, San Fernando Valley. The new, post-earthquake building is used to film Grey's Anatomy.
  
  
• Almost every single episode involved a car-stunt, where a car had to jump dramatically in the air and perform a crash landing. In addition, the people driving these vehicles invariably were shown getting out afterward, unscathed.
  
  
• The gold that was worn by Mr. T during filming varied in weight, usually between 35 and 40 pounds.
  
  
• During the entire series, only five people died on-screen. They include Gen. 'Bull' Fulbright (Jack Ging), who got shot in the back by a hostile during an operation working together with the A-Team. The deaths of at least three more characters were left ambiguous.
  
  
• 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 Peppard's being a 'proper movie actor'. Things got even worse when Peppard learned that Mr. T was paid more than he was.
  
  
• It was revealed in the 4th season episode "Lease With an Option to Die" that per B.A.'s mother (Della Reese) his nickname as a child was "Scooter".
  
  
• When the A-Team was getting ready to make it's debut on 23 January 1983, Mr. T made the announcement at Superbowl XVII, which was just before. During a break in the game, Mr. T was asked which team he was for, he replied "The A-Team".
  
  
• B.A.'s real first name is Bosco. The initials B.A. stand for 'Bad Attitude'.
  
  

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