CI5 hq

We thought it might be handy to have one of these - a list of frequently asked questions in Pros, or for people writing Prosfic, or... whatever really! Got a specific question you're dying to have answered? Post to ci5hq, hope that someone answers, and we'll link it to this Master List which is linked in turn to a new index at the top of the comm! I shall edit this little commentary bit away when everyone's got the hang of it, but for now - would anyone care to help start us off by posting (one to each post, preferably!) a question or two that they'd like answered? How do dumdums work? What do you call an ambulance driver in seventies England? Were there any gay nightclubs in Birmningham in the 1950s and what were their names? How many CI5 agents does it take to change a lightbulb? *g*

Frequently Asked Questions

- as alphabetical as possible!

Updated 27/10/2014

1977 - what was the world like in 1977? (with many, many links!)

Accents in Pros - Doyle being "South African" and Bodie "speaking Scouse"
Accents in Pros - Bodie's accent

Art in Pros
Art in Bodie's NtK flat

Backgrounds of the lads - by Alexandra at The Hatstand
Backgrounds of the lads, Cowley and CI5 as seen at an old slash convention (and comments/discussion) (nb: metabolick has since deleted this and all her lj posts/comments)
Discussion thread at TV Lounge for B and D backgrounds
Discussion of Bodie's mercenary background by margaret_r and kiwisue
Post querying Bodie's mercenary background by margaret_r, a continuation of the discussion above.

Bodie - Bodie's accent

Books in Pros - Ten Years After Ivan Denisovich in WtHCO
Books in Pros - Literature and schooling for the lads

Call signs in Pros - in Hunter/Hunted particularly

Christmas in Pros (Stakeout) - evidence from the new dvds
Christmas Traditions in the Pros Era - by Jess at The Hatstand
Father Christmas vs Santa Claus - what was he called in Pros days?

CI5 - the agency - agent behaviour
CI5 - resigning from!

CI5 Agents - Bios
CI5 Agents - who is Agent 3.6?
CI5 Agents - other agents as seen in the eps
CI5 Personnel - Charlie (LAA)
CI5 Agents - Murphy
CI5 Agents - Nelson (Backtrack)

Circuit Archive Online - what's happened to it?

Cowley - When The Cow Was A Calf by Dorinda at The Hatstand

Discovered in a Graveyard shooting - what was Doyle's injury/operation/recovery time?

Doyle by Greengerbil at the_safehouse with additional discussion/notes/comments
Doyle by Greengerbil
Doyle - Characterisation - fanon vs canon part 1
Doyle - Characterisation - fanon vs canon part 2
Doyle - Round the Horne? - would Doyle have listened to Round the Horne?

Dum-dums - what are they? What's the big deal? - information and great research from kiwisue

Episodes - production order with dates

Father Christmas vs Santa Claus - what was he called in Pros days?

Flats - what were their flats like?
Flats - where were they located?
Flats - Bodie's flat in ODwNT
Flats" -Bodie's flat in NtK
Flats - Bodie's flat in Runner?
Flats - Doyle's flats - art on the wall
Flats - Doyle's toy soldiers in DiaG

Furniture - sofa,settee or couch? - what would the lads have called it?

Guns - what guns did the lads use/were used in Pros? - imfdb site specifically for Pros!
Guns - what about the guns in Pros? - information and great research from kiwisue
Guns - what guns did the lads use? - specific answers taken from Dave Matthew's Professionals website
Guns - what's a dum-dum bullet? - information and great research from kiwisue

Hairstyles - Bodie's hairstyles
Hairstyles - Doyle's hairstyles

Heart operation - what was Doyle's injury/operation/recovery time in Discovered in a Graveyard?

Hospitals and Medical Bits and Pieces by Elizabeth O'Shea at The Hatstand

Injuries as seen in the episodes

Insults in Pros - as used by Bodie and Doyle

Lavender and Roses - Cowley's lavender and roses speech

Locations - London from the air in FoAR

The Merchant Navy by Derry at The Hatstand

Metropolitan police training - how long did it last? How much time was spent on the streets?

Money - what was it worth in Pros times? - information and great research from kiwisue

Motorway services - what were they like in Pros times?

Murphy - his character/appeal

Music in Pros

Name-calling - what do the lads use as insults? Does this say anything about them?

Older lads - what might they look like?

Polari - would Doyle have recognised it?

Pubs and How to Use Them by Jess at The Hatstand

Roses - Cowley admiring them

Rugby (Rugby Union) - what is it? How do you play? Teams in the 1970s. Etc! - information and great research from kiwisue

Security at CI5 - Bodie's flat in Runner vs CI5 security

Shaving - electric or hand razors?

Television in Pros Times - what could the lads have watched on the box? (with additional links)

So jojosimco posted a list of her favourite tv shows of 1977, and after flicking through to see what I'd been watching too, I inevitably started to think about how useful it was to know what the lads might have found on tv when they staggered onto the couch of a night, or were stuck at home with various broken ankles, or sprained wrists, or... you know, measles or whatever. *g* And then I started wondering...

Of the shows on offer, what would they watch, and why did I think that... Would Bodie watch Warship or would he secretly love Chorlton and the Wheelies? Would they laugh and mock The Sweeney, or argue about who was who in Starsky and Hutch? Did either of them fancy Felicity Kendall? What did they think of Angela Rippon? Legs and Co? Bergerac?

So I went to see what I could find, and came up with just a few sites to spend a Friday afternoon at work on that could be used by people resarching the Pros-era for stories etc:

BBC Telly Bits - examples of a days viewing and/or listening in different months and years.

BFI's television pages - searchable by decade, and with vid clips

TV Cream - Deadly site, do not attempt to enter while at work/without several hours to spare. Takes nothing seriously. Offers to dalek-up your computer. Yes, Pros is listed *g*

ITV.com - including the "Best of the 70s"

London Weekend Television website - programmes, clips... *g*

So - Silly Friday Question the first - what shows would the lad watch, and why do you think so? And do feel free to expand into whatever realms of follow-up slash-y fantasy you might care to... *g*