It was considered a ‘guy’s show’

Although there were indeed some female cast members in the programme, ‘The A-Team’ was very much considered to be a “guy’s show”.

According to Marla Heasley, who played the short-lived sidekick Tawnia, George Peppard (Hannibal) pulled her aside and told her that nobody actually wanted her to be working on the show.

Years later, Dirk Benedict, said: “It was a guy's show. It was male-driven. It was written by guys. It was directed by guys. It was acted by guys. It's about what guys do.

“We talked the way guys talked. We were the boss. We were the God. We smoked when we wanted. We shot guns when we wanted. We kissed the girls and made them cry ... when we wanted. It was the last truly masculine show."