A-Team Star in Visits The North West
Photographs and Video by Patrick Trollope

EVER one who was a lad or a girl from the 80’s, knows the story. This TV show was a massive draw and one of the biggest of its time. Its tag line which was always read out, became well known the world over… “Heroes for hire.”.... Not forgetting the show's catchphrases such as "I love it when a plan comes together" and “Pity the fool”. If you do not know what we are on about, the TV show was based around four US Army Vietnam Veterans, who had been framed for a crime they didn't commit. The fictional group, trained by Special Forces then started to work as soldiers of fortune, while being on the run from the military. Their new mission was to clear their names and help the innocent. This year this hit TV show has been updated and will hit the UK’s big screens as the new A-Team thunders into box office history. So it was good to have a chance to see one of the original cast and we had the amazing opportunity not only to exclusively video over an hour’s footage of a talk which this cast member gave, but also we had the chance to snap a few pictures along the way. Most of our devoted A-Team and Battlestar Galatica  fans will know this actor was in Southport for the; Cult TV Convention  at the Southport Floral Hall back in 2002. Lots of the visitors to the convention and also punters in a local hotel will remember just how amazing he was when playing the piano into the early hours. So who is this actor and why was he in Manchester? Dirk Benedict is in the UK on tour playing another well known TV character, Lieutenant Columbo. At the special event, held in FAB Café Manchester ,  Dirk Benedict  confirmed he was looking at retiring from acting after this stage show ends. He also gave many amazing insights into his personal life and history, as well as lots of stories about his times on sets of the TV series A-Team and lots of others. This event was very well managed and it is hoped that other events like this will be put on in Liverpool and Southport very soon. We will keep you posted! To see our video footage, log onto Southport.TV as it will be added to the site very soon….… We wish Dirk all the best of luck in his new roll as Columbo and also for his future. We hope his lifelong mission to be an author becomes reality. Please do pop back to Southport mind you, as we want to hear more of your piano playing.

For all you A-Team fans, keep an eye on Southport Vue Cinema and on here for more information on the release of the new A-Team film!

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