TV SERIES · 1983

The A-Team

ComedyCrime48 min per episode

After being falsely branded war criminals, four former U.S. Army Special Forces commandos escape military prison and take off-the-books jobs while staying one step ahead of the Army. George Peppard is Hannibal Smith, the cigar-chomping strategist at the center of the group, while Mr. T’s B.A. Baracus brings the muscle and a short fuse. Each mission drops the team into a new local crisis, whether that means protecting civilians, taking on gangsters, or building homemade solutions out of whatever’s on hand. The show’s 1980s formula mixes fugitive-outlaw stakes with cons, wisecracks, and big, crash-heavy action.