Pros Newsletter #907 – January 19 to 26

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Pros Newsletter #907 – January 19 to 26
♠ Mainstream Media
♣ LOWRY started selling tickets for A Man for All Seasons - Tue 03 Nov 2026 - Sat 07 Nov 2026 – Martin Shaw
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♠ News, Announcements & Updates
♣ The Archive of Our Own has now 4372 stories, graphics and song videos archived
♣ SquidgeWorld Archive has now 83 stories
♣ the_safehouse macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode
teaandswissroll macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode - Solution and Winners
♣ the_safehouse sc_fossil posted Announcement! Global Pros Watch, Tues, 27 Jan, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon sc-fossil || Announcement! Global Pros Watch, Tues, 27 Jan, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon
♣ the_safehouse sc_fossil posted "> Reminder! Global Pros Watch, Tuesday, 27 January, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon sc-fossil || Reminder! Global Pros Watch, Tuesday, 27 January, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon








♠ Fan Fiction - Stories
\Ao/ Spac3hopp3r79 posted An Air for Trouble
\Ao/ Lucy410 posted An Accident Waiting to Happen
\Ao/ Zanza8 posted My Glass But Not My Brother
FFnet Zanza8 posted My Glass But Not My Brother






♠ Current Challenges (inc. multi-fandom)
the_safehouse macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode
teaandswissroll macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode - Solution and Winners
discoveredinalj byslantedlight posted Discovered in the Wassail Bowl - Calendar of Links
the_safehouse byslantedlight posted Pros FandomCards 2025
ci5_boxoftricks krisserci5 posted Master list for the 2025 Professionals Big Bang
bistocon sc_fossil posted New Discord Channel, Updated Invite Link New Discord Channel, Updated Invite Link
lugiadepression posted Half thousand! What a milestone!🤩🥳 - The Professionals Community
lugiadepression posted Summer Heat event starts today—The Pros Discord Community
ci5hq tinturtle posted Reading Room: The Persistence of Memory
tinturtle posted After Lifetime Fic Bingo || After Lifetime Fic Bingo
tinturtle posted A New Game: The Million-Word Fanfic Challenge || A New Game: The Million-Word Fanfic Challenge
comment_fic creepy_shetan posted Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 4 [LJ Edition] Free for All Saturday, Week 4 [LJ Edition] Thursday ✎ Secrets & Mysteries [LJ Edition] Tuesday ✎ 3-Word Prompts [LJ Edition] || Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 4 [DW Edition] Free for All Saturday, Week 4 [DW Edition] Thursday ✎ Secrets & Mysteries [DW Edition] Tuesday ✎ 3-Word Prompts [DW]
fandomcalendar cannonfoddertransmigrates posted [multifandom] We Eat Dead Doves Post Mortem drabble prompt challenge - PROMPT SUBMISSIONS OPEN!
fffx modzilla posted Works Due This Saturday; 'Ware Outage
fandomweekly fanweeklymod posted [#288 | Inconveniences] Challenge Post








♠ Fan Fiction - Miscellaneous




♠ Fan Fiction -Recs





♠ Fan Graphics & Images
the_safehouse posted Martin having fun
byslantedlight posted Quiet Lj...
cloudless_9193 posted THE SACRED GEOMETRY OF CHANCE
the_safehouse macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode
teaandswissroll macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode - Solution and Winners
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pros_feedposted dailypros: Tongue! Shoulder holster! *melts into puddle of goo*
pros_feedposted ramesesniblickthethird: From Discovered in a Graveyard Bodie’s… - gifs
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dailypros posted Doyle gif dailypros: Tongue! Shoulder holster! *melts into puddle of goo* - Doyle ramesesniblickthethird: From Discovered in a Graveyard Bodie’s… - gifs Doyle Doyle & Bodie Bodie Cowley
fantastictyphoonpeanut posted Major George Cowley. Founder and head Controller of Criminal Intelligence 5 (CI5) a joint Army-Police Action Squad that counters actions "outside with norm of criminal activity". (FTP) - 70s Cool: 'The Professionals' - Series 1. Ep. 5 'Heroes' 1977. (FTP) -
hyael posted Bodie art Herci, filmy, pohádky 🍀 posted Martin Shaw je anglický herec, který dnes slaví 81. narozeniny. Gratulujeme. Aktivně se věnujete charitě.
Facebook Seventies Time-Machine posted Martin Shaw is 81 today, Happy Birthday Martin
Threads lovelyhurlin posted Martin Shaw of The Professionals and Judge John Deed, is 81 today!.
Facebook Killer 80s posted Happy birthday to English actor Martin Shaw, born January 21, 1945, well know in the 80s for his role as Raymond Doyle on the British crime-action television drama series The Professionals (1977-1983).
Facebook Classic TV Moments posted To fans, Bodie and Doyle – the crime-fighting duo of The Professionals – were the perfect team: bantering mates who had each other’s backs.
Facebook Rare TvandFilm posted Martin Shaw is 80 today.
Facebook Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine posted Happy birthday Martin Shaw! The Inspector George Gently actor discovered the truth about his absent grandfather when he returned to his native Birmingham to trace his family history on
Facebook Vicki Michelle posted Happy Birthday Fabulous Martin Shaw. Great actor and lovely man. Wonderful memory when I was in “The Professionals”
Facebook Classic Memory Lane posted Martin Shaw became a definitive face of late-seventies British television through his role in a high-octane drama focused on specialist law enforcement..
Facebook Classic Memory Lane posted Martin Shaw delivered a grounded and thoughtful performance as a detective navigating the social upheavals of the 1960s in North East England..
Facebook Rare Historical Threads posted Martin Shaw, born on January 21, 1945, in Birmingham, England,.
Facebook The Michael Barrymore posted Martin Shaw is a distinguished and.
Facebook Historic Haven posted Lewis Collins, born in Birkenhead, England, rose to fame as a television and film actor celebrated for his rugged appeal and action-packed roles.
Facebook I GREW UP IN THE 70s & 80s posted Good film - Lewis Collins,.
Twitter / X Pavel Žilka posted Martin Shaw (* 21. ledna 1945, Birmingham, Anglie) je anglický herec.
Twitter / X Mark Fowler posted British and Irish film and TV birthdays for 21 January Martin Shaw.
Twitter / X Peter Oxley posted MARTIN SHAW 81 today
Twitter / X Art & Hue posted Happy Birthday to Martin Shaw! Ci5's Ray Doyle in The Professionals is 81 today.
Twitter / X WDYTYA? Magazine posted Happy birthday Martin Shaw!
Twitter / X Theatre World Awards posted Happy birthday Martin Shaw!
\Ao/ cloudless9193 posted THE SACRED GEOMETRY OF CHANCE
\Ao/ PleasyTheYokoStayCI5 posted Dinner!
\Ao/ PleasyTheYokoStayCI5 posted Squash!
\Ao/ PleasyTheYokoStayCI5 posted Machinery!





♠ Fan Videos and related topics
AMT11.0 Remember? posted 1971 .. "The Pidgeon Fancier" .. Bert Palmer, Martin Shaw, Anna Carteret, Stan Jay ..
Classic British Telly posted Villains (1972) - episode 1: George. Starring Martin Shaw & Bob Hoskins | Full Episode Villains (1972) - episode 2: His Dad Named Him After the General | Starring Martin Shaw
Planet Earth Media posted Profesionálové 4x13 Víkend na venkově
Películas de Vaqueros - Western Movies posted Code Name Wild Geese | Ver Película Western De Lewis Collins Doblada Al Español






♠ Discussion & Questions
fiorenza_a posted First Time Watching Supernatural: Series Seven to Nine
the_safehouse sc_fossil posted Announcement! Global Pros Watch, Tues, 27 Jan, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon sc-fossil || Announcement! Global Pros Watch, Tues, 27 Jan, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon
the_safehouse sc_fossil posted "> Reminder! Global Pros Watch, Tuesday, 27 January, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon sc-fossil || Reminder! Global Pros Watch, Tuesday, 27 January, 2026! teaandswissroll bistocon
the_safehouse macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode
teaandswissroll macklingirl posted Challenge Guess the Episode - Solution and Winners






♠ Miscellaneous





♠ Internet Groups Roundup (active Pros content & discussions from this week)

Pros Fan Fic


Pros Lib at io
Announcement! Global Pros Watch, Tues, 27 Jan, 2026: The Purging of CI5
Repel the Dying Light by Marrie (Hermine) uploaded to files



♠ Facebook Groups Roundup (active Pros content & discussions from this week)
Martin Shaw - News and Resources
Untitled post

Martin Shaw Fans
I’ve just bought my ticket to see Martin in November at the Lowry
3.-7.nov. 2026 "A Man for All Seasons" @ The Lowry (Salford, Manchester). The pre-sale for The Lowry members has started. EDIT: General sale has started (23.jan.)
Other posts


Judge John Deed


Inspector George Gently


CI5 Agent 4-5 Ray Doyle closed group
Martin Shaw - Renaissance Man closed group



The Official Lewis Collins Fansite
Lew's Clues answers for this Saturday are..






Lewis Collins


Lewis Collins Tribute Group
Lots of untitled posts

Lewis Collins Tribute


CI5 AGENT 3-7 Bodie closed group
Who Dares Wins - The Final Option - film closed group
Lewis Collins - Actor and Adventurer closed group
Lewis Collins Best Actor closed group



Doyle and bodie the professionals

The Professionals



Bodie & Doyle


Steven Streetin Original Art
Die Profis/The Professionals
closed group
CI5: The Professionals closed group
CI5 The Professionals, Cowley, Doyle, Bodie. closed group
The Professionals (1977–1983) closed group
Bodie & Doyle: Welcome to Ci5 Headquarters closed group
The Professionals CI5 closed group
THE PROFESSIONALS closed group
CI5: The Professionals Cowley, Doyle, Bodie closed group
THE PROFESSIONALS Criminal Intelligence 5 closed group
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