A-Team EP Guide: Season 01
A-Team Episode Guide: Season 02, Episode 15
The Battle of Bel-Air

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02
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1220
10th Jan 1984
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Episode Summary

Marla Heasley joins the recurring cast as Tawnia Baker, an investigative reporter who infiltrates a security firm on assignment. There, she discovers that the A-Team is about to be captured by Col. Decker and his men, so she clues Hannibal in. Unfortunately, her snooping has made her a target of the firm's management and they attempt to find out what other information she may have discovered about the firm's planned activities which include the upcoming assassination attempt on the life of a prominent middle eastern diplomat. - IMDB


Credited Cast & Crew
George Peppard......................John "Hannibal" Smith
Dwight Schultz..........Captain H.M "Howling Mad" Murdock
Dirk Benedict.....Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck (2)
Mr. T........................Sergeant Bosco "B.A" Baracus
Marla Heasley................................Tawnia Baker
Lance LeGault.....................Colonel Roderick Decker
Carl Franklin...............................Captain Crane
Michael Fairman...........................Anthony Raymond
Kurtwood Smith.................................Mr. Carson
Randolph Roberts...............................Ron Graham
Ron Maszaros................................Rocky Spencer
Charles Walker......................................Guard
Edward Ansara................................Sheik Fatasi

Writer (creator)..........Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Writer (Story).................................Frank Lupo
Director..................................Gilbert Shilton
Producer......................................John Ashley
Executive Producer.....................Stephen J. Cannell
Co-Executive Producer..........................Frank Lupo
Associate Producer.............Gary Winter & Alan Cassidy
Supervising Producer......................Jo Swerling, Jr
Story Editor...................Richard Christian Matheson
Story Editor..............................Thomas Szollosi
Director Of Photography....................Bradley B. Six
Art Director............................Charles L. Hughes
Set Decorator...................................Sam Gross
Film Editor.........................Howard Terrill, A.C.E
Unit Production Manager......................Steve Sassen
1st Assistant Director...................Robin Chamberlin
2nd Assistant Director......................Craig R. West
Casting.........Reuben Cannon & Associates & Peg Halligan
2nd Unit Director.........................Craig R. Baxley
Camera Operator.......................Bob Bergdahl, S.O.C
Gaffer........................................Dave Marsik
Key Grip...............................Verlin J. Matthews
Sound Mixer..........................."Fast" Eddie Mahler
Sound Effects Co-Ordinator...................Dick Wahrman
Stunt Co-Ordinator........................Craig R. Baxley
Script Supervisor..........................Cosmo Genovese
Property Master..............................Nino Candido
Special Effects...............................Al Di Sarro
Narrator......................................John Ashley
Original Music (Written By).....................Mike Post
Original Music (Written By)................Pete Carpenter
Original Music (Conducted By)................Daniel Caine
Music Supervisor............................John Caper Jr
A-Team Van Furnished By........................GMC Trucks
A-Team Van Designed By......................George Barris
Titles & Opticals....................Howard A.Anderson Co
Colour By.............................................CFI
Re-Recorded By...........................Glen Glenn Sound
Re-Recorded By............................Jim Cook, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By....................Robert L. Harman, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By................................John Norman
Costume Supervisor............................Kent Warner
Men's Wardrobe..............................Darryl Levine
Women's Wardrobe.............................Sheila Mason
Make-Up..........................................Ve Neill
Hairstylist..................................Elaina Cizek
Production Co-Ordinator......................Gina Neilson
Location Manager........................Ralph H. Alderman
Transportation Co-Ordinator.....................Jim Sharp
Assistant To The Producers...................Grace Curcio
Production Accountant.......................Joan Etchells

Episode Quotes

Murdock: Hold it! (in a Cookie Monster voice) You have to pay a toll or the cookie monster will eat you. Mmmmm.

Hannibal: We don't give autographs, honey [to Tawnia]. What's going on, Murdock?
Tawnia: I got some very important information for you: Colonel Decker is after you.
Faceman: Now there's a hot flash.

Decker: Freeze, Smith!
Hannibal: I'm sorry. Our store Santa Clause has gone for the day. You'll have to come back if you want to tell him what you want for Christmas.
Decker: My Christmas present is you, Smith.
Hannibal: You have expensive taste.

Hannibal: Aren't you gonna tell me I'm not gonna get away with this?
Decker: Oh, I know you're gonna get away with this.

Face: You know, I've been thinking, maybe if I could, uh, invest a little time, I might be able to draw her out.
Hannibal: Oh, I see. You mean, uh, just the two of you over a quiet cup of coffee, you could find something out about her?
Face: Ah, we're leaving town, anyway.
Hannibal: What you don't do for the team, Face.
Face: I know.

Tawnia: Amy was right: the word 'commitment' can ward Templeton Peck off faster than a can of mace.

Face: Takes a licking, but, uh, keeps on ticking. [after been thrown out of window and landing in a swiming pool]

Murdock: We shall make the skies safe for Momsie, Daddy, and Buckingham! G-d save the Queen! At least give it a break.

Murdock: I sure hope you spelled "unidentified" right. You'd be amazed how many people get that mixed up.


Trivia/Episode Notes

Marla Heasley makes hers shows second appearance, now joining the cast full time as 'Tawnia Baker'. Its believed that her character was named after Stephen J. Cannel's daughter Tawnia. Her first appearance was as 'Cherise' in the episode "Bad Time on the Border".

Premiered on UK Television (ITV) on 22nd July 1983 at 7.30PM


Episode Disguises & Aliases
Hannibal: Repair man from Mike's Air Conditioning
Face: Repair man from Mike's Air Conditioning, Officer Block
Murdock: Cookie Monster, Repair man from Mike's Air Conditioning, Officer Prat
B.A.: Repair man from Mike's Air Conditioning


Episode Sample Footage
Russia With Love (1963)
- Helicopter crash, chase scene


Episode Continuity Errors

When Carson and Raymond look on the Intermode computer screen it lists Marla Heasley's character as "Tanya Baker", but the credits and all other resources credit her as "Tawnia Baker".


Episode References & Connections
Sesame Street (1969)
- Murdock impersonates Cookie Monster
Bring Back... The A-Team (2006)
- Clips from this episode are shown.


BBFC Consumer Advice Information
 Classified As: PG - Parental Guidance 
 Date Classified: 21st August 2001 
 Company: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 
 BBFC Reference: AVV170302 
 Main Spoken Language: English 
 BBFC Genre(s): Action 
 Run Time: 46m 26s 
 Cuts Made: Work was passed, with no cuts 

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LANGUAGE  None
SEX/NUDITY  None
VIOLENCE  Infrequent, mild
OTHER  Action, adventure

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