 For many years actor Martin Shaw (qv) (Doyle) blocked repeat TV  showings of the series, disowning it almost immediately after it had  finished. Although he gave his reason as not being able to negotiate  fees for TV repeats with programme makers London Weekend Television,  it was also alleged that he didnt want to be typecast with the  "hard man" image the show portrayed him to have. He only eventually  relented to repeat showings in the mid