Special Squad

Special Squad was an action adventure series focused on the activities of three hand-picked detectives working for a special unit of the police force. The squad's members were Anderson (Alan Cassell), Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Davis (John Diedrich).

If all this sounds like The Professionals or The Sweeney, the connection is certainly there.
Special Squad executive producer Raymond Menmuir made The Professionals and put his management talents towards making this series a profitable success.

Shot on film, the first 26 episodes of the 33 part series cost over $4 million.
However, even before it was shown in Australia, the series was bought by Paramount Pictures for international distribution — one of the biggest
advance sales ever achieved in Australia.