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Over 98 episodes, plans came together, fools were pitied, unbelievable weapons were assembled and open cans of whoop-ass were emphatically distributed... and then it stopped. On March 8th, 1987, The A-Team were disbanded.

But they're back, 22 years later, and looking slightly fresher than last time and now in a feature length film format. There's that guy off of The Hangover, and, um, that prawn bloke from District 9, some angry black dude we've never seen before and Liam Neeson, fresh from arse-kicking school in Taken.

But what if all of the cast were Brits, and not just Liam? And who would win in a fight? What if Britain had its own crack commando unit, sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit? Men who escaped to the London Underground (District Line), surviving as soldiers of fortune... Perhaps if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The B-Team.

*Bullets firing, cue music*

Check out our B-Team after the jump and tell us how you think they'd get on against the new look A-Team...

Bob Hoskins as John "Hannibal" Smith

Playing everyone's favourite Cockney camouflage expert, Bob does have to wear a white wig for the role, but that's nothing compared to the elaborate array of disguises he ends up wearing throughout the UK series: notably a British Bobby, a Royal guard (complete with bearskin hat), and, in one memorable episode, the Queen herself. Addicted to Cigars and coming up with ludicrous plans, you'll usually find Bob in B.A.'s Morris Minor (with wooden red racing stripe) doodling stratagems and applying fruity moustaches.

Hugh Grant as Templeton "Faceman" Peck

Perfecting the bumbling posh Brit role, Hugh plays the role of "The Face" to a tea, fooling bad guys into thinking he's a Boris Johnson-style chump, whereas in reality he's a suave, sexy con artist hell bent on seducing every visiting American movie star who trots past his secret Notting Hill den. Able to talk anyone in or out of anything, he's notorious for getting Derren Brown to admit he was an utter fraud and persuading Alesha Dixon to give him a lap dance live on Strictly Come Dancing.

Mackenzie Crook as "Howling Mad" Murdock

Acting in the role of a mentally unstable helicopter pilot pretending to be a sane man pretending to be a bit barmy, Mackenzie Crook had his work cut out for him when he first took on the part. Fortunately he quickly got into the swing of things, channelling British cartoon characters such as Mr Benn, Noddy, and Bob The Builder ("Can we fly it? Well, I can!") and occasionally speaking to his imaginary bulldog, Billy, for advice.


Goldie as Bosco Albert ("B.A.") Baracus

Similarly obsessed with all things shiny and gold, and having already worked in the Cockney crime world through his role in Guy Ritchie movies, Goldie was a shoo-in for the part of the Brit B.A. Working extensively on his upper torso for the part, Goldie can now shoulder barge a door down on cue, though his real life mechanic skills need a little work. Petrified of London buses, rickshaws and planes, B.A. sticks mainly to cars, normally while sipping his favourite drink, Nesquik, or attempting to swat away Howling Mad Murdock.