8.1
The Professionals (1977)
7.6 5 seasons 57 episodes Ended
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Seasons & episodes
E1Private Madness, Public DangerDec 30, 1977
Charles Nesbitt, an expert on chemical weapons, threatens to contaminate the water sources of London with a lethal hallucogenic drug and in…
E2The Female FactorJan 6, 1978
An Iron Curtain agent is using a young girl to extort secrets from, and ultimately destroy the career of, a future British Prime Minister,…
E3Old Dog With New TricksJan 13, 1978
A gangster called Turkel devises a plot to free his brother from jail by taking hostage an important figure in authority. He is unaware, ho…
E4Killer With a Long ArmJan 20, 1978
CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two…
E5HeroesJan 27, 1978
When a newspaper takes it upon themselves to irresponsibly publish a list of the names of witnesses to an assassination, it is left to CI5…
E6Where the Jungle EndsFeb 3, 1978
A group of former comrades from Bodie's mercenary days reappear in England and in order to impress a top London gangster, carry out a viole…
E7Close QuartersFeb 10, 1978
On leave from CI5 with a hand injury, Bodie takes a day trip with his girlfriend and finds himself face-to-face with the leader of a terror…
E8Everest Was Also ConqueredFeb 17, 1978
A dying man's confession triggers the re-opening of a twenty-year-old case of police corruption, an investigation in which the main prosecu…
E9When the Heat Cools OffFeb 24, 1978
The daughter of a man inprisoned by Doyle six years ago when he was a Docklands policeman turns up, claiming to have new evidence which wil…
E10Stake OutMar 3, 1978
A CI5 agent is murdered, leading to the discovery of a man who is dying as a result of plutonium poisoning. This links CI5 to a further plo…
E11Long ShotMar 10, 1978
CI5 are assigned to protect a visiting American Ambassador from a renowned hitman called Ramos, who is hot on his trail. But after only one…
E12Look After AnnieMar 17, 1978
Annie Irving, an extreme left-wing preacher - and former flame of Cowley's - becomes the target of a hitman when one of her meetings comes…
E13KlansmenMar 24, 1978
Members of a 'Keep Britain White' group go on the rampage in London, attacking the local black residents in an attempt at forcing them to l…
Cast
Lewis CollinsBodie
Martin ShawDoyle
Gordon JacksonGeorge Cowley
