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The Professionals

  • TV-MA
  • 1977–1983
  • 5 seasons
  • Action & Adventure, Crime
  • 7.6

ANARCHY, ACTS OF TERROR, CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC. TO COMBAT IT WE'VE GOT SPECIAL MEN...

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.

Episodes

In series four, the CI5 protect the daughter of a visiting South American president after his son is assassinated, and the team uncover a silver bullion smuggling operation being controlled from behind the Iron Curtain.

15 episodes
  1. 1The Acorn Syndrome

    Sep 7, 1980

    The daughter of a British Government engineer who is working on a defence protect is kidnapped, and the only way she will be safely returned is if he agrees to betray secrets to enemy agents.

  2. 2Wild Justice

    Sep 14, 1980

    Bodie's mental state is called ino question when he becomes obsessed with a local Hell's Angel motorcycle gang, gradually sending him further and further behind in training. Is he cracking up?

  3. 3Fugitive

    Sep 21, 1980

    A CIA agent is murdered in London, prompting CI5 into launching a fake arms deal with the terrorists who were responsible for the killing. But the gang uncover the plot in time, taking Bodie hostage and using him as their meal ticket to escape the country.

  4. 4Involvement

    Sep 28, 1980

    In the midst of a shoot-out during a drugs smuggling investigation, Doyle meets and falls for Ann Holly, only to discover that CI5 suspect her of being closely linked to the scam herself.

  5. 5Need To Know

    Oct 5, 1980

    Cowley finds himself under suspicion when a former colleague of his is arrested for being a double agent. So just how deeply involved is the CI5 Chief?

  6. 6Take Away

    60 minOct 12, 1980

    A team of Hong Kong police join CI5 in London to help crack a local heroin supply and protection racket. It's down to Bodie and Doyle to expose a scheme to smuggle drugs to the US by teams of Triads and European agents.

  7. 7Black Out

    Oct 19, 1980

    CI5 discover that a possible terrorist attack is being planned, and the only clue they have in solving it is a German girl who is found collapsed in a church and suffering from amnesia.

  8. 8Blood Sports

    Oct 26, 1980

    CI5 move in to protect the daughter of a South American President after his son - and her brother - is assassinated on the field of a polo match.

  9. 9Slush Fund

    Nov 2, 1980

    A hitman is employed by a group of East German officials to assassinate a reporter who is planning to publish a report in which their new fighter plane is branded as a potential death-trap.

  10. 10The Gun

    Nov 9, 1980

    A drug addict is murdered by a pusher who then hastily discards the gun, only for it to be found by a young boy-who then accidently shoots his friend in the process. The pusher then goes in search of the boy in an attempt to retrieve the gun and at the same time has to try to avoid his own people who are in pursuit of him.

  11. 11Hijack

    Nov 30, 1980

    Silver bullion is being shipped into Britain via the Iron Curtain, only for it to be hijacked by one of the group's own officials.

  12. 12Mixed Doubles

    Dec 7, 1980

    Bodie and Doyle are undergoing intense training in preparation for an assignment where they are protecting a foreign official...at the same time, two potential killers are receiving similiar training to prepare them for the assassination of the same official.

  13. 13Weekend in the Country

    Dec 14, 1980

    Bodie, Doyle and their latest girlfriends are on a quiet weekend in the country when they unwittingly get caught up at a farmhouse siege in which they must try and escape from a group of gun-toting fugitives.

  14. 14Kickback

    Dec 20, 1980

    Bodie and Keller, an old acquaintance from his days in the SAS, go undercover in order to trap a would-be assassin by posing as hitmen offering to do the job themselves - in order to fake the killing. But Keller turns out to have an ulterior motive.

  15. 15It's Only a Beautiful Picture...

    Dec 27, 1980

    Various industrial secrets and highly-valuable arts treasures are being stolen and sold on by a gang who are using the blind routine of Customs to their full advantage. CI5 devise a trap to stop the thieves in their tracks.

Where to watch The Professionals

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Series cast

Lewis CollinsBodie57 episodes
Martin ShawDoyle57 episodes
Gordon JacksonGeorge Cowley57 episodes
Bridget BriceBetty7 episodes
Steve AlderMurphy7 episodes
Allan SurteesMinister3 episodes
Pamela StephensonEmma Bolding3 episodes
Trevor AdamsBenny, CI5 Agent3 episodes
Sally HarrisonChauffeuse3 episodes
Diana WestonRuth, CI5 Girl3 episodes
Nadim SawalhaArab Diplomat3 episodes
Frank JarvisDale3 episodes
Dick SullivanPriest3 episodes
Howard BellCID Sergeant2 episodes
Christopher EllisonPaul Coogan2 episodes
Robert JamesDavid Merlin2 episodes
John CastlePeter Crabbe2 episodes
Malcolm HayesForensic Man2 episodes

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