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The Professionals(TV show/series, 1977-1983)

1h per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 57 episodes

The ProfessionalsRating: 3.7/5 (with 20 votes)
The Professionals is a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Television (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson as agents of the fictional "CI5" (Criminal Intelligence 5, alluding to the real-life MI5 and CID). The Professionals was created by Brian Clemens, who had been one of the driving forces behind The Avengers. The show was originally to have been called The A-Squad. Clemens and Albert Fennell were executive producers, with business partner Laurie Johnson providing the theme music. Sidney Hayers produced the first series in 1977, and Raymond Menmuir the remainder. ()
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About The Professionals

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.

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The Professionals Seasons and Episodes

11/07/1982Season 5 - 11 episodes
More running around action from the popular 1970s action series. In 'Hunter/Hunted', a hi-tech rifle is stolen from CI5, and the boys have to track it down before its deadly force can be unleashed. In 'Stakeout', a CI5 agent is murdered before he can pass on details of a major crime. Bodie and Doyle soon discover a case of Plutonium poisoning.
#1 | 11/07/1982Foxhole on the Roof
A post-operative ward in a hospital is held to ransom by a newly-released convict who plans to make a fortune, setting up his own foxhole at the top of a nearby building. CI5 hatch a plot to bring him down before he takes a fatal shot at the hospital.
#2 | 11/14/1982Operation Susie
A department in a British Government appears to be attempting to kill a bunch of drug-dealing students...but why?
#3 | 11/21/1982You'll Be All Right
A leader of a criminal gang offers to surrender himself if in exchange he is guaranteed protection for his family.
#4 | 11/28/1982Lawson's Last Stand
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lawson has gone missing without trace...and is armed with vital military secrets from NATO. Can CI5 seek him out before he tells all?
#5 | 12/05/1982Discovered in a Graveyard
Whilst investigating a bombing plot Doyle is shot and left for dead in his flat, and as the hospital fights to save his life, he seems unable to decide whether he wants to live or die...meanwhile, Bodie goes on a chase to find Doyle's assailant.
#6 | 12/12/1982Spy Probe
An organisation which hires killers to assassinate virtual nobodies on sight is infiltrated by Bodie and Doyle, who must find out who the perpetrators are and why, by going undercover and posing as potential hitmen themselves.
#7 | 01/09/1983Cry Wolf
A young woman contacts the police, saying she is being stalked and is in fear for her life, but they think she is making the whole story up.
#8 | 01/16/1983The Untouchables
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Bodie is offered the opportunity to clear up all his gambling debts by a foreign diplomat - who in exchange wants to have some vital secrets from CI5.
#9 | 01/23/1983The Ojuka Situation
A sacked former African Head attempts to get reinstated in office using the help of the British Government, but the plan is sidetracked by one particular civil servant who now wants him dead.
#10 | 01/30/1983A Man Called Quinn
A former colleague of Cowley's who is now a patient in a mental hospital reappears in London, going on the run when he believes that the KGB have drugged him.
#11 | 02/06/1983No Stone
A young woman from a rich and successful family turns terrorist, shunning her wealthy background and the British Justice system which she now views as being corrupt. Important legal establishments located around London are targeted by the terrorist groups, who are planting several bombs at key points around the city.
09/07/1980Season 4 - 15 episodes
10/27/1979Season 3 - 8 episodes
10/07/1978Season 2 - 10 episodes
12/30/1977Season 1 - 13 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 12/30/1977
Last episode released on: 02/06/1983
Creator: Brian Clemens
Producer: Sidney Hayers
Executive Producer: Brian Clemens
Composer: Laurie Johnson
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Professionals CI5"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:3109, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/03/2024