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The Professionals
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The Professionals

Fri, Dec 30, 1977
  • Action & Adventure
  • Crime
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Cast

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  • Lewis Collins
    Lewis Collins
    as Bodie
  • Martin Shaw
    Martin Shaw
    as Doyle
  • Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    as George Cowley
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Episodes

5 seasons · 57 episodes

Ended · 57 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Private Madness, Public Danger
    Aired · Fri, Dec 30, 1977 · 60m
  • E2
    The Female Factor
    Aired · Fri, Jan 6, 1978 · 60m
  • E3
    Old Dog With New Tricks
    Aired · Fri, Jan 13, 1978 · 60m
  • E4
    Killer With a Long Arm
    Aired · Fri, Jan 20, 1978 · 60m
  • E5
    Heroes
    Aired · Fri, Jan 27, 1978 · 60m
  • E6
    Where the Jungle Ends
    Aired · Fri, Feb 3, 1978 · 60m
  • E7
    Close Quarters
    Aired · Fri, Feb 10, 1978 · 60m
  • E8
    Everest Was Also Conquered
    Aired · Fri, Feb 17, 1978 · 60m
  • E9
    When the Heat Cools Off
    Aired · Fri, Feb 24, 1978 · 60m
  • E10
    Stakeout
    Aired · Fri, Mar 3, 1978 · 60m
  • E11
    Long Shot
    Aired · Fri, Mar 10, 1978 · 60m
  • E12
    Look After Annie
    Aired · Fri, Mar 17, 1978 · 60m
  • E13
    Klansmen
    Aired · Tue, Nov 30, 1999 · 60m
Season 2
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    Hunter/Hunted
    Aired · Sat, Oct 7, 1978 · 60m
  • E2
    The Rack
    Aired · Sat, Oct 14, 1978 · 60m
  • E3
    First Night
    Aired · Sat, Oct 21, 1978 · 60m
  • E4
    Man Without a Past
    Aired · Sat, Oct 28, 1978 · 60m
  • E5
    In the Public Interest
    Aired · Sat, Nov 4, 1978 · 60m
  • E6
    Rogue
    Aired · Sat, Nov 11, 1978 · 60m
  • E7
    Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
    Aired · Sat, Nov 18, 1978 · 60m
  • E8
    A Stirring of Dust
    Aired · Sat, Nov 25, 1978 · 60m
  • E9
    Blind Run
    Aired · Sat, Dec 2, 1978 · 60m
  • E10
    Fall Girl
    Aired · Sat, Dec 9, 1978 · 60m
Season 3
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Purging of CI5
    Aired · Sat, Oct 27, 1979 · 60m
  • E2
    Backtrack
    Aired · Sat, Nov 3, 1979 · 60m
  • E3
    Stopover
    Aired · Sat, Nov 10, 1979 · 60m
  • E4
    Dead Reckoning
    Aired · Sat, Nov 17, 1979 · 60m
  • E5
    The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
    Aired · Sat, Nov 24, 1979 · 60m
  • E6
    A Hiding to Nothing
    Aired · Sat, Dec 1, 1979 · 60m
  • E7
    Runner
    Aired · Sat, Dec 8, 1979 · 60m
  • E8
    Servant of Two Masters
    Aired · Sat, Dec 15, 1979 · 60m
Season 4
15 episodes · 15 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Acorn Syndrome
    Aired · Sun, Sep 7, 1980 · 60m
  • E2
    Wild Justice
    Aired · Sun, Sep 14, 1980 · 60m
  • E3
    Fugitive
    Aired · Sun, Sep 21, 1980 · 60m
  • E4
    Involvement
    Aired · Sun, Sep 28, 1980 · 60m
  • E5
    Need To Know
    Aired · Sun, Oct 5, 1980 · 60m
  • E6
    Take Away
    Aired · Sun, Oct 12, 1980 · 60m
  • E7
    Black Out
    Aired · Sun, Oct 19, 1980 · 60m
  • E8
    Blood Sports
    Aired · Sun, Oct 26, 1980 · 60m
  • E9
    Slush Fund
    Aired · Sun, Nov 2, 1980 · 60m
  • E10
    The Gun
    Aired · Sun, Nov 9, 1980 · 60m
  • E11
    Hijack
    Aired · Sun, Nov 30, 1980 · 60m
  • E12
    Mixed Doubles
    Aired · Sun, Dec 7, 1980 · 60m
  • E13
    Weekend in the Country
    Aired · Sun, Dec 14, 1980 · 60m
  • E14
    Kickback
    Aired · Sat, Dec 20, 1980 · 60m
  • E15
    Its Only a Beautiful Picture...
    Aired · Sat, Dec 27, 1980 · 60m
Season 5
11 episodes · 11 aired
▾
  • E1
    Foxhole on the Roof
    Aired · Sun, Nov 7, 1982 · 60m
  • E2
    Operation Susie
    Aired · Sun, Nov 14, 1982 · 60m
  • E3
    You'll Be All Right
    Aired · Sun, Nov 21, 1982 · 60m
  • E4
    Lawson's Last Stand
    Aired · Sun, Nov 28, 1982 · 60m
  • E5
    Discovered in a Graveyard
    Aired · Sun, Dec 5, 1982 · 60m
  • E6
    Spy Probe
    Aired · Sun, Dec 12, 1982 · 60m
  • E7
    Cry Wolf
    Aired · Sun, Jan 9, 1983 · 60m
  • E8
    The Untouchables
    Aired · Sun, Jan 16, 1983 · 60m
  • E9
    The Ojuka Situation
    Aired · Sun, Jan 23, 1983 · 60m
  • E10
    A Man Called Quinn
    Aired · Sun, Jan 30, 1983 · 60m
  • E11
    No Stone
    Aired · Sun, Feb 6, 1983 · 60m