The Professionals

The Professionals

1977
The Professionals
The Professionals

The Professionals

8 | TV-MA | en | Drama

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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Seasons & Episodes

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EP11  No Stone
Feb. 06,1983
No 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.

EP10  A Man Called Quinn
Jan. 30,1983
A 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.

EP9  The Ojuka Situation
Jan. 23,1983
The 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.

EP8  The Untouchables
Jan. 16,1983
The Untouchables

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.

EP7  Cry Wolf
Jan. 09,1983
Cry 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.

EP6  Spy Probe
Dec. 12,1982
Spy 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.

EP5  Discovered in a Graveyard
Dec. 05,1982
Discovered 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.

EP4  Lawson's Last Stand
Nov. 28,1982
Lawson's Last Stand

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?

EP3  You'll Be All Right
Nov. 21,1982
You'll Be All Right

A leader of a criminal gang offers to surrender himself if in exchange he is guaranteed protection for his family.

EP2  Operation Susie
Nov. 14,1982
Operation Susie

A department in a British Government appears to be attempting to kill a bunch of drug-dealing students...but why?

EP1  Foxhole on the Roof
Nov. 07,1982
Foxhole 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.

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8 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Crime , Action & Adventure
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

Lewis Collins , Martin Shaw , Gordon Jackson

Director

Brian Clemens

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