The Professionals
The Professionals

The Professionals

1977 5 Seasons 57 Episodes ⭐ 7.6 Action & Adventure Crime 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.

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

EP 1

Private Madness, Public Danger

Charles Nesbitt, an expert on chemical weapons, threatens to contaminate the water sources of London with a lethal hallu

EP 2

The Female Factor

An Iron Curtain agent is using a young girl to extort secrets from, and ultimately destroy the career of, a future Briti

EP 3

Old Dog With New Tricks

A gangster called Turkel devises a plot to free his brother from jail by taking hostage an important figure in authority

EP 4

Killer With a Long Arm

CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has

EP 5

Heroes

When a newspaper takes it upon themselves to irresponsibly publish a list of the names of witnesses to an assassination,

EP 6

Where the Jungle Ends

A group of former comrades from Bodie's mercenary days reappear in England and in order to impress a top London gangster

EP 7

Close Quarters

On leave from CI5 with a hand injury, Bodie takes a day trip with his girlfriend and finds himself face-to-face with the

EP 8

Everest Was Also Conquered

A dying man's confession triggers the re-opening of a twenty-year-old case of police corruption, an investigation in whi

EP 9

When the Heat Cools Off

The daughter of a man inprisoned by Doyle six years ago when he was a Docklands policeman turns up, claiming to have new

EP 10

Stake Out

A CI5 agent is murdered, leading to the discovery of a man who is dying as a result of plutonium poisoning. This links C

EP 11

Long Shot

CI5 are assigned to protect a visiting American Ambassador from a renowned hitman called Ramos, who is hot on his trail.

EP 12

Look After Annie

Annie Irving, an extreme left-wing preacher - and former flame of Cowley's - becomes the target of a hitman when one of

EP 13

Klansmen

Members of a 'Keep Britain White' group go on the rampage in London, attacking the local black residents in an attempt a

EP 1

Hunter/Hunted

Cowley assigns Doyle to test a brand new high-tech laser beam rifle. But the rifle is stolen from his flat and the thief

EP 2

The Rack

A suspect being held under CI5's supervision is found dead in his cell - apparently after a fatal blow administered by D

EP 3

First Night

CI5 are left to dig deep when an Israeli Minister is kidnapped, and the only clues to his whereabouts are a shadowy phot

EP 4

Man Without a Past

Bodie is out at a restaurant with his girlfriend when a bomb goes off at their table, leaving her critically injured and

EP 5

In the Public Interest

A virtual police state has been imposed by a local Chief Constable, resulting in a supposedly almost crime-free city. Bu

EP 6

Rogue

A trial witness is murdered by a member of CI5, who then goes on and attempts to kill Cowley - his own boss. Bodie and D

EP 7

Not a Very Civil Civil Servant

CI5 manage to undercover a series of financial blunders between a group of builders and council officials after a site o

EP 8

A Stirring of Dust

A British traitor returns to his homeland and must be found before his former colleagues, seeking vengeance for his past

EP 9

Blind Run

Bodie and Doyle are assigned to protect a foreign official who is on a secret visit to Britain. But already possible ene

EP 10

Fall Girl

Bodie is re-acquainted with a former girlfriend when she shows up in London, and during a secret meeting with her finds

EP 1

The Purging of CI5

CI5 and their agents find themselves under attack from a vendetta of bombings and assassination attempts. Bodie and Doyl

EP 2

Backtrack

It's just another routine house break-in for a cat burglar, until he accidentally uncovers a complex drugs smuggling ope

EP 3

Stopover

Cowley is offered the name of a highly-placed double agent from an old colleague - who in return wants to be guaranteed

EP 4

Dead Reckoning

A spy is extradited to Britain with an attempt to keep his arrival top-secret. However, the Bulgarians from Batak's home

EP 5

The Madness of Mickey Hamilton

Years after a man's wife died and his child left brain-damaged following a series of blunders at the hospital they were

EP 6

A Hiding to Nothing

A dummy run that has been staged for the visit of a Middle Eastern official is found to have been recorded by a foreign

EP 7

Runner

An attempt to start up a street war is launched by a gangland breakaway opposition group, but their leader appears to ha

EP 8

Servant of Two Masters

Bodie and Doyle are shocked to discover that Cowley appears to be selling nerve gas to a group of East Germans in order

EP 1

The Acorn Syndrome

The daughter of a British Government engineer who is working on a defence protect is kidnapped, and the only way she wil

EP 2

Wild Justice

Bodie's mental state is called ino question when he becomes obsessed with a local Hell's Angel motorcycle gang, graduall

EP 3

Fugitive

A CIA agent is murdered in London, prompting CI5 into launching a fake arms deal with the terrorists who were responsibl

EP 4

Involvement

In the midst of a shoot-out during a drugs smuggling investigation, Doyle meets and falls for Ann Holly, only to discove

EP 5

Need To Know

Cowley finds himself under suspicion when a former colleague of his is arrested for being a double agent. So just how de

EP 6

Take Away

A team of Hong Kong police join CI5 in London to help crack a local heroin supply and protection racket. It's down to Bo

EP 7

Black Out

CI5 discover that a possible terrorist attack is being planned, and the only clue they have in solving it is a German gi

EP 8

Blood Sports

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

EP 9

Slush Fund

A hitman is employed by a group of East German officials to assassinate a reporter who is planning to publish a report i

EP 10

The Gun

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

EP 11

Hijack

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

EP 12

Mixed Doubles

Bodie and Doyle are undergoing intense training in preparation for an assignment where they are protecting a foreign off

EP 13

Weekend in the Country

Bodie, Doyle and their latest girlfriends are on a quiet weekend in the country when they unwittingly get caught up at a

EP 14

Kickback

Bodie and Keller, an old acquaintance from his days in the SAS, go undercover in order to trap a would-be assassin by po

EP 15

It's Only a Beautiful Picture...

Various industrial secrets and highly-valuable arts treasures are being stolen and sold on by a gang who are using the b

EP 1

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 u

EP 2

Operation Susie

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

EP 3

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.

EP 4

Lawson's Last Stand

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lawson has gone missing without trace...and is armed with vital military secrets from NATO. Can

EP 5

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

EP 6

Spy Probe

An organisation which hires killers to assassinate virtual nobodies on sight is infiltrated by Bodie and Doyle, who must

EP 7

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

EP 8

The Untouchables

Bodie is offered the opportunity to clear up all his gambling debts by a foreign diplomat - who in exchange wants to hav

EP 9

The Ojuka Situation

A sacked former African Head attempts to get reinstated in office using the help of the British Government, but the plan

EP 10

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 b

EP 11

No Stone

A young woman from a rich and successful family turns terrorist, shunning her wealthy background and the British Justice

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