Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: December 30, 1977
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 57
Networks: ITV1
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

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The Professionals(1977)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

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

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (44 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

13 episodes • 1977

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Private Madness, Public Danger	Dec 30, 1977
2	The Female Factor	Jan 6, 1978
3	Old Dog With New Tricks	Jan 13, 1978
4	Killer With a Long Arm	Jan 20, 1978
5	Heroes	Jan 27, 1978
6	Where the Jungle Ends	Feb 3, 1978
7	Close Quarters	Feb 10, 1978
8	Everest Was Also Conquered	Feb 17, 1978
9	When the Heat Cools Off	Feb 24, 1978
10	Stake Out	Mar 3, 1978
11	Long Shot	Mar 10, 1978
12	Look After Annie	Mar 17, 1978
13	Klansmen	Mar 24, 1978

Season 2

10 episodes • 1978

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Hunter/Hunted	Oct 7, 1978
2	The Rack	Oct 14, 1978
3	First Night	Oct 21, 1978
4	Man Without a Past	Oct 28, 1978
5	In the Public Interest	Nov 4, 1978
6	Rogue	Nov 11, 1978
7	Not a Very Civil Civil Servant	Nov 18, 1978
8	A Stirring of Dust	Nov 25, 1978
9	Blind Run	Dec 2, 1978
10	Fall Girl	Dec 9, 1978

Season 3

8 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Purging of CI5	Oct 27, 1979
2	Backtrack	Nov 3, 1979
3	Stopover	Nov 10, 1979
4	Dead Reckoning	Nov 17, 1979
5	The Madness of Mickey Hamilton	Nov 24, 1979
6	A Hiding to Nothing	Dec 1, 1979
7	Runner	Dec 8, 1979
8	Servant of Two Masters	Dec 15, 1979

Season 4

15 episodes • 1980Avg: 6.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Acorn Syndrome	Sep 7, 1980	0.0
2	Wild Justice	Sep 14, 1980	0.0
3	Fugitive	Sep 21, 1980	0.0
4	Involvement	Sep 28, 1980	0.0
5	Need To Know	Oct 5, 1980	0.0
6	Take Away	Oct 12, 1980	0.0
7	Black Out	Oct 19, 1980	6.0
8	Blood Sports	Oct 26, 1980	0.0
9	Slush Fund	Nov 2, 1980	0.0
10	The Gun	Nov 9, 1980	0.0
11	Hijack	Nov 30, 1980	0.0
12	Mixed Doubles	Dec 7, 1980	0.0
13	Weekend in the Country	Dec 14, 1980	0.0
14	Kickback	Dec 20, 1980	0.0
15	It's Only a Beautiful Picture...	Dec 27, 1980	0.0

Season 5

11 episodes • 1982Avg: 7.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Foxhole on the Roof	Nov 7, 1982	0.0
2	Operation Susie	Nov 14, 1982	0.0
3	You'll Be All Right	Nov 21, 1982	0.0
4	Lawson's Last Stand	Nov 28, 1982	7.0
5	Discovered in a Graveyard	Dec 5, 1982	0.0
6	Spy Probe	Dec 12, 1982	0.0
7	Cry Wolf	Jan 9, 1983	0.0
8	The Untouchables	Jan 16, 1983	8.0
9	The Ojuka Situation	Jan 23, 1983	0.0
10	A Man Called Quinn	Jan 30, 1983	0.0
11	No Stone	Feb 6, 1983	0.0

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