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The Best Episodes of 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...

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  1. 8.2/10(156 votes)

    #1 - The Purging of CI5

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    S3:E1

    CI5 and their agents find themselves under attack from a vendetta of bombings and assassination attempts. Bodie and Doyle are on a chase to find out who the perpetrators are before they end up as the next victims.

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  2. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Untouchables

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    S5:E8

    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.

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  3. 7.9/10(158 votes)

    #3 - Man Without a Past

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    S2:E4

    Bodie is out at a restaurant with his girlfriend when a bomb goes off at their table, leaving her critically injured and several other diners dead. It's left to Bodie to find out who targeted him and why - until he realises he wasn't the target after all.

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  4. 7.8/10(163 votes)

    #4 - Hunter/Hunted

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    S2:E1

    Cowley assigns Doyle to test a brand new high-tech laser beam rifle. But the rifle is stolen from his flat and the thief decides to 'test' it on Doyle, sending him on a cat-and-mouse chase around London.

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  5. 7.8/10(140 votes)

    #5 - A Stirring of Dust

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    S2:E8

    A British traitor returns to his homeland and must be found before his former colleagues, seeking vengeance for his past betrayals, go in search of his whereabouts.

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  6. 7.8/10(159 votes)

    #6 - Blind Run

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    S2:E9

    Bodie and Doyle are assigned to protect a foreign official who is on a secret visit to Britain. But already possible enemy assassins appear to know his - and CI5's - every next move.

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    Director:Tom Clegg
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  8. 7.8/10(131 votes)

    #7 - Fall Girl

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    S2:E10

    Bodie is re-acquainted with a former girlfriend when she shows up in London, and during a secret meeting with her finds himself framed for an assassination and then ultimately on the run from his own colleagues at CI5.

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  9. 7.7/10(160 votes)

    #8 - In the Public Interest

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    S2:E5

    A virtual police state has been imposed by a local Chief Constable, resulting in a supposedly almost crime-free city. But that is because all the crime is taking place behind the scenes by the police officers themselves - who will think of nothing of imposing on suspects' rights in their pursuit of 'zero tolerance'. Bodie and Doyle become hunted men when they visit the city and begin to question the rather unorthodox methods of action taken by the local constabulary.

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  10. 7.6/10(151 votes)

    #9 - Rogue

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    S2:E6

    A trial witness is murdered by a member of CI5, who then goes on and attempts to kill Cowley - his own boss. Bodie and Doyle find themselves battling against a man who is as well-trained as they are.

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    Director:Ray Austin
  11. 7.6/10(136 votes)

    #10 - The Madness of Mickey Hamilton

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    S3:E5

    Years after a man's wife died and his child left brain-damaged following a series of blunders at the hospital they were treated at, he returns to finally seek revenge by systematically assassinating each of the same hospital's medical staff one-by-one.

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  12. 7.5/10(134 votes)

    #11 - Backtrack

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    S3:E2

    It's just another routine house break-in for a cat burglar, until he accidentally uncovers a complex drugs smuggling operation. When CI5 step in, they realise it's not just the burglar's life that is now in danger.

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  13. 7.5/10(137 votes)

    #12 - Stopover

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    S3:E3

    Cowley is offered the name of a highly-placed double agent from an old colleague - who in return wants to be guaranteed protection with CI5. This leads to the start of a dangerous stand-off between the two, using Bodie and Doyle as the pawns.

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  14. 7.4/10(139 votes)

    #13 - First Night

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    CI5 are left to dig deep when an Israeli Minister is kidnapped, and the only clues to his whereabouts are a shadowy photograph and a coded tape message.

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    Director:David Wickes
  15. 7.4/10(121 votes)

    #14 - Dead Reckoning

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    S3:E4

    A spy is extradited to Britain with an attempt to keep his arrival top-secret. However, the Bulgarians from Batak's homeland who sent him appear to be trying to make his movements as public as possible. When he is eventually murdered, CI5 suspect his music student daughter of poisoning him.

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  16. 7.3/10(153 votes)

    #15 - The Rack

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    S2:E2

    A suspect being held under CI5's supervision is found dead in his cell - apparently after a fatal blow administered by Doyle. A public inquiry ensues and an influential lawyer calls for CI5 to be shut down. It's left to Cowley in fighting to save the organisation he founded.

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    Director:Peter Medak
  17. 7.3/10(132 votes)

    #16 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant

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    S2:E7

    CI5 manage to undercover a series of financial blunders between a group of builders and council officials after a site of newly-built houses on a council estate are found to be crumbling.

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  18. 7.3/10(116 votes)

    #17 - A Hiding to Nothing

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    S3:E6

    A dummy run that has been staged for the visit of a Middle Eastern official is found to have been recorded by a foreign student, subsequently leading CI5 to suspect a security leak.

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    Director:Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:Ted Childs
  19. 7.3/10(121 votes)

    #18 - Runner

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    S3:E7

    An attempt to start up a street war is launched by a gangland breakaway opposition group, but their leader appears to have an ulterior motive in his actions.

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  20. 7.3/10(128 votes)

    #19 - Servant of Two Masters

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    S3:E8

    Bodie and Doyle are shocked to discover that Cowley appears to be selling nerve gas to a group of East Germans in order to line his own pockets, and are assigned by his rival Plumb to track their boss's every move.

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  21. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Lawson's Last Stand

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    S5:E4

    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?

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    Director:Ian Sharp
  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Black Out

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    S4:E7

    CI5 discover that a possible terrorist attack is being planned, and the only clue they have in solving it is a German girl who is found collapsed in a church and suffering from amnesia.

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    #22 - Private Madness, Public Danger

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    Charles Nesbitt, an expert on chemical weapons, threatens to contaminate the water sources of London with a lethal hallucogenic drug and in order to back up his claims, plans several small 'demonstrations' in warning to the local authorities - including CI5.

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    #23 - The Female Factor

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    An Iron Curtain agent is using a young girl to extort secrets from, and ultimately destroy the career of, a future British Prime Minister, unaware that the girl is the long-lost daughter of a well-known local prostitute.

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    #24 - Old Dog With New Tricks

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    S1:E3

    A gangster called Turkel devises a plot to free his brother from jail by taking hostage an important figure in authority. He is unaware, however, that the 'important figure' he has taken in is actually Cowley masquerading as the Home Secretary, with Bodie as his bodyguard and Doyle ready to pull the trigger on Turkel's brother.

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    #25 - Killer With a Long Arm

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    S1:E4

    CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two miles. But they must find out who is the gunman and what is his target - before it is too late.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Purging of CI5" is the best rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 8.2/10 based on 156 votes. Directed by Dennis Abey and written by Stephen Lister, it aired on 10/27/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Untouchables".