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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Professionals Season 5 Episode 8 - The Untouchables
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Untouchables

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  2. The Professionals Season 5 Episode 4 - Lawson's Last Stand
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Lawson's Last Stand

    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?

    Director:Ian Sharp
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  3. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 7 - Black Out
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Black Out

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  4. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 1 - Private Madness, Public Danger
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Private Madness, Public Danger

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Douglas Camfield
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  5. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 2 - The Female Factor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Female Factor

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  6. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 3 - Old Dog With New Tricks
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Old Dog With New Tricks

    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.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  7. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 4 - Killer With a Long Arm
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Killer With a Long Arm

    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.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  8. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 5 - Heroes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Heroes

    S1:E5

    When a newspaper takes it upon themselves to irresponsibly publish a list of the names of witnesses to an assassination, it is left to CI5 to not only protect these people, but at the same time apprehend the killers before they strike again.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Peter J. Hammond

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  9. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 6 - Where the Jungle Ends
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Where the Jungle Ends

    S1:E6

    A group of former comrades from Bodie's mercenary days reappear in England and in order to impress a top London gangster, carry out a violent raid on a local bank. It's left to CI5 to catch and stop the ringleader Krivas and his gang, reuniting Bodie with some of his old adversaries in the process.

    Director:Raymond Menmuir
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  10. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 7 - Close Quarters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Close Quarters

    S1:E7

    On leave from CI5 with a hand injury, Bodie takes a day trip with his girlfriend and finds himself face-to-face with the leader of a terrorist group. He captures him but then the rest of the gang arrive and trap Bodie and his girlfriend in a nearby vicarage, leaving him unable to alert his colleagues back at CI5 HQ. With barely any clues as to his whereabouts, Doyle and Cowley go on a chase through the countryside to try and locate Bodie.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  11. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 8 - Everest Was Also Conquered
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Everest Was Also Conquered

    S1:E8

    A dying man's confession triggers the re-opening of a twenty-year-old case of police corruption, an investigation in which the main prosecution witness was murdered by the police officers who were supposedly trying to protect her. Somebody then decides to silence these officers, and sets about doing so.

    Director:Francis Megahy
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  12. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 9 - When the Heat Cools Off
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - When the Heat Cools Off

    S1:E9

    The daughter of a man inprisoned by Doyle six years ago when he was a Docklands policeman turns up, claiming to have new evidence which will exonerate her father. Doyle reluctantly agrees to reopen the case, but will his budding relationship with the girl cloud his judgement, and make even himself doubt whether he jailed the right man?

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  13. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 10 - Stake Out
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Stake Out

    S1:E10

    A CI5 agent is murdered, leading to the discovery of a man who is dying as a result of plutonium poisoning. This links CI5 to a further plot involving the imminent explosion of an A-bomb at the same bowling alley. It's left to Bodie and Doyle to try and de-activate the fuse before it takes them and the whole of London with it.

    Director:Benjamin Wickers
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  14. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 11 - Long Shot
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Long Shot

    S1:E11

    CI5 are assigned to protect a visiting American Ambassador from a renowned hitman called Ramos, who is hot on his trail. But after only one apparent assasination attempt at his life, Ramos appears to give up - only for him to turn up again at CI5 HQ itself.

    Director:Ernest Day
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  15. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 12 - Look After Annie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Look After Annie

    S1:E12

    Annie Irving, an extreme left-wing preacher - and former flame of Cowley's - becomes the target of a hitman when one of her meetings comes to London. Cowley assigns Bodie and Doyle to protect her, unaware that the would-be hitman is right under his nose.

    Director:Charles Crichton
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  16. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 13 - Klansmen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Klansmen

    S1:E13

    Members of a 'Keep Britain White' group go on the rampage in London, attacking the local black residents in an attempt at forcing them to leave the area...but two of the group members have an ulterior motive. Bodie is left seriously injured whilst Doyle joins the group undercover.

    Director:Pat Jackson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 1 - Hunter/Hunted
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Hunter/Hunted

    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.

    Director:Anthony Simmons
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  18. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 2 - The Rack
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Rack

    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.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  19. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 3 - First Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - First Night

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Gerry O'Hara

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  20. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 4 - Man Without a Past
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Man Without a Past

    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.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Michael Armstrong

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  21. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 5 - In the Public Interest
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - In the Public Interest

    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.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  22. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 6 - Rogue
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Rogue

    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.

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  23. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 7 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant

    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.

    Director:Anthony Simmons
    Writer:Edmund Ward

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  24. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 8 - A Stirring of Dust
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - A Stirring of Dust

    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.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Don Houghton

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  25. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 9 - Blind Run
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Blind Run

    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.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Untouchables" is the best rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by William Brayne and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 1/16/1983. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lawson's Last Stand".