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The Worst 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. 6.4/10(115 votes)

    #1 - The Gun

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    S4:E10

    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 accidently shoots his friend in the process. The pusher then goes in search of the boy in an attempt to retrieve the gun and at the same time has to try to avoid his own people who are in pursuit of him.

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  2. 6.8/10(133 votes)

    #2 - Wild Justice

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    S4:E2

    Bodie's mental state is called ino question when he becomes obsessed with a local Hell's Angel motorcycle gang, gradually sending him further and further behind in training. Is he cracking up?

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    Director:Dennis Abey
  3. 6.9/10(154 votes)

    #3 - Look After Annie

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    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.

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  4. 7.0/10(123 votes)

    #4 - Blood Sports

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    S4:E8

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

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    Director:Phil Meheux
  5. 7.1/10(116 votes)

    #5 - Take Away

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    S4:E6

    A team of Hong Kong police join CI5 in London to help crack a local heroin supply and protection racket. It's down to Bodie and Doyle to expose a scheme to smuggle drugs to the US by teams of Triads and European agents.

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  6. 7.1/10(112 votes)

    #6 - Hijack

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    S4:E11

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

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  8. 7.1/10(110 votes)

    #7 - It's Only a Beautiful Picture...

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    S4:E15

    Various industrial secrets and highly-valuable arts treasures are being stolen and sold on by a gang who are using the blind routine of Customs to their full advantage. CI5 devise a trap to stop the thieves in their tracks.

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  9. 7.1/10(103 votes)

    #8 - You'll Be All Right

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    S5:E3

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

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    Director:John Crome
  10. 7.2/10(133 votes)

    #9 - Slush Fund

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    S4:E9

    A hitman is employed by a group of East German officials to assassinate a reporter who is planning to publish a report in which their new fighter plane is branded as a potential death-trap.

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  11. 7.3/10(173 votes)

    #10 - Long Shot

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    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.

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    Director:Ernest Day
  12. 7.3/10(153 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. 7.3/10(132 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 7.3/10(116 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 7.3/10(120 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. 7.3/10(128 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 7.3/10(114 votes)

    #16 - Fugitive

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    S4:E3

    A CIA agent is murdered in London, prompting CI5 into launching a fake arms deal with the terrorists who were responsible for the killing. But the gang uncover the plot in time, taking Bodie hostage and using him as their meal ticket to escape the country.

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  18. 7.3/10(117 votes)

    #17 - Involvement

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    S4:E4

    In the midst of a shoot-out during a drugs smuggling investigation, Doyle meets and falls for Ann Holly, only to discover that CI5 suspect her of being closely linked to the scam herself.

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    Director:Chris Burt
  19. 7.3/10(112 votes)

    #18 - Kickback

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    S4:E14

    Bodie and Keller, an old acquaintance from his days in the SAS, go undercover in order to trap a would-be assassin by posing as hitmen offering to do the job themselves - in order to fake the killing. But Keller turns out to have an ulterior motive.

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    Director:Ian Sharp
  20. 7.3/10(115 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 7.4/10(212 votes)

    #20 - Private Madness, Public Danger

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    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.

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  22. 7.4/10(199 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.4/10(139 votes)

    #22 - First Night

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    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.

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    Director:David Wickes
  24. 7.4/10(121 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 7.4/10(127 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. 7.5/10(190 votes)

    #25 - The Female Factor

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    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Gun" is the worst rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 6.4/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by Dennis C. Lewiston and written by Christopher Wicking, it aired on 11/9/1980. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wild Justice".