6.4/10111 votesLoading...#1 - The Gun
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1980
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.
Director: Dennis C. Lewiston
Writer: Christopher Wicking
6.8/10126 votesLoading...#2 - Wild Justice
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1980
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?
Director: Dennis Abey
Writer: Ranald Graham
6.9/10151 votesLoading...#3 - Look After Annie
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/1978
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
7.0/10111 votesLoading...#4 - Take Away
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1980
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.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.0/10117 votesLoading...#5 - Blood Sports
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1980
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.
Director: Phil Meheux
Writer: Gerry O'Hara
7.0/1098 votesLoading...#6 - You'll Be All Right
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1982
A leader of a criminal gang offers to surrender himself if in exchange he is guaranteed protection for his family.
Director: John Crome
Writer: Gerry O'Hara
7.2/10111 votesLoading...#7 - Involvement
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1980
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.
Director: Chris Burt
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.2/10130 votesLoading...#8 - Slush Fund
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1980
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.
Director: William Brayne
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.3/10170 votesLoading...#9 - Long Shot
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/10/1978
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
7.3/10130 votesLoading...#10 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1978
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
7.3/10114 votesLoading...#11 - A Hiding to Nothing
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1979
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.
Director: Gerry O'Hara
Writer: Ted Childs
7.3/10118 votesLoading...#12 - Runner
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/1979
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.
Director: Martin Campbell
Writer: Michael Feeney Callan
- 7.3/10125 votesLoading...
#13 - Servant of Two Masters
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/1979
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.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Writer: Douglas Watkinson
7.3/10105 votesLoading...#14 - Hijack
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1980
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.
Director: Martin Campbell
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.4/10206 votesLoading...#15 - Private Madness, Public Danger
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/1977
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
7.4/10195 votesLoading...#16 - Old Dog With New Tricks
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/1978
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
7.4/10149 votesLoading...#17 - The Rack
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1978
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
7.4/10138 votesLoading...#18 - First Night
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1978
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
7.4/10118 votesLoading...#19 - Dead Reckoning
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1979
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.
Director: Dennis C. Lewiston
Writer: Robin Estridge
7.4/10121 votesLoading...#20 - Black Out
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1980
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
7.4/10105 votesLoading...#21 - It's Only a Beautiful Picture...
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1980
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.
Director: Dennis C. Lewiston
Writer: Edmund Ward
7.4/10110 votesLoading...#22 - Lawson's Last Stand
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1982
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
7.4/10119 votesLoading...#23 - Discovered in a Graveyard
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1982
Whilst investigating a bombing plot Doyle is shot and left for dead in his flat, and as the hospital fights to save his life, he seems unable to decide whether he wants to live or die...meanwhile, Bodie goes on a chase to find Doyle's assailant.
Director: Anthony Simmons
Writer: Christopher Wicking
7.5/10184 votesLoading...#24 - The Female Factor
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1978
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
7.5/10146 votesLoading...#25 - Rogue
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1978
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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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Gun" is the worst rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 6.4/10 based on 111 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".