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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 Worst Episode
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    The Professionals Season 4 Episode 10 - The Gun
    6.5/10(124 votes)

    #1 - The Gun

    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.

    Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
    Writer:Christopher Wicking

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  2. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 12 - Look After Annie
    6.9/10(172 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 2 - Wild Justice
    6.9/10(142 votes)

    #3 - Wild Justice

    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?

    Director:Dennis Abey
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  4. The Professionals Season 5 Episode 3 - You'll Be All Right
    6.9/10(114 votes)

    #4 - You'll Be All Right

    S5:E3

    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

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  5. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 8 - Blood Sports
    7.1/10(133 votes)

    #5 - Blood Sports

    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.

    Director:Phil Meheux
    Writer:Gerry O'Hara

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  6. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 6 - Take Away
    7.2/10(127 votes)

    #6 - Take Away

    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.

    Director:Douglas Camfield
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  7. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 11 - Hijack
    7.2/10(121 votes)

    #7 - Hijack

    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.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  8. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 15 - It's Only a Beautiful Picture...
    7.2/10(123 votes)

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

    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.

    Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
    Writer:Edmund Ward

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  9. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 11 - Long Shot
    7.3/10(192 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 2 - The Rack
    7.3/10(167 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 9 - Slush Fund
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    #11 - Slush Fund

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  12. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 1 - Private Madness, Public Danger
    7.4/10(244 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. The Professionals Season 1 Episode 3 - Old Dog With New Tricks
    7.4/10(223 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 7 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
    7.4/10(147 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 6 - A Hiding to Nothing
    7.4/10(128 votes)

    #15 - A Hiding to Nothing

    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.

    Director:Gerry O'Hara
    Writer:Ted Childs

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  16. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 7 - Runner
    7.4/10(134 votes)

    #16 - Runner

    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.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Michael Feeney Callan

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  17. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 8 - Servant of Two Masters
    7.4/10(140 votes)

    #17 - Servant of Two Masters

    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.

    Director:Ferdinand Fairfax
    Writer:Douglas Watkinson

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  18. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 3 - Fugitive
    7.4/10(124 votes)

    #18 - Fugitive

    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.

    Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
    Writer:Gerry O'Hara

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  19. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 4 - Involvement
    7.4/10(128 votes)

    #19 - Involvement

    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.

    Director:Chris Burt
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  20. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 14 - Kickback
    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #20 - Kickback

    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.

    Director:Ian Sharp
    Writer:Stephen Lister

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  21. The Professionals Season 5 Episode 8 - The Untouchables
    7.4/10(122 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 3 - First Night
    7.5/10(158 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 2 - Backtrack
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #23 - Backtrack

    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.

    Director:Christopher King
    Writer:Don Houghton

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  24. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 3 - Stopover
    7.5/10(150 votes)

    #24 - Stopover

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:John Goldsmith

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  25. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 4 - Dead Reckoning
    7.5/10(132 votes)

    #25 - Dead Reckoning

    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.

    Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
    Writer:Robin Estridge

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Gun" is the worst rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 6.5/10 based on 124 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, "Look After Annie".