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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 2 Episode 1 - Hunter/Hunted
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    #1 - 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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  2. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 2 - The Rack
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    #2 - 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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  3. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 3 - First Night
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    #3 - 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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  4. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 4 - Man Without a Past
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    #4 - 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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  5. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 5 - In the Public Interest
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    #5 - 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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  6. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 6 - Rogue
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    #6 - 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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  7. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 7 - Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
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    #7 - 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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  8. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 8 - A Stirring of Dust
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    #8 - 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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  9. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 9 - Blind Run
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    #9 - 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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  10. The Professionals Season 2 Episode 10 - Fall Girl
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    #10 - Fall Girl

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  11. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 1 - The Purging of CI5
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    #11 - The Purging of CI5

    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.

    Director:Dennis Abey
    Writer:Stephen Lister

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  12. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 2 - Backtrack
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    #12 - 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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  13. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 3 - Stopover
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    #13 - 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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  14. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 4 - Dead Reckoning
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    #14 - 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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  15. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 5 - The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
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    #15 - The Madness of Mickey Hamilton

    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.

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Christopher Wicking

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  16. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 6 - A Hiding to Nothing
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    #16 - 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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  17. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 7 - Runner
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    #17 - 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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  18. The Professionals Season 3 Episode 8 - Servant of Two Masters
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    #18 - 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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  19. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 1 - The Acorn Syndrome
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    #19 - The Acorn Syndrome

    S4:E1

    The daughter of a British Government engineer who is working on a defence protect is kidnapped, and the only way she will be safely returned is if he agrees to betray secrets to enemy agents.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:John Kruse

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  20. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 2 - Wild Justice
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    #20 - 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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  21. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 3 - Fugitive
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    #21 - 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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  22. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 4 - Involvement
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    #22 - 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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  23. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 5 - Need To Know
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    #23 - Need To Know

    S4:E5

    Cowley finds himself under suspicion when a former colleague of his is arrested for being a double agent. So just how deeply involved is the CI5 Chief?

    Director:William Brayne
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  24. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 6 - Take Away
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    #24 - 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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  25. The Professionals Season 4 Episode 8 - Blood Sports
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    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Hunter/Hunted" is the worst rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Anthony Simmons and written by Anthony Read, it aired on 10/7/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Rack".