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The Worst Episodes of The Professionals

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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. Background image for The Gun
    6.5/10(117 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.

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  2. Background image for Look After Annie
    6.8/10(162 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.

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  3. Background image for Wild Justice
    6.9/10(135 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
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  4. Background image for Take Away
    7.1/10(119 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for Blood Sports
    7.1/10(125 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
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  6. Background image for It's Only a Beautiful Picture...
    7.1/10(112 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. Background image for You'll Be All Right
    7.1/10(105 votes)

    #7 - 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
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  9. Background image for Hijack
    7.2/10(113 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Long Shot
    7.3/10(182 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
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  11. Background image for The Rack
    7.3/10(159 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
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  12. Background image for Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
    7.3/10(137 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for Involvement
    7.3/10(119 votes)

    #12 - 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
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  14. Background image for Slush Fund
    7.3/10(136 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Private Madness, Public Danger
    7.4/10(228 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Old Dog With New Tricks
    7.4/10(211 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. Background image for A Hiding to Nothing
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    #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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  18. Background image for Runner
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #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.

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  19. Background image for Servant of Two Masters
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #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.

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  20. Background image for Fugitive
    7.4/10(116 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. Background image for Kickback
    7.4/10(114 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
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  22. Background image for The Untouchables
    7.4/10(115 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.

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  23. Background image for The Female Factor
    7.5/10(200 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for Where the Jungle Ends
    7.5/10(185 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for First Night
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #24 - 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
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  26. Background image for Rogue
    7.5/10(155 votes)

    #25 - 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
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Gun" is the worst rated episode of "The Professionals". It scored 6.5/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Dennis C. Lewiston and written by Christopher Wicking, it aired on 11/9/1980. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Look After Annie".