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The Professionals (1977) - TV Series Streaming, Cast & Reviews

⭐ Rating: 7.5/10 from 44 users | 📺 Available on: ITVX Premium | 🎬 Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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The Professionals (1977)

The Professionals (1977)

ANARCHY, ACTS OF TERROR, CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC. TO COMBAT IT WE'VE GOT SPECIAL MEN...

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 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

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Duration: 60 min/episode

Status: Ended

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7.5 / 10 (44 votes)

Why Watch The Professionals?

Highly rated by audiences with 7.5/10, The Professionals delivers an exceptional action & adventure experience across 5 compelling seasons, featuring outstanding performances from Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw. A proven favorite among Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama enthusiasts.

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Released in 1977, The Professionals belongs to the genres Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama and has received a rating of 7.5/10 on The Movie Database with 44 user votes.

This TV series, completed, has 5 seasons. With episodes of about 60 minutes, The Professionals offers you a viewing experience that is exceptional and has won over many series fans.

Seasons and Episodes

Thumbnail Episode 1: Private Madness, Public Danger
1

Private Madness, Public Danger

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.

N/A min
12/30/1977
Thumbnail Episode 2: The Female Factor
2

The Female Factor

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.

N/A min
01/06/1978
Thumbnail Episode 3: Old Dog With New Tricks
3

Old Dog With New Tricks

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.

N/A min
01/13/1978
Thumbnail Episode 4: Killer With a Long Arm
4

Killer With a Long Arm

CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two miles. But they must find out who is the gunman and what is his target - before it is too late.

N/A min
01/20/1978
Thumbnail Episode 5: Heroes
5

Heroes

When a newspaper takes it upon themselves to irresponsibly publish a list of the names of witnesses to an assassination, it is left to CI5 to not only protect these people, but at the same time apprehend the killers before they strike again.

N/A min
01/27/1978
Thumbnail Episode 6: Where the Jungle Ends
6

Where the Jungle Ends

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.

N/A min
02/03/1978
Thumbnail Episode 7: Close Quarters
7

Close Quarters

On leave from CI5 with a hand injury, Bodie takes a day trip with his girlfriend and finds himself face-to-face with the leader of a terrorist group. He captures him but then the rest of the gang arrive and trap Bodie and his girlfriend in a nearby vicarage, leaving him unable to alert his colleagues back at CI5 HQ. With barely any clues as to his whereabouts, Doyle and Cowley go on a chase through the countryside to try and locate Bodie.

N/A min
02/10/1978
Thumbnail Episode 8: Everest Was Also Conquered
8

Everest Was Also Conquered

A dying man's confession triggers the re-opening of a twenty-year-old case of police corruption, an investigation in which the main prosecution witness was murdered by the police officers who were supposedly trying to protect her. Somebody then decides to silence these officers, and sets about doing so.

N/A min
02/17/1978
Thumbnail Episode 9: When the Heat Cools Off
9

When the Heat Cools Off

The daughter of a man inprisoned by Doyle six years ago when he was a Docklands policeman turns up, claiming to have new evidence which will exonerate her father. Doyle reluctantly agrees to reopen the case, but will his budding relationship with the girl cloud his judgement, and make even himself doubt whether he jailed the right man?

N/A min
02/24/1978
Thumbnail Episode 10: Stake Out
10

Stake Out

A CI5 agent is murdered, leading to the discovery of a man who is dying as a result of plutonium poisoning. This links CI5 to a further plot involving the imminent explosion of an A-bomb at the same bowling alley. It's left to Bodie and Doyle to try and de-activate the fuse before it takes them and the whole of London with it.

N/A min
03/03/1978
Thumbnail Episode 11: Long Shot
11

Long Shot

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.

N/A min
03/10/1978
Thumbnail Episode 12: Look After Annie
12

Look After Annie

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.

N/A min
03/17/1978
Thumbnail Episode 13: Klansmen
13

Klansmen

Members of a 'Keep Britain White' group go on the rampage in London, attacking the local black residents in an attempt at forcing them to leave the area...but two of the group members have an ulterior motive. Bodie is left seriously injured whilst Doyle joins the group undercover.

N/A min
03/24/1978
Thumbnail Episode 1: Hunter/Hunted
1

Hunter/Hunted

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.

N/A min
10/07/1978
Thumbnail Episode 2: The Rack
2

The Rack

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.

N/A min
10/14/1978
Thumbnail Episode 3: First Night
3

First Night

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.

N/A min
10/21/1978
Thumbnail Episode 4: Man Without a Past
4

Man Without a Past

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.

N/A min
10/28/1978
Thumbnail Episode 5: In the Public Interest
5

In the Public Interest

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.

N/A min
11/04/1978
Thumbnail Episode 6: Rogue
6

Rogue

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.

N/A min
11/11/1978
Thumbnail Episode 7: Not a Very Civil Civil Servant
7

Not a Very Civil Civil Servant

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.

N/A min
11/18/1978
Thumbnail Episode 8: A Stirring of Dust
8

A Stirring of Dust

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.

N/A min
11/25/1978
Thumbnail Episode 9: Blind Run
9

Blind Run

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.

N/A min
12/02/1978
Thumbnail Episode 10: Fall Girl
10

Fall Girl

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.

N/A min
12/09/1978
Thumbnail Episode 1: The Purging of CI5
1

The Purging of CI5

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.

N/A min
10/27/1979
Thumbnail Episode 2: Backtrack
2

Backtrack

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.

N/A min
11/03/1979
Thumbnail Episode 3: Stopover
3

Stopover

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.

N/A min
11/10/1979
Thumbnail Episode 4: Dead Reckoning
4

Dead Reckoning

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.

N/A min
11/17/1979
Thumbnail Episode 5: The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
5

The Madness of Mickey Hamilton

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.

N/A min
11/24/1979
Thumbnail Episode 6: A Hiding to Nothing
6

A Hiding to Nothing

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.

N/A min
12/01/1979
Thumbnail Episode 7: Runner
7

Runner

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.

N/A min
12/08/1979
Thumbnail Episode 8: Servant of Two Masters
8

Servant of Two Masters

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.

N/A min
12/15/1979
Thumbnail Episode 1: The Acorn Syndrome
1

The Acorn Syndrome

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.

N/A min
09/07/1980
Thumbnail Episode 2: Wild Justice
2

Wild Justice

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?

N/A min
09/14/1980
Thumbnail Episode 3: Fugitive
3

Fugitive

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.

N/A min
09/21/1980
Thumbnail Episode 4: Involvement
4

Involvement

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.

N/A min
09/28/1980
Thumbnail Episode 5: Need To Know
5

Need To Know

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?

N/A min
10/05/1980
Thumbnail Episode 6: Take Away
6

Take Away

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.

60 min
10/12/1980
Thumbnail Episode 7: Black Out
7

Black Out

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.

N/A min
10/19/1980
6/10
Thumbnail Episode 8: Blood Sports
8

Blood Sports

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.

N/A min
10/26/1980
Thumbnail Episode 9: Slush Fund
9

Slush Fund

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.

N/A min
11/02/1980
Thumbnail Episode 10: The Gun
10

The Gun

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.

N/A min
11/09/1980
Thumbnail Episode 11: Hijack
11

Hijack

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.

N/A min
11/30/1980
Thumbnail Episode 12: Mixed Doubles
12

Mixed Doubles

Bodie and Doyle are undergoing intense training in preparation for an assignment where they are protecting a foreign official...at the same time, two potential killers are receiving similiar training to prepare them for the assassination of the same official.

N/A min
12/07/1980
Thumbnail Episode 13: Weekend in the Country
13

Weekend in the Country

Bodie, Doyle and their latest girlfriends are on a quiet weekend in the country when they unwittingly get caught up at a farmhouse siege in which they must try and escape from a group of gun-toting fugitives.

N/A min
12/14/1980
Thumbnail Episode 14: Kickback
14

Kickback

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.

N/A min
12/20/1980
Thumbnail Episode 15: It's Only a Beautiful Picture...
15

It's Only a Beautiful Picture...

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.

N/A min
12/27/1980
Thumbnail Episode 1: Foxhole on the Roof
1

Foxhole on the Roof

A post-operative ward in a hospital is held to ransom by a newly-released convict who plans to make a fortune, setting up his own foxhole at the top of a nearby building. CI5 hatch a plot to bring him down before he takes a fatal shot at the hospital.

N/A min
11/07/1982
Thumbnail Episode 2: Operation Susie
2

Operation Susie

A department in a British Government appears to be attempting to kill a bunch of drug-dealing students...but why?

N/A min
11/14/1982
Thumbnail Episode 3: You'll Be All Right
3

You'll Be All Right

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

N/A min
11/21/1982
Thumbnail Episode 4: Lawson's Last Stand
4

Lawson's Last Stand

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?

N/A min
11/28/1982
7/10
Thumbnail Episode 5: Discovered in a Graveyard
5

Discovered in a Graveyard

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.

N/A min
12/05/1982
Thumbnail Episode 6: Spy Probe
6

Spy Probe

An organisation which hires killers to assassinate virtual nobodies on sight is infiltrated by Bodie and Doyle, who must find out who the perpetrators are and why, by going undercover and posing as potential hitmen themselves.

N/A min
12/12/1982
Thumbnail Episode 7: Cry Wolf
7

Cry Wolf

A young woman contacts the police, saying she is being stalked and is in fear for her life, but they think she is making the whole story up.

N/A min
01/09/1983
Thumbnail Episode 8: The Untouchables
8

The Untouchables

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.

N/A min
01/16/1983
8/10
Thumbnail Episode 9: The Ojuka Situation
9

The Ojuka Situation

A sacked former African Head attempts to get reinstated in office using the help of the British Government, but the plan is sidetracked by one particular civil servant who now wants him dead.

N/A min
01/23/1983
Thumbnail Episode 10: A Man Called Quinn
10

A Man Called Quinn

A former colleague of Cowley's who is now a patient in a mental hospital reappears in London, going on the run when he believes that the KGB have drugged him.

N/A min
01/30/1983
Thumbnail Episode 11: No Stone
11

No Stone

A young woman from a rich and successful family turns terrorist, shunning her wealthy background and the British Justice system which she now views as being corrupt. Important legal establishments located around London are targeted by the terrorist groups, who are planting several bombs at key points around the city.

N/A min
02/06/1983

Season Ratings

Main Cast

Portrait of Lewis Collins as Bodie

Lewis Collins

Bodie
Portrait of Martin Shaw as Doyle

Martin Shaw

Doyle
Portrait of Gordon Jackson as George Cowley

Gordon Jackson

George Cowley

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Where can I watch The Professionals streaming?

You can watch The Professionals on various streaming platforms in the US: ITVX Premium

Is The Professionals available in English (dubbed/subtitled)?

Yes, The Professionals is available with English audio and subtitles on most streaming platforms. Please check the availability of English dubbing on your preferred platform.

What is the plot 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 fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

Who are the main actors in The Professionals?

The main cast of The Professionals includes: Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson

What is the rating of The Professionals?

The Professionals has received a rating of 7.5/10 based on 44 user votes.

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