The Professionals: Series 1
The Professionals season 1 is a television series that set the standard for five successful years. The series features a range of scenarios, including international espionage, racism, and religious evangelism. Bodie and Doyle are often called upon to protect a controversial figure from harm. The series has been noted for its dramatic potential and its use of violence. The Professionals has a long history, with Shaw l
Season overview
The Professionals season 1 is a television series that set the standard for five successful years. The series features a range of scenarios, including international espionage, racism, and religious evangelism. Bodie and Doyle are often called upon to protect a controversial figure from harm. The series has been noted for its dramatic potential and its use of violence. The Professionals has a long history, with Shaw later dismissing the show for its stereotypical violence and refusing to allow reruns.
Episodes
Private Madness, Public Danger
Dec 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 sever
The Female Factor
Jan 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 da
Old Dog With New Tricks
Jan 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
Killer With a Long Arm
Jan 20, 1978
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
Heroes
Jan 27, 1978
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
Where the Jungle Ends
Feb 3, 1978
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
Close Quarters
Feb 10, 1978
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 r
Everest Was Also Conquered
Feb 17, 1978
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 o
When the Heat Cools Off
Feb 24, 1978
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
Stake Out
Mar 3, 1978
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
Long Shot
Mar 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 lif
Look After Annie
Mar 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
Klansmen
Mar 24, 1978
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 memb