The Professionals: Season 5
Season five of The Professionals continues the action-oriented narrative of the long-running British crime drama. The series follows the operations of CI5, a specialized unit tasked with combating terrorism and high-profile criminal activities. The season features high-stakes investigations led by agents Bodie and Doyle under the direction of George Cowley. In the episode Hunter/Hunted, the team is forced to track do
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- CI5 is a specialized British agency mandated to combat terrorism and high-profile public crimes.
- George Cowley is a former MI5 operative who serves as the controller and hand-picks all CI5 personnel.
- Bodie is a cynical former SAS paratrooper and mercenary serving as a top agent for the unit.
- Doyle serves alongside Bodie as a top agent, and both men operate under the direct authority of Cowley.
Season overview
Season five of The Professionals continues the action-oriented narrative of the long-running British crime drama. The series follows the operations of CI5, a specialized unit tasked with combating terrorism and high-profile criminal activities. The season features high-stakes investigations led by agents Bodie and Doyle under the direction of George Cowley. In the episode Hunter/Hunted, the team is forced to track down a stolen hi-tech rifle taken from CI5 headquarters to prevent its deadly capabilities from being utilized by criminals. The season also explores the dangerous nature of the agents' work in the episode Stakeout, which begins with the murder of a CI5 operative. While attempting to recover information the agent was meant to deliver regarding a major crime, Bodie and Doyle uncover a case involving plutonium poisoning. These episodes highlight the recurring themes of the series, focusing on the fast-paced, explosive, and hard-hitting nature of the work performed by the elite CI5 unit as they confront various threats to public safety. The narrative arc remains consistent with the show's established premise of tackling anarchy and acts of terror through the efforts of hand-picked, highly skilled operatives.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Foxhole on the Roof
Nov 7, 1982
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
Operation Susie
Nov 14, 1982
A department in a British Government appears to be attempting to kill a bunch of drug-dealing students...but why?
You'll Be All Right
Nov 21, 1982
A leader of a criminal gang offers to surrender himself if in exchange he is guaranteed protection for his family.
Lawson's Last Stand
Nov 28, 1982
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?
Discovered in a Graveyard
Dec 5, 1982
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
Spy Probe
Dec 12, 1982
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 underco
Cry Wolf
Jan 9, 1983
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.
The Untouchables
Jan 16, 1983
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.
The Ojuka Situation
Jan 23, 1983
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 want
A Man Called Quinn
Jan 30, 1983
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.
No Stone
Feb 6, 1983
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 lega