The Professionals: Season One

The Professionals: Season One (1977)

IMDb Rating

7.8

Actor

Crew

Gordon Jackson	George Cowley
Martin Shaw	Ray Doyle
Lewis Collins	William Bodie
Bridget Brice	Betty
Johnny Shannon	Charley Turkel
Stephen Chase	Dapper
Philip Davis	Billy Turner
Richard Hampton	Morgan
Pamela Stephenson	Nurse Bolding/Blonde-#12/Maggie-#14
Anthony Morton	Henry Turkel
John Judd	Police Inspector
Basil Hoskins	Dr. Brook
Edward Dentith	High Ranking Police Officer
Howard Bell	CID Sergeant (also in ep. #4)
Sammie Winmill	Young Lady
Steve Alder	Murphy
Allan Surtees	Minister
Nadim Sawalha	Arab Diplomat
Sally Harrison	Chauffeuse

Director	Ray Austin; Sidney Hayers
Producer	Brian Clemens; Sidney Hayers
Writer	Brian Clemens; Michael Armstrong
Musician	Ernest Day; Laurie Johnson

Plot

The Professionals: Season OneRay Doyle, William Bodie. An ex-cop, an ex-soldier. Thrown together to join George Cowley's new CI5 organisation. Hard men, no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists, criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves.Episode 1 : Old Dog With New TricksYou don't get a prisoner released without pressure... And the brother of a criminal has found a way to apply a lot of pressure. With the kidnapping of the Home Secretary intended as a bargaining chip, it's down to CI5 to stop him: an act which requires one of the team to put in himself in very real danger...Episode 2 : Long ShotIn the line of fire... CI5's gruff leader George Cowley finds himself in the sights of assassin Ramos. Against the backdrop of a conference, Bodie and Doyle must ensure they can keep their boss alive...Episode 3 : Where The Jungle EndsThe boys are back in town... A series of violent bank robberies herald the return of an army squad to Britain, their skills available to the highest bidder. But CI5's mission to track them down forces loyalties to be questioned: for William Bodie served with these men.Episode 4 : Killer With A Long ArmBeware Greeks bearing huge sniper rifles... CI5 become aware that an assassination attempt is about to happen somewhere in Britain - but who is to be killed, and who are the killers?Episode 5 : HeroesCareless talk costs lives... Following the assassination of a US politician visiting Britain, CI5 are dismayed when the press print the names of the witnesses. Soon it's a race against time to protect these innocents before the assassin kills again...Episode 6 : Private Madness, Public DangerDon't drink the water... Nesbitt is threatening to poison London's water supply - and this chemical expert with a grudge could do it too. Can Bodie and Doyle find him before people start dying?Episode 7 : The Female FactorPillow talk... The KGB have found a way into British politics by exploiting a young girl's links to a future Prime Minister. Fortunately, CI5 are put onto the case by an old flame of Doyle's...Episode 8 : Everest Was Also ConqueredOne bad apple spoils the barrel... Who's killing police officers, and what connects the dead men? The link is a case from 35 years before, when a witness was murdered by the very people supposed to protect her...Episode 9 : Close QuartersA dirty weekend... Following an encounter with desperate terrorists, a holidaying Bodie finds himself trapped in a country house, where he and his girlfriend must try and raise help. Can Bodie summon Doyle, or will he and Julia die hard?Episode 10 : Look After AnnieA heart to heart... When a left-wing preacher's life is threatened, Cowley sends in Bodie and Doyle to protect her. But to the CI5 agents, it soon becomes clear that their boss' involvement is something more than professional.Episode 11 : When The Heat Cools OffHaving a heatwave... In 1971 Doyle put a man away for murdering his partner; only now Bill Haydon's daughter claims to have found new evidence that changes everything. But how clear can Doyle's mind be when the ghosts of the past and the girl of the present are haunting him?Episode 12 : StakeoutSome of us are in the gutter... Bodie and Doyle's presence in a bowling alley isn't the R 'n' R it might appear: the death of a CI5 agent has warned of a possible nuclear threat. Detailed to surveillance, the lads are going spare waiting for the villain to strike...Episode 13 : KlansmenDifferences only skin deep... Can the Klu Klux Klan really be acting in Britain? It seems so, after a lawyer trying to defend some black tenants is threatened. When Bodie is hospitalised during their investigation, it's left to Doyle to take on a risky undercover mission alone...Episode 14 : RogueA wolf in the fold... Who can be responsible when a trial witness is murdered and Cowley injured? Bodie and Doyle's pursuit uncovers a renegade CI5 agent: someone who knows every step they're going to take against him...

Movie Details

Genre

Action; Adventure; Television

Studio

	London Weekend Television
	Mark 1 Productions Ltd.
	Kult TV

Series

The Professionals

Movie Release Date

1977

Country

Language	English
Audience Rating	15
Running Time	707
Color	Color

Episodes & Features
Disc 1:
Features	Scene Access Movie Trailer Production Notes	Previously unseen USA promoMission BriefsDedicated Followers of FashionThe Cars of The ProfessionalsGust Star Rundown
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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?
Episode 10	Stakeout 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 14	Rogue A wolf in the fold... Who can be responsible when a trial witness is murdered and Cowley injured? Bodie and Doyle's pursuit uncovers a renegade CI5 agent: someone who knows every step they're going to take against him...