TV series
The Professionals
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1977-12-30
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 57 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Network
- ITV1
- Production
- LWT
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lewis Collins as Bodie
- Martin Shaw as Doyle
- Gordon Jackson as George Cowley
- Bridget Brice as Betty
- Steve Alder as Murphy
- Pamela Stephenson as Emma Bolding
- Allan Surtees as Minister
- Trevor Adams as Benny, CI5 Agent
- Diana Weston as Ruth, CI5 Girl
- Nadim Sawalha as Sheikh Achmeia
- Frank Jarvis as Patterson
- Sally Harrison as Jo
Creators and crew
- Brian Clemens - Creator
- Albert Fennell - Executive Producer
- Brian Clemens - Executive Producer
- William Brayne - Director
- Martin Campbell - Director
- Dennis C. Lewiston - Director
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