Episode
The Professionals: The Purging of CI5
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Professionals
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1979-10-27
Episode context
The Purging of CI5 is Episode 1 in Season 3 of The Professionals. It aired on 1979-10-27.
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