Episode
The Professionals: The Gun
Overview
A drug addict is murdered by a pusher who then hastily discards the gun, only for it to be found by a young boy-who then accidently shoots his friend in the process. The pusher then goes in search of the boy in an attempt to retrieve the gun and at the same time has to try to avoid his own people who are in pursuit of him.
Details
- Series
- The Professionals
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1980-11-09
Episode context
The Gun is Episode 10 in Season 4 of The Professionals. It aired on 1980-11-09.
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Episode 9: Slush Fund
A hitman is employed by a group of East German officials to assassinate a reporter who is planning to publish a report in which their new fighter plane is branded as a potential death-trap.
Episode 11: Hijack
Silver bullion is being shipped into Britain via the Iron Curtain, only for it to be hijacked by one of the group's own officials.
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Episode 13: Weekend in the Country
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Episode 6: Take Away
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Episode 14: Kickback
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Episode 5: Need To Know
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Episode 15: It's Only a Beautiful Picture...
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Episode 4: Involvement
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Episode 3: Fugitive
A CIA agent is murdered in London, prompting CI5 into launching a fake arms deal with the terrorists who were responsible for the killing. But the gang uncover the plot in time, taking Bodie hostage and using him as their meal ticket to escape the country.