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The Professionals

The Professionals

ANARCHY, ACTS OF TERROR, CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC. TO COMBAT IT WE'VE GOT SPECIAL MEN...

19777.55 Seasons57 EpisodesEnded

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.

Created by Brian Clemens
NetworksITV1

Top Cast

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins

Bodie

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Doyle

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

George Cowley

Themes & Keywords

great britainpartnershipspecial air service (sas)proceduralci5

About The Professionals

The Professionals is a action & adventure, crime, drama series that first aired in 1977 exploring themes of great britain, partnership, special air service (sas), procedural, ci5. Created by Brian Clemens, it stars Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson. 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.

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