The Professionals (1977)

Action · Comedy · Crime

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.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (4,032 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Xumo Play · Tubi TV · Plex · Plex Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

7.55 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 49 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Private Madness, Public Danger	7.5	235
2	The Female Factor	7.6	206
3	Old Dog with New Tricks	7.4	216
4	Killer with a Long Arm	7.7	195
5	Heroes	7.7	190
6	Where the Jungle Ends	7.6	191
7	Close Quarters	7.9	192
8	Everest Was Also Conquered	7.7	188
9	When the Heat Cools Off	7.8	172
10	Stake Out	7.6	181
11	Long Shot	7.3	187
12	Look After Annie	6.8	168
13	Klansmen	7.6	158

Season 2 (1978)

7.67 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 47 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hunter/Hunted	7.8	177
2	The Rack	7.3	165
3	First Night	7.5	154
4	Man Without a Past	7.9	172
5	In the Public Interest	7.7	171
6	Rogue	7.6	160
7	Not a Very Civil Civil Servant	7.4	143
8	A Stirring of Dust	7.8	153
9	Blind Run	7.9	170
10	Fall Girl	7.8	146

Season 3 (1979)

7.56 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Purging of CI5	8.2	171
2	Backtrack	7.5	146
3	Stopover	7.5	147
4	Dead Reckoning	7.5	130
5	The Madness of Mickey Hamilton	7.6	145
6	A Hiding to Nothing	7.4	125
7	Runner	7.4	131
8	Servant of Two Masters	7.4	137

Season 4 (1980)

7.33 avg 15 episodes 7.7 → 7.2 48 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Acorn Syndrome	7.7	140
2	Wild Justice	6.9	139
3	Fugitive	7.4	121
4	Involvement	7.4	125
5	Need to Know	7.7	125
6	Take Away	7.2	124
7	Black Out	7.5	131
8	Blood Sports	7.1	130
9	Slush Fund	7.3	140
10	The Gun	6.5	121
11	Hijack	7.2	117
12	Mixed Doubles	7.7	139
13	Weekend in the Country	7.7	140
14	Kickback	7.4	118
15	It's Only a Beautiful Picture...	7.2	120

Season 5 (1982)

7.66 avg 11 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Foxhole on the Roof	8.2	155
2	Operation Susie	7.7	121
3	You'll Be All Right	7.1	110
4	Lawson's Last Stand	7.5	119
5	Discovered in a Graveyard	7.6	128
6	Spy Probe	7.9	129
7	Cry Wolf	7.8	125
8	The Untouchables	7.4	119
9	The Ojuka Situation	7.8	112
10	A Man Called Quinn	7.6	106
11	No Stone	7.7	120