The Professionals poster

TV series · 1977

The Professionals

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

First aired 30 December 1977 Action & Adventure / Crime / Drama TMDB ↗

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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Martin Shaw
as Doyle
32
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Ralph Michael
as Estate Car Driver
70
Bill Fraser
as Col. Summerville
69
Robert Flemyng
as Sir John Terringham
65
Michael Denison
as Lord Derrington
62
Paul Hardwick
as Chief Constable Green
59
George Pravda
as Hirschfield
59
Richard Greene
as Neil Turvey
59
Dick Sullivan
as Priest
57
John Horsley
as Headmaster
57
John Horsley
as Mitchell
57
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Doctor Binney
57
Robert Urquhart
as Thomas Darby
56
Graham Crowden
as Minister
55
Bernard Archard
as Granger
55
William Russell
as Charles Holly
53
Allan Surtees
as Minister
52
George Murcell
as Yashinkov
52
John Stratton
as Brownie
52
Rona Anderson
as Mrs. Grant
51
Geoffrey Palmer
as Avery
50
Geoffrey Palmer
as Simon Sinclair
50
Tony Steedman
as Paul Culbertson
50
David de Keyser
as Otto Hahn
50
Mark Eden
as Ross
49
Moray Watson
as Jeremy Sangster
49
Philip Latham
as Hogan
48
Barbara Keogh
as Maisie
48
Thomas Baptiste
as Huntley
48
Liz Fraser
as Margery Harper
47
Bill Treacher
as Dave
47
John Junkin
as Hollis
47
Peter Woodthorpe
as Councillor Webb
46
Johnny Shannon
as Harris
45
Johnny Shannon
as Charley Turkel
45
Gertan Klauber
as Helmut Brenick
45
Ray Marioni
as Cafe Owner
44
Ann Lynn
as Ann Berry
44
Tony Jay
as Foreign Observer
44
Stanley Lebor
as Kammahmi's Sidekick (uncredited)
43
Keith Barron
as Charles Nesbitt
43
Nadim Sawalha
as Arab Diplomat
42
Sandor Elès
as Kreiber
41
Clifton Jones
as Stanley
40
Clifton Jones
as Abraham St. Jacques
40
Michael Culver
as Lt. Col. Peter Lawson
39
Bryan Marshall
as Preston
39
Timothy Carlton
as Seymour
38
Ian McCulloch
as Macklin
38
Michael Gothard
as Kodai
38
Stefan Kalipha
as Henry Aloysius Wences
37
James Laurenson
as Meredith
37
David Henry
as Captain Tepper
37
John Forgeham
as D.S. Colin
36
Michael Billington
as John Coogan
36
Derrick O'Connor
as Jack Stone
36
John Hallam
as Tug Willis
36
Peter Marinker
as Frank Williams
36
Andrew MacLachlan
as Powell
36
Ken Campbell
as Parker
36
Frank Jarvis
as Patterson
36
Frank Jarvis
as Musgrave
36
Frank Jarvis
as Dale
36
Charles Keating
as Sammy
36
Bridget Brice
as Betty
35
Brian Croucher
as Georgie
35
Ian McDiarmid
as Mickey Hamilton
33
Paul Antrim
as Slater
33
Julian Holloway
as Harvey
33
Barry Stokes
as Major Tilden
33
Patricia Quinn
as Isla
33
Roger Lloyd Pack
as Ramos
33
Stephen Greif
as Dr. Lowe
33
Christopher Ellison
as Paul Coogan
31
Trevor Adams
as Benny, CI5 Agent
31
David Suchet
as Krivas
31
David Calder
as Insp. Shannon
31
Ben Cross
as Stuart
30
Nickolas Grace
as Joe
30
Peter Whitman
as Benedek
30
Christopher Ettridge
as Interrogator
29
Michael Kitchen
as Duffy
29
Niall Buggy
as Gorky
29
Peter Pacey
as Attendant
29
Pamela Stephenson
as Emma Bolding
28
Pamela Stephenson
as Maggie Briggs
28
Pamela Stephenson
as Attractive Blonde
28
Steve Alder
as Murphy
27
Art Malik
as Doctor
25
Art Malik
as Doctor in Hospital
25
Clarke Peters
as President Ojuka
25
Sarah Douglas
as Dr. Kate Ross
25
Diana Weston
as Ruth, CI5 Girl
24
Phil Davis
as Billy Turner
24
Christopher Guard
as Tony
24
Linda Hayden
as Gerda Helm
24
Ruby Wax
as Lonnie
24
Simon Templeman
as Neville Grant
23
Mark Colleano
as Mark Turvey
22
Philip Martin Brown
as Cook
21
Peter Woodward
as Policeman
21
Eleanor David
as Julie
21
Peter Polycarpou
as Waiter
20
Ray Burdis
as Vince
19
Felicity Dean
as Sara Seaford
18
Sean Chapman
as Coleman
16
Mark Wingett
as Big Punk
16
Timothy Stark
as Henry
7
Howard Bell
as CID Sergeant
Unknown
Sally Harrison
as Chauffeuse
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James Coyle
as Merv
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Stephen Bent
as Norman
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Oona Kirsch
as Sandy Copeland
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Charles Cork
as Security Guy
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Christopher Reich
as Franky
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Christopher Reich
as Luis
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Forbes Collins
as Harry
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Trevor Thomas
as Zadie
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Keith Marsh
as Old Man
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Val Pringle
as Buzz
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