The Professionals
Seen it?1977 | 5 seasons | 60 min | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It's still drawing plenty of interest. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Burn Notice, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- 5 seasons: a few months of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 57 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
- Made in 1977: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 5 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 133K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Series 1 is the high point.
Series 11977 · 13 episodes · 8.1 out of 10Saturday- Season 21978 · 10 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 31979 · 8 episodesNot rated yet
Season 41980 · 15 episodes · 6.0 out of 10Monday- Season 51982 · 11 episodes · 7.5 out of 10Sunday
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Cast & crew
Created by Brian Clemens
- Lewis CollinsBodie
- Martin ShawDoyle
- Gordon JacksonGeorge Cowley