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The Professionals (1977–1983)This series chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5)... See full summary » Creator:Brian Clemens |
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Gordon Jackson | ... |
George Cowley
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Martin Shaw | ... |
Doyle
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Lewis Collins | ... |
Bodie
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This series chronicled 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 was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
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George Cowley: Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service - these are The Professionals.
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We are never told exactly how large CI5 is or what exactly its powers and responsibilities are. However we do meet agents with 3-digit callsigns and as Cowley is a Major it would suggest that the organisation has between 100-120 operatives. Their activities seem to be largely restricted to the UK although on at least one occasion we see Bodie conduct a spy-swap on the Cold War border between East and West Germany. At least 13 CI5 agents are killed in the line of duty during the six year period of the series. See more »Quotes
[scene-setting voiceover from Season 1 opening titles]George Cowley: Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service - these are The Professionals.
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