Black Out

Episode aired Oct 19, 1980
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Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson in The Professionals (1977)

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Amnesiac Gerda collapses in a church before giving Cowley a garbled message about an attack on a diplomatic meeting the next day. After the ambulance taking her to hospital is attacked she l... Read allAmnesiac Gerda collapses in a church before giving Cowley a garbled message about an attack on a diplomatic meeting the next day. After the ambulance taking her to hospital is attacked she leads Doyle and Bodie to a Kentish village where she regains her memory, telling them that ... Read allAmnesiac Gerda collapses in a church before giving Cowley a garbled message about an attack on a diplomatic meeting the next day. After the ambulance taking her to hospital is attacked she leads Doyle and Bodie to a Kentish village where she regains her memory, telling them that she is a nanny and that her employers were abducted by gunmen who plan to hi-jack the meet... Read all

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Steve Alder and Lewis Collins in The Professionals (1977)

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Amnesiac Gerda collapses in a church before giving Cowley a garbled message about an attack on a diplomatic meeting the next day. After the ambulance taking her to hospital is attacked she leads Doyle and Bodie to a Kentish village where she regains her memory, telling them that she is a nanny and that her employers were abducted by gunmen who plan to hi-jack the meeting. CI5 have to locate the family and their captors before the latter disrupt the talks the following day. —don @ minifie-1

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When Bodie stops to buy three ice-creams, they have clearly been prepared before he has even asked for them! Lewis ad-libs "That was quick!".

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[example of a "double entendre" - Bodie talking to Gerda Helm]
Bodie: Have you got a boyfriend, and if so is he bigger than me?

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Black Out

A young woman in just her bikini wanders into a church and collapses.

It is a case for CI5 because the woman mutters something in German, about a diplomatic conference taking place the next day.

The woman is called Gerda, she has amnesia and the ambulance in which she is being taken to hospital comes under gunfire.

Bodie and Doyle drive Gerda around villages in Kent because there is traces of hop in her hair. They hope to jog her memory.

Bodie thinks she might be stalling and actually be part of the attack but she leads them to an abducted family.

There is a bit of everything in this episode. Doyle somersaulting out of an ambulance, a pub crawl and Doyle gets partnered with another CI5 operative played by a pre Chariots of Fire, Ben Cross. They actually make a good team as it all leads to a race against time.

I liked Bodie being more upset that his new watch broke than his arm being injured.

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