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 (4,056 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Plex · Xumo Play · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

7.58 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Private Madness, Public Danger	7.5	240
2	The Female Factor	7.6	213
3	Old Dog with New Tricks	7.4	221
4	Killer with a Long Arm	7.7	202
5	Heroes	7.7	196
6	Where the Jungle Ends	7.6	198
7	Close Quarters	8.0	198
8	Everest Was Also Conquered	7.8	192
9	When the Heat Cools Off	7.8	176
10	Stake Out	7.6	184
11	Long Shot	7.3	191
12	Look After Annie	6.9	171
13	Klansmen	7.6	160

Season 2 (1978)

7.68 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hunter/Hunted	7.9	181
2	The Rack	7.3	167
3	First Night	7.5	157
4	Man Without a Past	7.9	173
5	In the Public Interest	7.7	174
6	Rogue	7.6	161
7	Not a Very Civil Civil Servant	7.4	145
8	A Stirring of Dust	7.8	155
9	Blind Run	7.9	172
10	Fall Girl	7.8	148

Season 3 (1979)

7.56 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 7.4 50 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Purging of CI5	8.2	172
2	Backtrack	7.5	148
3	Stopover	7.5	149
4	Dead Reckoning	7.5	132
5	The Madness of Mickey Hamilton	7.6	147
6	A Hiding to Nothing	7.4	127
7	Runner	7.4	134
8	Servant of Two Masters	7.4	140

Season 4 (1980)

7.32 avg 15 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Acorn Syndrome	7.6	144
2	Wild Justice	6.9	141
3	Fugitive	7.4	124
4	Involvement	7.4	128
5	Need to Know	7.7	127
6	Take Away	7.2	127
7	Black Out	7.5	134
8	Blood Sports	7.1	132
9	Slush Fund	7.3	144
10	The Gun	6.5	124
11	Hijack	7.2	120
12	Mixed Doubles	7.7	141
13	Weekend in the Country	7.7	143
14	Kickback	7.4	121
15	It's Only a Beautiful Picture...	7.2	122

Season 5 (1982)

7.63 avg 11 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 50 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Foxhole on the Roof	8.2	159
2	Operation Susie	7.6	124
3	You'll Be All Right	6.9	113
4	Lawson's Last Stand	7.6	122
5	Discovered in a Graveyard	7.6	131
6	Spy Probe	7.9	132
7	Cry Wolf	7.8	128
8	The Untouchables	7.4	121
9	The Ojuka Situation	7.5	115
10	A Man Called Quinn	7.7	109
11	No Stone	7.7	123