The Professionals (1977)

Genre

action television series, crime television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

5 seasons, 57 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two agents work for a fictional British intelligence unit called CI5. They handle dangerous criminals and national security threats with guns and high-speed car chases.

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What happens

The Professionals is a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Television (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 30 December 1977 to 6 February 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson as agents of the fictional "CI5" (Criminal Intelligence 5, alluding to the real-life MI5 and CID). The Professionals was created by Brian Clemens, who had been one of the driving forces behind The Avengers. The show was originally to have been called The A-Squad. Clemens and Albert Fennell were executive producers, with business partner Laurie Johnson providing the theme music. Sidney Hayers produced the first series in 1977, and Raymond Menmuir the remainder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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