CI5: The New Professionals

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CI5: The New Professionals was a 1998 television series on the Sky One satellite channel.

An updating of the late 1970s television series The Professionals set in a fictional government agency CI5 (Criminal Intelligence department 5).

The original group of three men (Doyle, Bodie and their boss Cowley) were replaced by a new group of three men and a woman:

• Harry Malone (played by (Edward Woodward)
• Sam Curtis (played by Colin Wells)
• Chris Keel (Kal Weber)
• Tina Backus (Lexa Doig)

The team were responsible to a Minister, played by Charlotte Cornwell.

In a similar manner to the original series the show included impressive action sequences, often in a James Bond style. However, the show was not a ratings success and only lasted one season. It did not transfer to terrestrial television in the UK.

Prior to its original broadcasting, Woodward, Wells and Weber appeared on the daytime show This Morning, then hosted by husband-and-wife team Judy Finnigan and Richard Madeley. When Madeley remarked that Wells and Weber's youth and looks would appeal to many people, the much older Woodward made a mocking outburst about this being a typical example of ageism.

[edit] Episode guide

[edit] Season one

Episode #	Transmission Date	Title
1-01	19 September 1999	Back to Business
1-02	26 September 1999	Phoenix
1-03	3 October 1999	Tusk Force
1-04	10 October 1999	Hostage
1-05	17 October 1999	First Strike
1-06	24 October 1999	Samurai Wind
1-07	7 November 1999	Skorpion
1-08	14 November 1999	Choice Cuts
1-09	21 November 1999	Miss Hit
1-10	28 November 1999	Orbit
1-11	5 December 1999	High Speed
1-12	12 December 1999	Souvenir
1-13	19 December 1999	Glory Days