List of The Professionals episodes

This is a list of all The Professionals episodes.

Series overview

Series Episodes Originally aired DVD release date Blu-ray release date
Series premiere Series finale Region 1 Region 2 [a] Region 4 [b] Region A Region B
1 13 30 December 1977 17 March 1978 — 10 June 2002[1] 17 January 2005[2] — 31 March 2014[3]
2 10 7 October 1978 9 December 1978 — 5 August 2002[4] 18 October 2006[5] — 29 September 2014[6]
3 8 27 October 1979 15 December 1979 — 9 September 2002[7] 3 October 2006[8] — 30 March 2015[9]
4 15 7 September 1980 27 December 1980 — 26 December 2002[10] 4 May 2007[11] — TBA
5 11 7 November 1982 6 February 1983 — — TBA

Episode list

Series One

Episode # UK Transmission Date Title Writer Director Guest cast
1-01 30 December 1977 Private Madness Public Danger Anthony Read Douglas Camfield Keith Barron, Di Trevis, Christopher Ellison, Donald Douglas, Angus MacKay, Ian Fairbairn, Penny Irving, Trevor Adams
1-02 6 January 1978 The Female Factor Brian Clemens David Wickes Anthony Steel, Pamela Salem, Felicity Dean, Walter Gotell, Barry Justice, Stefan Kalipha, Kenneth Watson
1-03 13 January 1978 Old Dog With New Tricks Brian Clemens Sidney Hayers Phil Davis, Pamela Stephenson, Richard Hampton, Edward Dentith, John Judd
1-04 20 January 1978 Killer With A Long Arm Brian Clemens David Wickes Michael Latimer, Diane Keen, Alan Tilvern, Milos Kirek, Antony Carrick, Suzanne Danielle
1-05 27 January 1978 Heroes James McAteer William Brayne John Castle, Bruce Boa, Damien Thomas, Ralph Michael, David Baron, Peter Craze, Jim McManus, Peter Davidson, Luan Peters, Jonathan David
1-06 3 February 1978 Where The Jungle Ends Brian Clemens Raymond Menmuir David Suchet, Geoffrey Palmer, Robert James, Del Henney, Jeremy Bulloch, Arthur Blake
1-07 10 February 1978 Close Quarters Brian Clemens William Brayne Gabrielle Drake, Clive Arrindell, Hildegarde Neil, Madlena Nedeva, Allan Surtees
1-08 17 February 1978 Everest Was Also Conquered Brian Clemens Francis Megahy Gary Waldhorn, Ann Lynn, Llewellyn Rees, Michael Denison, Peter Blake, Kathleen Byron, Richard Greene, Roy Boyd, Andrew Downie
1-09 24 February 1978 When The Heat Cools Off Brian Clemens Ray Austin Lalla Ward, Bernard Kay, Michael Sheard, Graham Weston, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Shelagh Fraser
1-10 3 March 1978 Stake Out Dennis Spooner Benjamin Wickers David Collings, Pamela Stephenson, Barry Jackson, Tony Osoba, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Brian Hawksley, Barry Stokes, Trevor Adams
1-11 10 March 1978 Long Shot Anthony Read Ernest Day Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ed Bishop, Robert Gillespie, Nadim Sawalha, Martin Benson, Peter Cellier, Tony Caunter, Archie Tew, John Hamill
1-12 17 March 1978 Look After Annie Brian Clemens Charles Crichton Diana Fairfax, Clifton Jones, Patricia Quinn, Derek Francis, Keith Buckley, Nick Brimble, Frank Jarvis, Michael Walker, John Golightly
1-13 never transmitted on terrestrial tv in UK Klansmen Brian Clemens Pat Jackson Trevor Thomas, Antony Booth, Sheila Ruskin, Edward Judd, Louis Mahoney, Oscar James

Series Two

Episode # UK Transmission Date Title Writer Director Guest cast
2-01 7 October 1978 Hunter/Hunted Anthony Read Anthony Simmons Bryan Marshall, Cheryl Kennedy, Tony Caunter, Vicki Michelle, John Stratton, Martin Wyldeck
2-02 14 October 1978 The Rack Brian Clemens Peter Medak Lisa Harrow, Michael Billington, Christopher Ellison, Cyril Luckham, Art Malik, Michael Mundell, Robert James, Robert Lankesheer, Charles Pemberton, Trevor Adams, Allan Surtees
2-03 21 October 1978 First Night Gerry O'Hara David Wickes Julian Holloway, George Pravda, Arnold Diamond, John Nettleton, Nadim Sawalha, Tony Vogel
2-04 28 October 1978 Man without a Past Michael Armstrong Martin Campbell John Carson, John Castle, Ed Bishop, James Bree, Robert Rietti, Maya Woolfe, Anthony Bailey, John Bay, Hilary Ryan, Neville Barber
2-05 4 November 1978 In the Public Interest Brian Clemens Pennant Roberts Stephen Rea, Tom Georgeson, Colin McCormack, Tony Calvin, John Judd, Paul Hardwick, Allan Surtees
2-06 11 November 1978 Rogue Dennis Spooner Ray Austin Glyn Owen, Pamela Stephenson, Tony Steedman, Robert Gillespie, Neil Hallett, Art Malik, Andy Ho, Martyn Whitby
2-07 18 November 1978 Not a Very Civil Civil Servant Edmund Ward Anthony Simmons Maurice Denham, Harold Innocent, Bill Fraser, Derek Martin, Duncan Preston, Andrew McCulloch, Frank Jarvis, Brian Hall, Donald Bisset
2-08 25 November 1978 A Stirring of Dust Don Houghton Martin Campbell Carol Royle, Robert Urquhart, Alan MacNaughtan, André Morell, George Murcell, Shelagh Fraser
2-09 2 December 1978 Blind Run Ranald Graham Tom Clegg Kevork Malikyan, Tommy Boyle, Tariq Yunus, Jasmina Hilton, Sandra Payne, Tony Jay, Kevin Brennan, Steve Plytas, Ian Liston
2-10 9 December 1978 Fall Girl Ranald Graham William Brayne Pamela Salem, Frederick Jaeger, Patrick Malahide, Michael Latimer, Sandor Elès, Phillip Joseph, George Irving, John Larsen

Series Three

Episode # UK Transmission Date Title Writer Director Guest cast
3-01 27 October 1979 The Purging of CI5 Stephen Lister Dennis Abey Simon Rouse, Bill Treacher, Christopher Fairbank, Paul Antony-Barber, Sally Harrison
3-02 3 November 1979 Backtrack Don Houghton Christopher King Michael Elphick, Liz Fraser, John Bennett, Stacy Davies, Brian McDermott, Geoffrey Bateman, Kevork Malikyan
3-03 10 November 1979 Stopover John Goldsmith William Brayne James Laurenson, Michael Gothard, Morris Perry, W. Morgan Sheppard, Frank Jarvis, Alec Linstead
3-04 17 November 1979 Dead Reckoning Robin Estridge Dennis Lewiston Carol Royle, Derek Godfrey, Alan Tilvern, Milos Kirek
3-05 24 November 1979 The Madness of Mickey Hamilton Christopher Wicking William Brayne David Calder, Ian McDiarmid, Marjorie Yates, Shaun Curry, Olu Jacobs, Barry Stanton, Clifton Jones
3-06 1 December 1979 A Hiding to Nothing Ted Childs Gerry O'Hara Gerald Sim, Sylvia Kay, Nadim Sawalha, Lise Hilboldt
3-07 8 December 1979 Runner Michael Feeney Callan Martin Campbell Michael Kitchen, James Cosmo, Ed Devereaux, Billy Murray, Barbara Kellerman, Forbes Collins, Sean Caffrey, Keith Marsh
3-08 15 December 1979 Servant of Two Masters Douglas Watkinson Ferdinand Fairfax Tony Scannell, David de Keyser, Glynn Edwards, John Savident, Will Stampe

Series Four

Episode # UK Transmission Date Title Writer Director Guest cast
4-01 7 September 1980 The Acorn Syndrome John Kruse Martin Campbell Ronald Hines, Michael Craig, Lynda La Plante (billed as Lynda Marchal), Sue Nicholls, Ian Redford, Nigel Humphreys, John Joyce, Charles Pemberton, Christopher Saul
4-02 14 September 1980 Wild Justice Ranald Graham Dennis Abey Llewellyn Rees, Jack McKenzie, Robert Ashby, Sarah Douglas, Larry Lamb, Zig Byfield, Marsha Fitzalan, Tommy Wright, Frances Low
4-03 21 September 1980 Fugitive Gerry O'Hara Dennis Lewiston Brigitte Kahn, Michael Byrne, Vickery Turner, Paul Antrim, Conrad Asquith, Tony Sibbald, Tania Rogers
4-04 28 September 1980 Involvement Brian Clemens Chris Burt Patricia Hodge, William Russell, Christopher Guard, Peter Burton, Kirstie Pooley, Philip Anthony
4-05 5 October 1980 Need to Know Brian Clemens William Brayne Simon Oates, Tom Georgeson, Yuri Borienko, Patrick O'Connell, Norman Jones, Kristopher Kum, Nigel Miles-Thomas
4-06 12 October 1980 Take Away Roger Marshall Douglas Camfield Chai Lee, John Forgeham, Sharon Duce, Pik-Sen Lim, Arnold Lee, Gertan Klauber, James Marcus, George Little, Andy Ho, Vincent Wong, Rex Wei, Peta Bernard, Kenneth Watson
4-07 19 October 1980 Black Out Brian Clemens William Brayne Linda Hayden, Ben Cross, John Arnatt, Gareth Armstrong, Louis Mahoney
4-08 26 October 1980 Blood Sports Gerry O'Hara Phil Méheux Michelle Newell, Yves Beneyton, Jonathon Morris, Pierce Brosnan, Ruby Wax, Harry Towb, Leonard Trolley, Gerald Martin, Oliver Smith
4-09 2 November 1980 Slush Fund Roger Marshall William Brayne David Swift, Jeremy Young, Stuart Wilson, Lynda Bellingham, Victoria Burgoyne, Timothy Carlton, Chris Sullivan
4-10 9 November 1980 The Gun Christopher Wicking Dennis Lewiston Celia Gregory, Sylvestra Le Touzel, David John, Nigel Pegram
4-11 30 November 1980 Hijack Roger Marshall Martin Campbell Denis Lill, Stephen Yardley, Jill Baker, Rachel Davies, Mark Eden, Robert Rietti, Vic Tablian, Lloyd McGuire, James Snell, Nicholas Donnelly
4-12 7 December 1980 Mixed Doubles Brian Clemens Roger Tucker Michael Coles, Ian McCulloch, Nickolas Grace, Walter Randall, Mark Wingett, Bill McGuirk, John Barrard, Paul Herzberg, Clifford Earl
4-13 14 December 1980 Weekend in the Country Gerry O'Hara James Allen Bryan Pringle, Brian Croucher, Ray Burdis, Louisa Rix, Sarah Lawson, Susan Wooldridge, Jacqueline Reddin, Brian Hawksley, Peter Hill, Pat Gorman
4-14 20 December 1980 Kickback Stephen Lister Ian Sharp Norman Eshley, Roy Purcell, James Faulkner, Marc Boyle, Ian Fairbairn, Ben Howard, Valentino Musetti, Meg Davies
4-15 27 December 1980 It's Only a Beautiful Picture... Edmund Ward Dennis Lewiston Moray Watson, Neil McCarthy, Prunella Gee, Jonathan Newth, Hugh Morton, Antony Carrick, Charmian May, Peter Rutherford, Jo Rowbottom, Stephen Churchett

Series Five

Episode # UK Transmission Date Title Writer Director Guest cast
5-01 7 November 1982 Foxhole on the Roof Brian Clemens William Brayne Ron Pember, Karl Howman, Stanley Meadows
5-02 14 November 1982 Operation Susie Ranald Graham Ian Sharp Alice Krige, Harold Innocent, Alexander Davion, John Line, Don McKillop, George Raistrick, Bernard Finch
5-03 21 November 1982 You'll Be All Right Gerry O'Hara John Crome Malcolm Storry, Derrick O'Connor, Derek Francis, Hazel McBride, Shirley Dixon, Sally Faulkner, Joanne Bell, Graeme Eton
5-04 28 November 1982 Lawson's Last Stand Ranald Graham Ian Sharp Michael Culver, Stephen Greif, Michael Angelis, Helen Cherry, John Hallam, Prentis Hancock, Donald Pickering, Max Harvey, Allan Mitchell, Roger Nott, Derek Lyons, Ralph Morse
5-05 5 December 1982 Discovered in a Graveyard Christopher Wicking Anthony Simmons David Yip, Philip Latham, Derek Waring, Megumi Shimanuki, Richard Moore, Owen Holder, Rayner Bourton, Toni Kanal, Vincent Wong, Rex Wei, Heather Emmanuel
5-06 12 December 1982 Spy Probe Tony Barwick Dennis Abey Barry Stanton, Patrick Ryecart, Paul Daneman, Joyce Grant, Graham Crowden, Nick Stringer, John Hart Dyke
5-07 9 January 1983 Cry Wolf Paul Wheeler Phil Méheux Sheila Ruskin, Rona Anderson, Alan MacNaughtan, David Neal, Timothy Block, Rex Robinson, Aimée Delamain
5-08 16 January 1983 The Untouchables Brian Clemens William Brayne Keith Washington, John Junkin, Robert Flemyng, Joseph Marcell, Nick Brimble, Marilyn Galsworthy, Vicki Michelle, Ramsay Williams, Imogen Bickford-Smith
5-09 23 January 1983 The Ojuka Situation Dave Humphries Christopher King Clarke Peters, Geoffrey Palmer, Shope Shodeinde, Charles Dance, Al Matthews, Colin McCormack, Harry Fowler
5-10 30 January 1983 A Man Called Quinn Tony Barwick Horace Ové Del Henney, Steven Berkoff, Bernard Archard, Peter Howell, John Owens, Linal Haft
5-11 6 February 1983 No Stone Roger Marshall Chris Burt Sarah Neville, John Wheatley, Godfrey James, Briony McRoberts, Chrissie Cotterill, Simon Dutton, Michael Praed, Seymour Green, Brian Miller, Milton Johns

References

  1. ↑ "The Professionals: Season 1 DVD". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Professionals, The (1977) - Dossier 1 (4 Disc Box Set) (DVD)". ezydvd.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Professionals-MkI-Blu-ray/94975/
  4. ↑ "The Professionals: Season 2 DVD". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Professionals - Dossier 2 (4 Disc Box Set)". mightyape.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Professionals: MkII - Blu-ray". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Professionals: Season 3 DVD". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Professionals - Dossier 3 (4 Disc Box Set)". mightyape.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15508
  10. ↑ "The Professionals: Season 4 DVD". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Professionals, The (1977) - Dossier 4 (4 Disc Box Set) (DVD)". ezydvd.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2014.