Anna, taking a drink: "Yes, well I was as a matter of fact. It's a question of degree. I used to do it for a dinner and a disco. I nearly did it for an earldom. Now I just do it for money. Cheers!" Michael Denison, Richard Greene, Ann Lynn, Kathleen Byron, Gary Waldhorn, Roy Boyd, Llewellyn Rees, Jeremy Hawk, Peter Blake John Carson, John Castle, Ed Bishop, James Bree, Robert Rietti, Maya Woolfe, Anthony Bailey, John Bay, Hilary Ryan, Neville Barber In the target practice scene, the first victim's head gets blown off before Doyle has pulled the trigger.

Professionals (The): MkIII [BLU-RAY]". Network. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016 . Retrieved 3 May 2016. Terringham: "Clare asked some rather awkward questions about that chap of yours - Bodie is it? Wonders if you've been feeding him too much red meat!" In Spain, the series The Professionals was broadcast for La 2 of Televisión Española from March 1978. 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 Cowley's two best agents are Ray Doyle ( Martin Shaw) and William Bodie ( Lewis Collins). Doyle is an ex- detective constable who has worked the seedier parts of London, while Bodie is an ex- paratrooper, mercenary and Special Air Service sergeant. Of the two, Doyle is the softer, compassionate and more thoughtful character, while Bodie is ruthless and more willing to take on criminals on their own terms. That said, Doyle is more hot-headed and tends to rush in, while Bodie waits for the shooting to start.

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Professionals (The): MkII [BLU-RAY]". Network. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015 . Retrieved 3 May 2016. Although depictions of actual bloodshed were scarce, the series was often criticised for its level of violence, with shootings, martial arts and asphyxiation a common means of assassination. [ citation needed] The Professionals Update". Network. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013 . Retrieved 1 September 2013. Bodie and Doyle originally carried 9mm L9A1 Browning pistols as their standard service sidearms for the first two series. They were issued .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolvers when on bodyguard duties (as seen in the episode "Mixed Doubles"). [6] In later series Bodie carried a .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 19 snub-nose revolver and Doyle often carried a 9mm Walther P38 as their personal sidearms. George Cowley carried a .38-calibre Smith & Wesson Model 36 snub nose revolver. Ferris, try to destroy all evidence of his operations: "I've got a match here and the whole place is covered in petrol!"

A girl claims to have new evidence to free her convicted father from prison, a man arrested by Doyle before he joined CI5. Doyle agrees to re-open the case, but does his relationship with the girl cloud his judgement? Klansmen". Mark-1.co.uk. 3 May 1998. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011 . Retrieved 15 January 2011. Michelle Newell, Yves Beneyton, Jonathon Morris, Pierce Brosnan, Ruby Wax, Harry Towb, Leonard Trolley, Gerald Martin, Oliver SmithThe show was also criticised for political incorrectness. Mary Whitehouse, President of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, was among those who highlighted the occasional use of sexist and racist terms. [8] As an example, in the closing credits of the episode 'Stake Out' two supporting actors are identified as 'Attractive Blonde' and 'Handsome Negro'. At the time such dialogue or descriptions were not seen as being disparaging towards minority groups. However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s the series was criticised by feminist groups. Yet, with the exception of "Klansmen", for which racist terms were a necessary part of the story, use of such terms in The Professionals was scarce in comparison to, for example, the 1970s police television programme The Sweeney. [9] The grey Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow chassis no. SRH 2971, known as the most filmed individual Rolls-Royce ever in history, was part of the cars supplied by Kingsbury Motors Ltd. This particular car was seen in at least 5 episodes. There are several other things but if I discussed them that would spoil the episode for those who have yet to see it. Sheila Ruskin (whom we last saw in Season 1's controversial episode 'Klansmen') is wonderful as level-headed victim Susan, and it's fun seeing how Bodie literally 'crashes' his way into her life and affections. This was the final episode to be filmed. Apparently the boat scenes nearly ended in Lewis being drowned. There is a short scene of him hanging precariously out of the boat - in the first take he did fall out and was dragged underneath the water with his leg trapped in the boat for several seconds before Martin noticed! (Thanks to Louise Tilley for info!)

In 2004 plans were being drawn up for a film version of The Professionals with Lewis Collins approached to play the part of Cowley, but after negotiations broke down the film was abandoned. An unpopular US politician is assassinated by masked men at a set of bogus roadworks on a busy highway, and CI5 is forced to protect the witnesses when a newspaper irresponsibly publishes their names. The entire series was regularly screened on the now-defunct Granada Plus channel from 1997, where it was consistently the channel's highest-rated show, initially achieving close to one million viewers. The episodes shown were heavily edited to make them suitable for daytime viewing and it is these same prints that are being used for transmission on ITV4. Neither station screened the "Klansmen" episode, stating that London Weekend Television continued to forbid its transmission.The Professionals' – the TV show". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 26 April 2014. In the scene where the lads are arguing over the sandwich, Bodie's Capri is parked directly behind a Fiat Strada. However when Susan then emerges from her office, somehow her car has squeezed between the two! (Thanks to Holger Schmitz) A psychologist tries to convince CI5 that Bodie's mental state is putting both him and CI5 at risk. John Castle, Bruce Boa, Damien Thomas, Ralph Michael, David Baron, Peter Craze, Jim McManus, Peter Davidson, Luan Peters, Jonathan David In 1984 some of the team behind The Comic Strip TV series produced a spoof entitled The Bullshitters, featuring two characters called Bonehead and Foyle in an episode called "Roll Out the Gun Barrel".

Rahad, after Bodie loses: "You were surprised that we play poker, Mr Bodie. You must be astonished that we are good at it, too!" The whole series was broadcast after 1994 on TV Nova. Petr Oliva continued to dub Bodie but Doyle was dubbed by Karel Heřmánek and Cowley by Otakar Brousek Sr., since Adamíra had died. Doyle, answering the door to Bodie, who has been 'sold' to Rahad: "Oh, use the slaves' entrance will you! And mind your chains on my rug!" Michael Kitchen, James Cosmo, Ed Devereaux, Billy Murray, Barbara Kellerman, Forbes Collins, Sean Caffrey, Keith MarshA recently released gangster steals an arms shipment from the IRA intending to kidnap the Home Secretary to exchange for his brother, who is still in prison. Bodie and Doyle arrive just in time at the fully evacuated hospital, to deal with a hostage situation. Cowley to would-be kidnapper Miller: "You say you were after the family silver? What were you going to do - chloroform it?" Cowley: "It had to be Rahad, Sir John - it was his style. And the cop remembers him leaving the embassy just about that time." Government department MI17 tries to cover up its bungled drugs raid involving South American nationalists. On 2 September 2013, the Network imprint announced that it had acquired the scripts, production files, original camera negatives and stills from the show. [39] The digitally remastered version of The Professionals was released on DVD and Blu-ray. The restoration process is described in a blog post. [40] Series 1 episodes have had the original opening and closing sequences restored.