The Professionals - Season 2 - Eps 5: In the Public Interest
A virtual police state has been imposed by a local Chief Constable, resulting in a supposedly almost crime-free city. But that is because all the crime is taking place behind the scenes by the police officers themselves - who will think of nothing of imposing on suspects' rights in their pursuit of 'zero tolerance'. Bodie and Doyle become hunted men when they visit the city and begin to question the rather unorthodox methods of action taken by the local constabulary.
About The Professionals
Title: The Professionals
First Air Date: 1977-12-30
Last Air Date: 1983-02-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 42 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 57
Network: ITV1
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Production Companies: LWT
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Lewis Collins
Bodie
Martin Shaw
Doyle
Gordon Jackson
George Cowley
