Best of: The Professionals

Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins are Ray Doyle and William Bodie who under the command  of Gordon Jackson's George Cowley are agents of CI5 all forms of bad guys. These are the ten best episodes.

1. Runner

A terrorist seeks revenge on Doyle for the death of his brother by planning to unleash chaos on the streets of London. The terrorist is played by Michael Kitchen nowadays best known for his role as the noble Christopher Foyle in Foyle's War.

2. The Ojuka Situation

Bodie and Doyle find themselves assigned to the protection of a disposed African (played Clarke Peters) leader but find that they may some one close the leader who working those who want to kill him. Playing the leader of a group of South African hitmen is Charles Dance

3. Stopover

A missing presumed dead British agent reappears. He comes with news of a high ranking KGB agent wishing to defect. But are things as they seem

4. Heroes

A group of have a go heroes find themselves marked for death by the hitmen whose latest killing they interrupted. Bodie and Doyle work with an unstable agent to stop them.

5. The Purging of CI5

The bombing of Cowley's own office signals the start of a wave of deadly bombing against CI5 itself. The motive goes back to Cowley's past

6. A Man Called Quinn

Quinn a British agent left mentally broken by years of torture breaks out of the alysunm where he is being treated leading to Bodie and Doyle to go on his trail. Steven Berkoff plays a Soviet bad guy just like Octopussy and Rambo: First Blood Part II

7. Hijack

A crime boss leans of a forgien government making sercertive shipment from one of it's embassy workers. So he decide to help himself and end coming to CI5's attention

8.  Blood Sports

When the son of South American dictator is killed. Bodie and Doyle are assigned to protect the sister. Doyle ends up falling for her. Featuring an early appearance by Pierce Brosnan

9. First Night

An Israeli government official is kidnapped in broad daylight. However the kidnappers have non political demands

10. Spy Probe

Retired British agents are targeted for death by hitmen. Bodie and Doyle find that a mole in the highest echelons of British Intelligence is covering his tracks.