Every episode of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring that unforgettable theme tune!

A brilliant, fast-paced, violent and hard-hitting action series, The Professionals chronicles the lives and exploits of the men of covert British security unit CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), in particular the unit's top operative partnership of ex-cop Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and former mercenary and ex-SAS paratrooper William Bodie (Lewis Collins) and their superior officer, the gruff but fatherly George Cowley (Gordon Jackson). With a mandate to counter terrorism, threats to national security and similar high profile crimes by "any means necessary", and with nobody to trust but each other, Bodie and Doyle have no time or inclination for subtlety when it comes to getting the job done!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3656 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-02-13
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 16

Synopsis
Bodie and Doyle are the professionals in CI5 in this long-running television series. Includes all the episodes from series 1-4.

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Customer Reviews

Best 80's cop series?
What a steal this box set is, getting every episode of this classic series.
If you have seen The Professionals already, you know what you are getting - and these remastered discs present the episodes well with good sound and vision. Also included are some fun but relatively insubstantial extras, viewable as clunky page by page script, but interesting nonetheless, for the most part comprising 'where are they now' profiles of some of the many well known British actors who cameoed on the series.
If you have never seen the professionals, what a great way to start! Fasten your seatbelts for the duo who are taken into CI5 - a group who investigate terrorism and other national crimes, under the watchful eye of their mentor and boss, the Glaswegian Cowlie.
The chemistry between the cast is great, the scenes cutting edge for their time, and except for the cars and the fashions, the scripts and plots have hardly dated - the ideas are still as fresh as ever, especially in the later series where the characters of our heroes were explored more and more.
A Worthy box set for any collector of British TV, and for anyone who enjoys quality TV - dont be put off by the age, this is surprisingly fresh thanks to the talent involved.

Classic TV
I used to love this program when I was a kid and when I seen this I thought I must buy.

It brought the memories flooding back. This really is quality TV and it makes you realise just what utter crap we have on TV now.

I love the retro feel of the program i.e. the clothes, the cars etc but also the well written and well acted episodes.

A definite must buy.

No subtitles
I really liked to watch this series when it was broadcasted
here in Germany in the Eighties. But only 41 episodes were dubbed
and broadcasted, sometimes heavily cut.
(Later a private TV station dubbed the "missing" episodes for a rerun
that I missed)

So this box is a great opportunity for me to see all 57 episodes uncut and
hear the original voices.

But there are some drawbacks:

There are no subtitles, something I take for granted when buying
a british DVD.

The original recordings are now 30 years old, that might be the reason
for the moderate picture quality, but the box says "digitally remastered",
so I expected more.