Is The Professionals violent?

Yes. More violent than 81% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Professionals scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Professionals sad?

Not especially. Less sad than 63% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Does The Professionals leave you hopeful?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Professionals easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

The Professionals

Name: The Professionals
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Released: 1977
Rating: 7.564
Cast: Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson, Howard Bell, Christopher Ellison

ANARCHY, ACTS OF TERROR, CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC. TO COMBAT IT WE'VE GOT SPECIAL MEN...

Created by Brian Clemens

On ITV1

1977–19835 seasons57 episodes60 min7.6 / 10

A 1970s British procedural action series built on the partnership between two contrasting agents tackling terrorism and high-stakes crime, balancing gritty realism with the reassurance of weekly case resolution.

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.

Clusters

Case Closed, Grief Carried Heroes, Formula, and Weekly Reset Bonded Partners, High-Stakes Capers Bonds Forged Under Historical Fire

Genres

Action & Adventure Crime Drama

Keywords

Great Britain Partnership Special Air Service (sas)Procedural Ci5

Questions people ask

Is The Professionals violent? Yes. More violent than 81% of series.
Is The Professionals scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Is The Professionals sad? Not especially. Less sad than 63% of series.
Does The Professionals leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of series.
Is The Professionals easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

The Professionals

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