List of The Professionals episodes

This is a list of all The Professionals episodes.

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date			Blu-ray release date
		Series premiere	Series finale	Region 1	Region 2 ^[a]	Region 4 ^[b]	Region A	Region B
1	13	30 December 1977	17 March 1978	—	10 June 2002[1]	17 January 2005[2]	—	31 March 2014[3]
2	10	7 October 1978	9 December 1978	—	5 August 2002[4]	18 October 2006[5]	—	29 September 2014[6]
3	8	27 October 1979	15 December 1979	—	9 September 2002[7]	3 October 2006[8]	—	30 March 2015[9]
4	15	7 September 1980	27 December 1980	—	26 December 2002[10]	4 May 2007[11]	—	2 May 2016[12]
5	11	7 November 1982	6 February 1983	—			—	2 May 2016[12]

Episode list

Series One

Episode #	UK Transmission Date	Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
1-01	30 December 1977	Private Madness Public Danger	Anthony Read	Douglas Camfield	Keith Barron, Di Trevis, Christopher Ellison, Donald Douglas, Angus MacKay, Ian Fairbairn, Penny Irving, Trevor Adams
1-02	6 January 1978	The Female Factor	Brian Clemens	David Wickes	Anthony Steel, Pamela Salem, Felicity Dean, Walter Gotell, Barry Justice, Stefan Kalipha, Kenneth Watson
1-03	13 January 1978	Old Dog With New Tricks	Brian Clemens	Sidney Hayers	Phil Davis, Pamela Stephenson, Richard Hampton, Edward Dentith, John Judd
1-04	20 January 1978	Killer With A Long Arm	Brian Clemens	David Wickes	Michael Latimer, Diane Keen, Alan Tilvern, Milos Kirek, Antony Carrick, Suzanne Danielle
1-05	27 January 1978	Heroes	James McAteer	William Brayne	John Castle, Bruce Boa, Damien Thomas, Ralph Michael, David Baron, Peter Craze, Jim McManus, Peter Davidson, Luan Peters, Jonathan David
1-06	3 February 1978	Where The Jungle Ends	Brian Clemens	Raymond Menmuir	David Suchet, Geoffrey Palmer, Robert James, Del Henney, Jeremy Bulloch, Arthur Blake
1-07	10 February 1978	Close Quarters	Brian Clemens	William Brayne	Gabrielle Drake, Clive Arrindell, Hildegarde Neil, Madlena Nedeva, Allan Surtees
1-08	17 February 1978	Everest Was Also Conquered	Brian Clemens	Francis Megahy	Gary Waldhorn, Ann Lynn, Llewellyn Rees, Michael Denison, Peter Blake, Kathleen Byron, Richard Greene, Roy Boyd, Andrew Downie
1-09	24 February 1978	When The Heat Cools Off	Brian Clemens	Ray Austin	Lalla Ward, Bernard Kay, Michael Sheard, Graham Weston, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Shelagh Fraser
1-10	3 March 1978	Stake Out	Dennis Spooner	Benjamin Wickers	David Collings, Pamela Stephenson, Barry Jackson, Tony Osoba, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Brian Hawksley, Barry Stokes, Trevor Adams
1-11	10 March 1978	Long Shot	Anthony Read	Ernest Day	Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ed Bishop, Robert Gillespie, Nadim Sawalha, Martin Benson, Peter Cellier, Tony Caunter, Archie Tew, John Hamill
1-12	17 March 1978	Look After Annie	Brian Clemens	Charles Crichton	Diana Fairfax, Clifton Jones, Patricia Quinn, Derek Francis, Keith Buckley, Nick Brimble, Frank Jarvis, Michael Walker, John Golightly
1-13	never transmitted on terrestrial tv in UK	Klansmen	Brian Clemens	Pat Jackson	Trevor Thomas, Antony Booth, Sheila Ruskin, Edward Judd, Louis Mahoney, Oscar James

Series Two

Episode #	UK Transmission Date	Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
2-01	7 October 1978	Hunter/Hunted	Anthony Read	Anthony Simmons	Bryan Marshall, Cheryl Kennedy, Tony Caunter, Vicki Michelle, John Stratton, Martin Wyldeck
2-02	14 October 1978	The Rack	Brian Clemens	Peter Medak	Lisa Harrow, Michael Billington, Christopher Ellison, Cyril Luckham, Art Malik, Michael Mundell, Robert James, Robert Lankesheer, Charles Pemberton, Trevor Adams, Allan Surtees
2-03	21 October 1978	First Night	Gerry O'Hara	David Wickes	Julian Holloway, George Pravda, Arnold Diamond, John Nettleton, Nadim Sawalha, Tony Vogel
2-04	28 October 1978	Man without a Past	Michael Armstrong	Martin Campbell	John Carson, John Castle, Ed Bishop, James Bree, Robert Rietti, Maya Woolfe, Anthony Bailey, John Bay, Hilary Ryan, Neville Barber
2-05	4 November 1978	In the Public Interest	Brian Clemens	Pennant Roberts	Stephen Rea, Tom Georgeson, Colin McCormack, Tony Calvin, John Judd, Paul Hardwick, Allan Surtees
2-06	11 November 1978	Rogue	Dennis Spooner	Ray Austin	Glyn Owen, Pamela Stephenson, Tony Steedman, Robert Gillespie, Neil Hallett, Art Malik, Andy Ho, Martyn Whitby
2-07	18 November 1978	Not a Very Civil Civil Servant	Edmund Ward	Anthony Simmons	Maurice Denham, Harold Innocent, Bill Fraser, Derek Martin, Duncan Preston, Andrew McCulloch, Frank Jarvis, Brian Hall, Donald Bisset
2-08	25 November 1978	A Stirring of Dust	Don Houghton	Martin Campbell	Carol Royle, Robert Urquhart, Alan MacNaughtan, André Morell, George Murcell, Shelagh Fraser
2-09	2 December 1978	Blind Run	Ranald Graham	Tom Clegg	Kevork Malikyan, Tommy Boyle, Tariq Yunus, Jasmina Hilton, Sandra Payne, Tony Jay, Kevin Brennan, Steve Plytas, Ian Liston
2-10	9 December 1978	Fall Girl	Ranald Graham	William Brayne	Pamela Salem, Frederick Jaeger, Patrick Malahide, Michael Latimer, Sandor Elès, Phillip Joseph, George Irving, John Larsen

Series Three

Episode #	UK Transmission Date	Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
3-01	27 October 1979	The Purging of CI5	Stephen Lister	Dennis Abey	Simon Rouse, Bill Treacher, Christopher Fairbank, Paul Antony-Barber, Sally Harrison
3-02	3 November 1979	Backtrack	Don Houghton	Christopher King	Michael Elphick, Liz Fraser, John Bennett, Stacy Davies, Brian McDermott, Geoffrey Bateman, Kevork Malikyan
3-03	10 November 1979	Stopover	John Goldsmith	William Brayne	James Laurenson, Michael Gothard, Morris Perry, W. Morgan Sheppard, Frank Jarvis, Alec Linstead
3-04	17 November 1979	Dead Reckoning	Robin Estridge	Dennis Lewiston	Carol Royle, Derek Godfrey, Alan Tilvern, Milos Kirek
3-05	24 November 1979	The Madness of Mickey Hamilton	Christopher Wicking	William Brayne	David Calder, Ian McDiarmid, Marjorie Yates, Shaun Curry, Olu Jacobs, Barry Stanton, Clifton Jones
3-06	1 December 1979	A Hiding to Nothing	Ted Childs	Gerry O'Hara	Gerald Sim, Sylvia Kay, Nadim Sawalha, Lise Hilboldt
3-07	8 December 1979	Runner	Michael Feeney Callan	Martin Campbell	Michael Kitchen, James Cosmo, Ed Devereaux, Billy Murray, Barbara Kellerman, Forbes Collins, Sean Caffrey, Keith Marsh
3-08	15 December 1979	Servant of Two Masters	Douglas Watkinson	Ferdinand Fairfax	Tony Scannell, David de Keyser, Glynn Edwards, John Savident, Will Stampe

Series Four

Episode #	UK Transmission Date	Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
4-01	7 September 1980	The Acorn Syndrome	John Kruse	Martin Campbell	Ronald Hines, Michael Craig, Lynda La Plante (billed as Lynda Marchal), Sue Nicholls, Ian Redford, Nigel Humphreys, John Joyce, Charles Pemberton, Christopher Saul
4-02	14 September 1980	Wild Justice	Ranald Graham	Dennis Abey	Llewellyn Rees, Jack McKenzie, Robert Ashby, Sarah Douglas, Larry Lamb, Zig Byfield, Marsha Fitzalan, Tommy Wright, Frances Low
4-03	21 September 1980	Fugitive	Gerry O'Hara	Dennis Lewiston	Brigitte Kahn, Michael Byrne, Vickery Turner, Paul Antrim, Conrad Asquith, Tony Sibbald, Tania Rogers
4-04	28 September 1980	Involvement	Brian Clemens	Chris Burt	Patricia Hodge, William Russell, Christopher Guard, Peter Burton, Kirstie Pooley, Philip Anthony
4-05	5 October 1980	Need to Know	Brian Clemens	William Brayne	Simon Oates, Tom Georgeson, Yuri Borienko, Patrick O'Connell, Norman Jones, Kristopher Kum, Nigel Miles-Thomas
4-06	12 October 1980	Take Away	Roger Marshall	Douglas Camfield	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
4-07	19 October 1980	Black Out	Brian Clemens	William Brayne	Linda Hayden, Ben Cross, John Arnatt, Gareth Armstrong, Louis Mahoney
4-08	26 October 1980	Blood Sports	Gerry O'Hara	Phil Méheux	Michelle Newell, Yves Beneyton, Jonathon Morris, Pierce Brosnan, Ruby Wax, Harry Towb, Leonard Trolley, Gerald Martin, Oliver Smith
4-09	2 November 1980	Slush Fund	Roger Marshall	William Brayne	David Swift, Jeremy Young, Stuart Wilson, Lynda Bellingham, Victoria Burgoyne, Timothy Carlton, Chris Sullivan
4-10	9 November 1980	The Gun	Christopher Wicking	Dennis Lewiston	Celia Gregory, Sylvestra Le Touzel, David John, Nigel Pegram
4-11	30 November 1980	Hijack	Roger Marshall	Martin Campbell	Denis Lill, Stephen Yardley, Jill Baker, Rachel Davies, Mark Eden, Robert Rietti, Vic Tablian, Lloyd McGuire, James Snell, Nicholas Donnelly
4-12	7 December 1980	Mixed Doubles	Brian Clemens	Roger Tucker	Michael Coles, Ian McCulloch, Nickolas Grace, Walter Randall, Mark Wingett, Bill McGuirk, John Barrard, Paul Herzberg, Clifford Earl
4-13	14 December 1980	Weekend in the Country	Gerry O'Hara	James Allen	Bryan Pringle, Brian Croucher, Ray Burdis, Louisa Rix, Sarah Lawson, Susan Wooldridge, Jacqueline Reddin, Brian Hawksley, Peter Hill, Pat Gorman
4-14	20 December 1980	Kickback	Stephen Lister	Ian Sharp	Norman Eshley, Roy Purcell, James Faulkner, Marc Boyle, Ian Fairbairn, Ben Howard, Valentino Musetti, Meg Davies
4-15	27 December 1980	It's Only a Beautiful Picture...	Edmund Ward	Dennis Lewiston	Moray Watson, Neil McCarthy, Prunella Gee, Jonathan Newth, Hugh Morton, Antony Carrick, Charmian May, Peter Rutherford, Jo Rowbottom, Stephen Churchett

Series Five

Episode #	UK Transmission Date	Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
5-01	7 November 1982	Foxhole on the Roof	Brian Clemens	William Brayne	Ron Pember, Karl Howman, Stanley Meadows
5-02	14 November 1982	Operation Susie	Ranald Graham	Ian Sharp	Alice Krige, Harold Innocent, Alexander Davion, John Line, Don McKillop, George Raistrick, Bernard Finch
5-03	21 November 1982	You'll Be All Right	Gerry O'Hara	John Crome	Malcolm Storry, Derrick O'Connor, Derek Francis, Hazel McBride, Shirley Dixon, Sally Faulkner, Joanne Bell, Graeme Eton
5-04	28 November 1982	Lawson's Last Stand	Ranald Graham	Ian Sharp	Michael Culver, Stephen Greif, Michael Angelis, Helen Cherry, John Hallam, Prentis Hancock, Donald Pickering, Max Harvey, Allan Mitchell, Roger Nott, Derek Lyons, Ralph Morse
5-05	5 December 1982	Discovered in a Graveyard	Christopher Wicking	Anthony Simmons	David Yip, Philip Latham, Derek Waring, Megumi Shimanuki, Richard Moore, Owen Holder, Rayner Bourton, Toni Kanal, Vincent Wong, Rex Wei, Heather Emmanuel
5-06	12 December 1982	Spy Probe	Tony Barwick	Dennis Abey	Barry Stanton, Patrick Ryecart, Paul Daneman, Joyce Grant, Graham Crowden, Nick Stringer, John Hart Dyke
5-07	9 January 1983	Cry Wolf	Paul Wheeler	Phil Méheux	Sheila Ruskin, Rona Anderson, Alan MacNaughtan, David Neal, Timothy Block, Rex Robinson, Aimée Delamain
5-08	16 January 1983	The Untouchables	Brian Clemens	William Brayne	Keith Washington, John Junkin, Robert Flemyng, Joseph Marcell, Nick Brimble, Marilyn Galsworthy, Vicki Michelle, Ramsay Williams, Imogen Bickford-Smith
5-09	23 January 1983	The Ojuka Situation	Dave Humphries	Christopher King	Clarke Peters, Geoffrey Palmer, Shope Shodeinde, Charles Dance, Al Matthews, Colin McCormack, Harry Fowler
5-10	30 January 1983	A Man Called Quinn	Tony Barwick	Horace Ové	Del Henney, Steven Berkoff, Bernard Archard, Peter Howell, John Owens, Linal Haft
5-11	6 February 1983	No Stone	Roger Marshall	Chris Burt	Sarah Neville, John Wheatley, Godfrey James, Briony McRoberts, Chrissie Cotterill, Simon Dutton, Michael Praed, Seymour Green, Brian Miller, Milton Johns

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