The Professionals

Profesionálové vás zavedou do prostředí britské speciální služby CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), což by mělo být oddělení, které spadá někde mezi normální policii a tajnou služby. Díky příkazu ministra může CI5 použít jakýchkoliv prostředků, aby vyřešila případy terorismu, spiknutí, nájemných vrahů a radikálních skupin. Prostě případy, které jsou příliš nebezpečné pro normální policii a zároveň příliš banální pro tajnou službu.

Der CI5 ist eine dem Premierminister Englands unterstellte polizeiähnliche Sondereinheit mit Sitz in London. Zivilbeamte arbeiten eng mit Drogendezernat, Zollbehörde, Betrugsdezernat und anderen Polizeieinrichtungen zusammen, um mit aussergewöhnlichen Massnahmen einheimischen und fremden Halunken das Handwerk zu legen. Wo immer das englische Gesetzbuch versagt, greift der CI5 ein. Chef ist George Cowley. Seine besten Leute sind die beiden Agenten 4.5 und 3.7: Bodie und Doyle.

The Professionals (1977 - 1983) - "Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the Army, the Police - from every service. These are The Professionals." - George Cowley. The Professionals was one of British television's most popular and successful action series of the 1970s and 80s. At their peak in 1980 The Pros were earning as many as 17.6 million viewers. The Professionals began life in early 1977, provisionally titled The A-Squad, in an idea conceived by Brian Clemens, the then head of the independent TV company Avengers Mark I Productions. His aim was to create a rival for Thames television's hugely successful long-running police series The Sweeney. Bodie, Doyle and Cowley could have looked very different to how we remember them as. A number of very different actors were considered for the three central roles, with neither of the final chosen team being the original choices. The final three were more or less drafted in when the first choice stars either declined or were axed. Gordon Jackson (formerly the distinctly unmenacing Butler Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs) and Martin Shaw (whose first TV appearance was as a hippie in 1960s Coronation Street) were first to be cast. During the filming of the first episode, Old Dog with New Tricks Bodie was in fact played by Anthony Andrews. Unfortunately, old mates Shaw and Andrews spent much of the time cracking up with laughter - hardly a recipe for ensuring the renowned edgy banter between the two leads. Lewis Collins (best known by this time as Gavin Rumsey in comedy series The Cuckoo Waltz) was brought in to play Bodie, with Andrews being given the heave-ho. Collins and Shaw had previously worked together just months earlier in an episode of The New Avengers, and were cast alongside each other again thanks to the 'sparky, abrasive' on-screen partnership that they generated. In other words, they didn't particularly like each other! But with the central cast c

Les missions périlleuses de Bodie et Doyle, deux agents britanniques du CI5, une organisation secrète britannique chargée de combattre le terrorisme et assurer la sécurité sur le territoire.

Aliases

• CI5 Les professionnels

Il corpo CI5 (Criminal intelligence 5) è un immaginario servizio di polizia britannico incaricato dal ministro degli Interni di utilizzare qualsiasi mezzo per occuparsi dei reati di natura grave che vanno oltre le competenze della polizia e del servizio di sicurezza nazionale. La squadra deve occuparsi di una vasta gamma di cattivi tra cui terroristi, estremisti, spie e gli episodi rivelano trame tipiche del periodo della guerra fredda. Guidati dal formidabile George Cowley, il corpo CI5 è noto per l'uso di metodi non convenzionali e a volte illegali per battere i criminali, o, come afferma Cowley, "combatte il fuoco con il fuoco!". I due migliori agenti al servizio di Cowley sono Ray Doyle e William Bodie. Doyle è un detective ex-poliziotto che ha lavorato nelle zone più squallide di Londra, mentre Bodie è un ex-paracadutista, mercenario e sergente dello Special Air Service. Bodie e Doyle instaurano un'amicizia profonda e duratura, e sono quasi inseparabili. Anche se la loro lealtà verso Cowley è fuori discussione, non esitano a disobbedire agli ordini se questo significa ottenere il giusto risultato, sia per il caso che stanno affrontando, sia per sé stessi.

In deze spannende Britse actieserie draait alles om CI5, een speciale inlichtingendienst die door de overheid in het leven is geroepen als wapen in de strijd tegen georganiseerde misdaad, spionage en internationaal terrorisme. De dienst staat onder leiding van de stoere George Cowley, een man die altijd precies zegt waar het op staat. Hij heeft twee assistenten op wie hij kan rekenen: William Andrew Philip Bodie en Raymond Doyle, echte kerels die niet terugschrikken voor gevaar en geweld. Samen zetten deze 'professionals' alles op alles om de samenleving te bevrijden van allerlei onfrisse elementen.