The Professionals (Series 1) - 4-Disc Box Set ( The Professionals: Mk 1 (Series One) )

The Professionals (Series 1) - 4-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Professionals: Mk 1 (Series One)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
650 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1977 - 1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dennis Abey
James Allen

Written By:
Michael Armstrong
Jeremy Burnham

Actors:
Gordon Jackson ..... George Cowley (57 episodes, 1977-1983)
Martin Shaw ..... Doyle (57 episodes, 1977-1983)
Lewis Collins ..... Bodie (57 episodes, 1977-1983)
Bridget Brice ..... Betty, Cowley's secretary (8 episodes, 1977-1978)
Steve Alder ..... Murphy (7 episodes, 1980-1983)
Pat Gorman ..... CI5 Agent / ... (5 episodes, 1978-1982)
Pamela Stephenson ..... Attractive Blonde / ... (3 episodes, 1978)
Allan Surtees ..... Minister / ... (3 episodes, 1978)
Nadim Sawalha ..... Arab Diplomat / ... (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Sally Harrison ..... Chauffeuse / ... (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Diana Weston ..... Ruth, CI5 Girl (3 episodes, 1978)

Synopsis:

Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: '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'. Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time.

When that still-thrilling theme tune blasts out of your television speakers, complete with wakka-wakka guitars and low brass riffs over a title sequence that opens with a car crashing through a plate-glass window and ends with Bodie, Cowley and Doyle striding into the camera's point of view, it's impossible not to be instantly brought back to the late-1970's when the fictional Major George Cowley hatched a plan to combat increasing levels of crime with a crack agency, free from bureaucracy and red tape. Is it the greatest title sequence ever? Oh, yes it is and it works because it tells you all you need to know - three men operating within and without acceptable police procedures to fight homeland security.

This series chronicled 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 was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 19 February, 2016.

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