The Best Episodes of The Professionals Season 3

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8.2/10(173 votes)
#1 - The Purging of CI5
S3:E110/27/1979
CI5 and their agents find themselves under attack from a vendetta of bombings and assassination attempts. Bodie and Doyle are on a chase to find out who the perpetrators are before they end up as the next victims.
Director:Dennis Abey
Writer:Stephen Lister
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Director:Dennis Abey
Writer:Stephen Lister
7.6/10(151 votes)
#2 - Stopover
S3:E311/10/1979
Cowley is offered the name of a highly-placed double agent from an old colleague - who in return wants to be guaranteed protection with CI5. This leads to the start of a dangerous stand-off between the two, using Bodie and Doyle as the pawns.
Director:William Brayne
Writer:John Goldsmith
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Director:William Brayne
Writer:John Goldsmith
7.6/10(148 votes)
#3 - The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
S3:E511/24/1979
Years after a man's wife died and his child left brain-damaged following a series of blunders at the hospital they were treated at, he returns to finally seek revenge by systematically assassinating each of the same hospital's medical staff one-by-one.
Director:William Brayne
Writer:Christopher Wicking
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Director:William Brayne
Writer:Christopher Wicking
7.5/10(149 votes)
#4 - Backtrack
S3:E211/3/1979
It's just another routine house break-in for a cat burglar, until he accidentally uncovers a complex drugs smuggling operation. When CI5 step in, they realise it's not just the burglar's life that is now in danger.
Director:Christopher King
Writer:Don Houghton
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Director:Christopher King
Writer:Don Houghton
7.5/10(133 votes)
#5 - Dead Reckoning
S3:E411/17/1979
A spy is extradited to Britain with an attempt to keep his arrival top-secret. However, the Bulgarians from Batak's homeland who sent him appear to be trying to make his movements as public as possible. When he is eventually murdered, CI5 suspect his music student daughter of poisoning him.
Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
Writer:Robin Estridge
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Director:Dennis C. Lewiston
Writer:Robin Estridge
7.4/10(129 votes)
#6 - A Hiding to Nothing
S3:E612/1/1979
A dummy run that has been staged for the visit of a Middle Eastern official is found to have been recorded by a foreign student, subsequently leading CI5 to suspect a security leak.
Director:Gerry O'Hara
Writer:Ted Childs
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Director:Gerry O'Hara
Writer:Ted Childs

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7.4/10(135 votes)
#7 - Runner
S3:E712/8/1979
An attempt to start up a street war is launched by a gangland breakaway opposition group, but their leader appears to have an ulterior motive in his actions.
Director:Martin Campbell
Writer:Michael Feeney Callan
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Director:Martin Campbell
Writer:Michael Feeney Callan
7.4/10(141 votes)
#8 - Servant of Two Masters
S3:E812/15/1979
Bodie and Doyle are shocked to discover that Cowley appears to be selling nerve gas to a group of East Germans in order to line his own pockets, and are assigned by his rival Plumb to track their boss's every move.
Director:Ferdinand Fairfax
Writer:Douglas Watkinson
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Director:Ferdinand Fairfax
Writer:Douglas Watkinson

The Best Episodes of The Professionals Season 3

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#1 - The Purging of CI5

#2 - Stopover

#3 - The Madness of Mickey Hamilton

#4 - Backtrack

#5 - Dead Reckoning

#6 - A Hiding to Nothing

The 20 BEST Episodes of The Professionals

#7 - Runner

#8 - Servant of Two Masters

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The Best Episodes of The Professionals Season 3

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The 20 BEST Episodes of The Professionals

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