The Professionals (TV series)

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The Professionals
Title card used from Series 2 onwards, and repeat transmissions of Series 1
Genre	Crime thriller Action Adventure
Created by	Brian Clemens
Starring	Gordon Jackson Martin Shaw Lewis Collins
Theme music composer	Laurie Johnson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	57 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Albert Fennell Brian Clemens
Producer	Sidney Hayers
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Avengers Mark1 Productions for LWT
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	30 December 1977 (1977-12-30) – 6 February 1983 (1983-02-06)
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The Professionals is a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Television (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson as agents of the fictional "CI5" (Criminal Intelligence 5, alluding to the real-life MI5 and CID).

The Professionals was created by Brian Clemens, who had been one of the driving forces behind The Avengers. The show was originally to have been called The A-Squad. Clemens and Albert Fennell were executive producers, with business partner Laurie Johnson providing the theme music. Sidney Hayers produced the first series in 1977, and Raymond Menmuir the remainder.