Storyline

In this 1998 re-imagining of the original The Professionals TV show, CI5 now has an international remit, being jointly funded by the governments of the UK, U.S.A., Japan, Germany and France, and called upon to deal with terrorism and espionage on an international scale. An all-new cast features the original dynamic of two gung ho field agents (these a former U.S. Navy Seal and a British secret service man) and a cantankerous boss, but adds the dynamic of a female agent, a computer and martial arts expert who came to CI5 by way of the Canadian Secret Service. Expectations were high, but the new show failed to capture the imagination of viewers and only one season was made.

First Aired

1999-09-19
Last Aired

1999-12-19
Creator

Brian Clemens
Genre

Crime, Action & Adventure
Seasons

1
Episodes

13
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

Sky One

Keywords:

secret government organization remake international crime

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Season 1

1. Back to Business

meeting of international politicians is to take place in England to discuss the problems of disused nu...More

meeting of international politicians is to take place in England to discuss the problems of disused nuclear weapons falling into terrorist hands. On a mission in Bulgaria, a CI5 agent sees a dummy run by terrorists, who plan to assassinate the politicians. CI5 must piece together what information they gain from the wounded agent, and try to track down where this top-secret conference is.Less

1999-09-19

2. Phoenix

A professional hitman, the Phoenix, who had been believed to be eliminated in 1981, in an operation, w...More

A professional hitman, the Phoenix, who had been believed to be eliminated in 1981, in an operation, which Malone was present at, appears to have returned from the dead to seek revenge on the men who were responsible for his "assassination". However, if the hitman runs to form, the operation to hunt down those who hunted him down may be a bluff, and the Phoenix may have another target.Less

1999-09-26

3. Tusk Force

A South African minister approaches CI5 seeking help in stopping the increasing activities of ivory po...More

A South African minister approaches CI5 seeking help in stopping the increasing activities of ivory poachers. Malone sends Curtis and Keel to investigate and pose as potential buyers of ivory, so as to link up with an ivory smuggler. When the African minister's documents are stolen and a plane that Curtis and Keel are traveling in crashes the agents realize that their cover has been blown.Less

1999-10-03

4. Hostage

An Albanian minister, Eliz Risha, is held hostage at an English television station along with the crew...More

An Albanian minister, Eliz Risha, is held hostage at an English television station along with the crew and production staff. CI5 are called in to deal with the terrorists, whose leader Panvos accuses Risha of committing atrocities. Despite the minister's denials, it is not clear if he is indeed a war criminalLess

1999-10-10

5. First Strike

CI5 are assigned to locate the plutonium that was aboard a cargo plane that has crashed in the Louisia...More

CI5 are assigned to locate the plutonium that was aboard a cargo plane that has crashed in the Louisiana swamplands. They have to prevent a potential catastrophe by ensuring that the original consignee, a paramilitary force led by an ex-US Army colonel, do not obtain the cargo first.Less

1999-10-17

6. Samurai Wind

Curtis and Keel go to an island in the South Pacific to stop a deranged security expert who plans to r...More

Curtis and Keel go to an island in the South Pacific to stop a deranged security expert who plans to release nerve gas into Tokyo unless the Japanese government meet his demands.Less

1999-10-24

7. Skorpion

A Russian gang known as 'Skorpion' kidnaps a brilliant computer scientist and his daughter in an attem...More

A Russian gang known as 'Skorpion' kidnaps a brilliant computer scientist and his daughter in an attempt to force him to help them gain control of NATO's computers.Less

1999-11-07

8. Choice Cuts

Keel and Malone go undercover to catch the villain behind a sinister organ stealing operation.

Keel and Malone go undercover to catch the villain behind a sinister organ stealing operation.Less

1999-11-14

9. Miss Hit

Curtis and Keel babysit an informant due to testify against the mafia.

Curtis and Keel babysit an informant due to testify against the mafia.Less

1999-11-21

10. Orbit

Curtis and Keel are called in to investigate reports of a U.F.O. after a scientist is attacked by a st...More

Curtis and Keel are called in to investigate reports of a U.F.O. after a scientist is attacked by a strange light from space. Backus goes undercover as a journalist.Less

1999-11-28

11. High Speed

Curtis and Keel go undercover as racing car drivers in an operation to bring a Bosnian war criminal to...More

Curtis and Keel go undercover as racing car drivers in an operation to bring a Bosnian war criminal to justice.Less

1999-12-05

12. Souvenir

Curtis agrees to meet his former MI6 controller, who is found nearly dead at a railway station, having...More

Curtis agrees to meet his former MI6 controller, who is found nearly dead at a railway station, having been beaten and tortured by a group of Nazis who plan to clone Adolf Hitler.Less