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CI5: The New Professionals

★6.8 1999 1 Season Brian Clemens TV-MA

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.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 13 episodes

Episode 01

Back to Business

Sep 19, 1999

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.

Episode 02

Phoenix

Sep 26, 1999

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.

Episode 03

Tusk Force

Oct 3, 1999

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.

Episode 04

Hostage

Oct 10, 1999

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 criminal

Episode 05

First Strike

Oct 17, 1999

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.

Episode 06

Samurai Wind

Oct 24, 1999

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.

Episode 07

Skorpion

Nov 7, 1999

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.

Episode 08

Choice Cuts

Nov 14, 1999

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

Episode 09

Miss Hit

Nov 21, 1999

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

Episode 10

Orbit

Nov 28, 1999

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.

Episode 11

High Speed

Dec 5, 1999

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

Episode 12

Souvenir

Dec 12, 1999

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.

Episode 13

Glory Days

Dec 19, 1999

CI5 uncover a plot by the Russian mafia to assassinate the U.S. President at a peace conference

About the series

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Audience score
★ 6.8 /10

based on 5 votes

Synopsis

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.

CrimeAction & Adventure

Cast

5 principal cast

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Harry Malone

Lexa Doig

Lexa Doig

Tina Backus

Colin Wells

Sam Curtis

Kal Weber

Kal Weber

Chris Keel

Adrian Irvine

Adrian Irvine

Spencer

Where to watch CI5: The New Professionals

CI5: The New Professionals is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The crime from Brian Clemens has 1 season and 13 total episodes, rated 6.8/10 by 5 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does CI5: The New Professionals have?

CI5: The New Professionals has 1 season with 13 episodes in total.

Is CI5: The New Professionals still on the air?

CI5: The New Professionals has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs CI5: The New Professionals?

CI5: The New Professionals airs on Sky One.

When did CI5: The New Professionals first air?

CI5: The New Professionals first aired on September 19, 1999.

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