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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 is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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- E1 Private Madness, Public DangerNext upDec 30, 1977
Synopsis
Charles Nesbitt, an expert on chemical weapons, threatens to contaminate the water sources of London with a lethal hallucogenic drug and in order to back up his claims, plans several small 'demonstrations' in warning to the local authorities - including CI5.
Guest stars: Keith Barron (Charles Nesbitt), Donald Douglas (Eric Sutton), Di Trevis (Susan Fenton), Angus MacKay (Gerald Harvey), Christopher Ellison (Biggs, CI5 Agent), Peter Penry-Jones (Cummings), Penny Irving (Pam), Donald MacIver (Hoskins)
- E2 The Female FactorJan 6, 1978
Synopsis
An Iron Curtain agent is using a young girl to extort secrets from, and ultimately destroy the career of, a future British Prime Minister, unaware that the girl is the long-lost daughter of a well-known local prostitute.
Guest stars: Anthony Steel (Sir Charles Milvern), Walter Gotell (Sam Baker), Felicity Dean (Sara Seaford), Pamela Salem (Ann Seaford), Barry Justice (Simon Culver), Maggie Wright (Paula), Patrick Durkin (Terkoff), Stefan Kalipha (Henry Aloysius Wences)
- E3 Old Dog With New TricksJan 13, 1978
Synopsis
A gangster called Turkel devises a plot to free his brother from jail by taking hostage an important figure in authority. He is unaware, however, that the 'important figure' he has taken in is actually Cowley masquerading as the Home Secretary, with Bodie as his bodyguard and Doyle ready to pull the trigger on Turkel's brother.
Guest stars: Johnny Shannon (Charley Turkel), Phil Davis (Billy Turner), Pamela Stephenson (Emma Bolding), Stephan Chase (Dapper), Richard Hampton (Morgan), Anthony Morton (Henry Turkel), Basil Hoskins (Dr. Brook), Edward Dentith (High Ranking Police Officer)
- E4 Killer With a Long ArmJan 20, 1978
Synopsis
CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two miles. But they must find out who is the gunman and what is his target - before it is too late.
Guest stars: Michael Latimer (Georgi), Diane Keen (Hilda), Milos Kirek (Costa), Alan Tilvern (Tarkos), Jonathan Hyde (Tommy), Antony Carrick (Mervin), Mitzi Rogers (Barbara), James Leith (Carter)
- E5 HeroesJan 27, 1978
Synopsis
When a newspaper takes it upon themselves to irresponsibly publish a list of the names of witnesses to an assassination, it is left to CI5 to not only protect these people, but at the same time apprehend the killers before they strike again.
Guest stars: John Castle (Tommy, CI5 Agent), Rufus Collins (Tin Can), Ralph Michael (Estate Car Driver), Dorothy White (Mrs. Lewis), Thomas Baptiste (Huntley), Damien Thomas (Raider), Chris Dillinger (Raider), Neil Kennedy (Raider)
- E6 Where the Jungle EndsFeb 3, 1978
Synopsis
A group of former comrades from Bodie's mercenary days reappear in England and in order to impress a top London gangster, carry out a violent raid on a local bank. It's left to CI5 to catch and stop the ringleader Krivas and his gang, reuniting Bodie with some of his old adversaries in the process.
Guest stars: David Suchet (Krivas), Del Henney (Benny Marsh), Geoffrey Palmer (Simon Sinclair), Christopher Reich (Franky), Paul Humpoletz (Tub), Leon Lissek (Pole), Jeremy Bulloch (Denver), Robert James (Cusak)
- E7 Close QuartersFeb 10, 1978
Synopsis
On leave from CI5 with a hand injury, Bodie takes a day trip with his girlfriend and finds himself face-to-face with the leader of a terrorist group. He captures him but then the rest of the gang arrive and trap Bodie and his girlfriend in a nearby vicarage, leaving him unable to alert his colleagues back at CI5 HQ. With barely any clues as to his whereabouts, Doyle and Cowley go on a chase through the countryside to try and locate Bodie.
Guest stars: Hildegard Neil (Sara), Gabrielle Drake (Julia), Clive Arrindell (Franz Myer), Madlena Nedeva (Inge Helmut), Allan Surtees (Vicar), David Bradley (Tony Kristo), Barney James (Hans Russeheim), Rowland Davies (Doctor)
- E8 Everest Was Also ConqueredFeb 17, 1978
Synopsis
A dying man's confession triggers the re-opening of a twenty-year-old case of police corruption, an investigation in which the main prosecution witness was murdered by the police officers who were supposedly trying to protect her. Somebody then decides to silence these officers, and sets about doing so.
Guest stars: Michael Denison (Lord Derrington), Richard Greene (Neil Turvey), Ann Lynn (Ann Berry), Kathleen Byron (Mrs. Turner), Charles Keating (Sammy), Gary Waldhorn (Turner), Helen Cotterill (Sally), Roy Boyd (Frank Hamer)
- E9 When the Heat Cools OffFeb 24, 1978
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The daughter of a man inprisoned by Doyle six years ago when he was a Docklands policeman turns up, claiming to have new evidence which will exonerate her father. Doyle reluctantly agrees to reopen the case, but will his budding relationship with the girl cloud his judgement, and make even himself doubt whether he jailed the right man?
Guest stars: Peter Hughes (Bill Haydon), Lalla Ward (Jill Haydon), Bernard Kay (Harry Scott), Graham Weston (Syd Parker), Shelagh Fraser (Mrs. Wilson), Arthur White (Freddy), Michael Sheard (Merton), Robert Mill (Fitch)
- E10 Stake OutMar 3, 1978
Synopsis
A CI5 agent is murdered, leading to the discovery of a man who is dying as a result of plutonium poisoning. This links CI5 to a further plot involving the imminent explosion of an A-bomb at the same bowling alley. It's left to Bodie and Doyle to try and de-activate the fuse before it takes them and the whole of London with it.
Guest stars: David Collings (Frank Turner), Barry Jackson (Bob), Pamela Stephenson (Attractive Blonde), Jack Lynn (Blackie), Peter Armitage (Ray Kerrigan), Tony Osoba (Handsome Man), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Doctor Binney), Gerald James (Hunter)
- E11 Long ShotMar 10, 1978
Synopsis
CI5 are assigned to protect a visiting American Ambassador from a renowned hitman called Ramos, who is hot on his trail. But after only one apparent assasination attempt at his life, Ramos appears to give up - only for him to turn up again at CI5 HQ itself.
Guest stars: Roger Lloyd Pack (Ramos), Martin Benson (Villa), Robert Gillespie (Sammy), Peter Cellier (Walton), Nadim Sawalha (Sheikh Achmeia), Ed Bishop (Dr. Ernest Harbinger), John Horsley (Mitchell), Judy Matheson (Mandy Mitchell)
- E12 Look After AnnieMar 17, 1978
Synopsis
Annie Irving, an extreme left-wing preacher - and former flame of Cowley's - becomes the target of a hitman when one of her meetings comes to London. Cowley assigns Bodie and Doyle to protect her, unaware that the would-be hitman is right under his nose.
Guest stars: Diana Fairfax (Annie Irvine), Clifton Jones (Stanley), Patricia Quinn (Isla), Derek Francis (John Howard), Keith Buckley (Ben Hymer), Nick Brimble (Big Billy), Frank Jarvis (Patterson), Michael Walker (Turner)
- E13 KlansmenMar 24, 1978
Synopsis
Members of a 'Keep Britain White' group go on the rampage in London, attacking the local black residents in an attempt at forcing them to leave the area...but two of the group members have an ulterior motive. Bodie is left seriously injured whilst Doyle joins the group undercover.
Guest stars: Edward Judd (Hulton), Trevor Thomas (Zadie), Sheila Ruskin (Helen), Anthony Booth (Dinny), Lawrie Mark (Tommy), Joseph Charles (Jax, CI5 Agent), Oscar James (Topaz), George Harris (Arty)
Cast & crew
Created by Brian Clemens
Lewis Collins
Martin Shaw
Gordon Jackson
