"The Professionals" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brian Clemens

Brian Clemens had also created 'The Avengers' in the 1960s and 'Bugs' in the 1990s.

Ian Kennedy Martin created 'The Sweeney' another show from the early 1970s based on the Flying Squad in London.

Robert Banks Stewart created 'Bergerac', a show from the 1980s focusing on a Jersey detective.

Gene Roddenberry created 'Star Trek' in the 1960s and the show is still going today.

Answer: CI5

CI5 was the organisation featured in 'The Professionals'.

'Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service - these are the professionals.' This was said over the title sequence originally.

Answer: George Cowley

George Cowley was the Scottish head of CI5, wonderfully played by Gordon Jackson.

Garfield Morgan was in 'The Sweeney'.

John Steed from 'The Avengers'.

Gordon Spikings was from 'Dempsey and Makepeace'.

Answer: William Bodie

Lewis Collins played William Bodie in 'The Professionals'. The character Bodie had a varied past - he had been in the Merchant Navy originally before becoming a mercenary. He then joined the armed services as a paratrooper. He finally joined the SAS before being recruited to CI5. Bodie had a tendency to use fists first, and talk later.

Following 'The Professionals' Lewis Collins unfortunately became typecast as the SAS/military type. His main credits following 'The Professionals' were 'Who Dares Wins' and 'Code Name: Wild Geese' - both films about the military.

John Regan was from 'The Sweeney'.

James Dempsey was from 'Dempsey and Makepeace'.

Nicholas Beckett was from 'Bugs'.

Answer: Ray Doyle

Martin Shaw played Ray Doyle who was a Detective Constable working in the East End of London and the Docks before joining CI5. Doyle was a very different character to Bodie. Doyle preferred to talk first, although he wasn't averse to getting violent if the situation required it.

In a bid to prevent typecasting, Martin Shaw went back to the stage for quite a few years. On TV since, he has done 'The Chief', 'Rhodes' and 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'. His most recent show is 'Judge John Deed'.

George Carter was from 'The Sweeney'.

Chas Jarvis is from 'Dempsey and Makepeace'.

Mike Gambit was from 'The New Avengers'.

Answer: Klansmen

'Klansmen' was banned in the UK by ITV in 1978. The story features on racist attacks by a Ku Klux Klan style white supremecist group. The character Bodie was also revealed to be very racist in the beginning, although his attitude had changed drastically by the end of the episode. It has since been shown on UK TV via the satellite channels.

Answer: Discovered in a Graveyard

Doyle was shot in the episode 'Discovered in a Graveyard', and hovered between life and death for the majority of the episode. The other episodes listed all feature the deaths of other agents.

Answer: Annie

Annie Irvine was an old flame of George Cowley's in the episode 'Look After Annie'.

Annie Irvine was the leader of the Workers Christian Alliance who had come to England for a conference. Cowley finds out that her life is under threat, and sends Bodie and Doyle to protect her.

Susan and Ruth are both female CI5 agents.

Betty is Cowley's secretary.

Answer: No

Doyle did almost get married in the epsiode 'Involvement' with Ann Holly. She had witnessed them shooting a suspect dead and Doyle comforted her, and they started to fall in love. Doyle also went as far as trying to leave CI5 to spend more time with Ann. Unfortunately, Ann found out that CI5 had been investigating her father, and had arrested him on drugs charges. This led to Ann breaking up with Doyle and walking off.

Ann Holly was played by Patricia Hodge, a famous actress, who has also been in 'The Lifes and Loves of the She-Devil', 'Rumpole of the Bailey' and 'Jemima Shore Investigates'.

Answer: Wild Justice

In the episode 'Wild Justice', Bodie finds out that the last other remaining survivor of his special forces unit has been killed by a gang of bikers. This leads him to become obssessive in his desire to get revenge on the gang. His behaviour is so erratic that CI5's psychiatrist, Dr Kate Ross, wanted to declare him mentally unfit to carry on working in the unit. Bodie only came to his senses towards the end when Cowley threatened to shoot him if Bodie tried to kill the biker. Cowley also convinced Bodie to let the justice system take over rather than revenge.