The Professionals is a British crime-action tv drama collection produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Break Tv (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were created, filmed between 1977 and also 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins as well as Gordon Jackson as agents of the imaginary CI5 (Criminal Knowledge 5, pointing to the real-life MI5). The Professionals was produced by Brian Clemens, that had actually been one of the driving pressures behind The Avengers. The show was originally to have been called The A-Squad. Clemens and Albert Fennell were executive manufacturers, with service partner Laurie Johnson providing the theme music. Sidney Hayers created the initial series in 1977, and also Raymond Menmuir the rest. Defending champion Pascal Ackermann went empty, Routinian John Degenkolb came to third place in the cycling classic directly tears of disappointment: German professionals have had to give himself beaten th...