THE PROFESSIONALS – "Heroes" - 1977 Episode five of the of the 1977 to 1983, UK, action-crime series, THE PROFESSIONALS. Gordon Jackson is in charge of CI-5, a group of men drawn from the SAS, Police and other law enforcement agencies. Their mandate is to stop acts of terrorism and threats against the UK.
CI–5 get involved when an American Senator, Bruce Boa, is bumped off in broad daylight at a road block. Five armed gunmen had stopped his van and emptied a twin-barrelled shotgun into Boa. The murder is witnessed by a half dozen other motorists at the traffic stop.
CI-5 boss, Gordon Jackson arranges for the newspapers to release a story stating that the gunmen had been identified by these same witnesses. The papers however, go one further and also publish the names and addresses of the witnesses.
CI-5 now must now hurry to find and protect the witnesses before the gunmen find them. Two of the people in question are killed before CI-5 reaches them. The remaining witnesses are quickly hidden away for their own protection.
Now how do they flush out the gunmen? One of the witnesses, Robert McBain, an ex- Royal Marine offers to act as bait. The offer is accepted and CI-5 place carious men around McBain's house. Sure enough, the gunmen come a calling. A fairly big firefight happens with the villains and one CI-5 agent going for the deep six.
Not the best episode I've seen of the series by any means, but it still delivers plenty of violence and action.
CI–5 get involved when an American Senator, Bruce Boa, is bumped off in broad daylight at a road block. Five armed gunmen had stopped his van and emptied a twin-barrelled shotgun into Boa. The murder is witnessed by a half dozen other motorists at the traffic stop.
CI-5 boss, Gordon Jackson arranges for the newspapers to release a story stating that the gunmen had been identified by these same witnesses. The papers however, go one further and also publish the names and addresses of the witnesses.
CI-5 now must now hurry to find and protect the witnesses before the gunmen find them. Two of the people in question are killed before CI-5 reaches them. The remaining witnesses are quickly hidden away for their own protection.
Now how do they flush out the gunmen? One of the witnesses, Robert McBain, an ex- Royal Marine offers to act as bait. The offer is accepted and CI-5 place carious men around McBain's house. Sure enough, the gunmen come a calling. A fairly big firefight happens with the villains and one CI-5 agent going for the deep six.
Not the best episode I've seen of the series by any means, but it still delivers plenty of violence and action.