A09 When The Heat Cools Off
Writer: Brian Clemens
Director: Ray Austin
Original Broadcast: UK: 24.02.1978
Episode Availability: DVD: AU UK Video: UK
Novelisation: The Professionals 3: Stake Out by Ken Blake [0 7221 5252 3]
Cast:
CI5 Agent William Bodie · Lewis Collins
CI5 Controller George Cowley · Gordon Jackson
CI5 Agent Raymond Doyle · Martin Shaw
Guest Cast:
Betty · Bridget Brice
Car Salesman · Alistair Cameron
Mrs Wilson · Shelagh Fraser
Sergeant · Geoffrey Hinsliff
Bill Haydon · Peter Hughes
Harry Scott · Bernard Kay
Fitch · Robert Mill
Merton · Michael Sheard
Minister · Gerald Sim
Jill Haydon · Lalla Ward
Syd Parker · Graham Weston
Freddy · Arthur White
The daughter of a man Doyle put in prison claims to have new evidence to exonerate her father. Doyle agrees to re-open the case, but is his burgeoning relationship with the girl clouding his judgement...?
Bodie: "Have I ever let you down?"
Doyle: "Yes, you have, as a matter of fact... Now, listen, this bird... she's not that gymnast is she, the big one? I don't want that any more. I've had enough of that."
Bodie: "Yeah, well, never mind that."
Doyle: "No, this is on me."
Bodie: "You paid last week."
Doyle: "Well, then you pay."
Doyle's Girlfriend: "Will you two stop arguing?"
Doyle: "Well, you pay, then. That's settled, then. She's gonna pay. That'll teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Bodie: "Look, I don't know what this is about, but to hold a grudge —"
Doyle: "He killed my partner. Syd Parker. A good copper and a good friend. Bill Haydon stuck a bullet right through the middle of him. Now tell me, Bodie, how would you feel about that?"
Bodie: "I don't know."
Doyle: "Sorry, mate."
Bodie: "That's okay."
Bodie: "You're pleased with yourself, aren't you? Yeah, of course you are — regular bloody Sherlock Holmes."
Doyle: "Yeah, all right, don't hang about — put your foot down — Watson."
Doyle: "I never knew you were such an outdoor type. I mean, fishing and Bodie. They don't exactly go together, do they? You know what I mean?"
Bodie: "That's very wounding. I'm a deeply sensitive man with an enduring interest in the countryside. Besides, there's a pub down the road with two beautiful barmaids."
Doyle: "Oh, that kind of fishing."