B03 First Night

Writer: Gerry O'Hara
Director: David Wickes
Original Broadcast: UK: 21.10.1978
Episode Availability: DVD: UK Video: UK
Novelisation: The Professionals 4: Hunter Hunted by Ken Blake [0 7221 1727 2]

Cast:
CI5 Agent William Bodie · Lewis Collins
CI5 Controller George Cowley · Gordon Jackson
CI5 Agent Raymond Doyle · Martin Shaw

Guest Cast:
Divorcee · Brenda Cavendish
Second WPC · Susan Derrick
Biebermann · Arnold Diamond
Marksman · Jack Elliott
Debra · Jean Gilpin
Mac · Robert Hamilton
Harvey · Julian Holloway
John · David Howey
Boffin · Terence McGinty
Crewman · Frederick Marks
Minister · John Nettleton
Soldier · John Patrick
Hirschfield · George Pravda
Arab Diplomat · Nadim Sawalha
Blonde WPC · Pearl Ann Turner
Frank · Tony Vogel
First Pretty Girl · Sara Walkden
Second Pretty Girl · Carla Wansey
CI5 Assistant Ruth · Diana Weston
Local Police Chief · John York

---

An Israeli minister is kidnapped and CI5's only clue to his whereabouts is a poorly shot photograph.

---

[Doyle tries to get Ruth to go out him]
Ruth: "You're as bad as Bodie."
Doyle: "Oh, no one's as bad as Bodie!"

---

Bodie: "I'm gonna pack this job in."
Doyle: "And do what?"
Bodie: "Live off some rich woman."
Doyle: "Oh, they can be very demanding."
Bodie: "How do you know?"
Doyle: "I've tried it. Very boring, very repetitive."
Bodie: "Repetitive?"
Doyle: "Yeah."
Bodie: "You little devil."

---

Cowley: "There's something waiting for us in a telephone box."
Minister: "I don't like the sound of that 'something'."
Bodie: "Half an ear, perhaps?" [Doyle laughs]
Cowley: "There are times, Bodie, when I find your ribaldry quite distasteful."