Spooks
“It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers.”
DramaAction & AdventureCrime
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Seasons & episodes
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Defending their country, deceiving their friends - it's all in a day's work for the agents at MI5, the Security Service. The elite team tackle organised crime, espionage and terrorist activities, as well as the conflicts and power struggles back in the office. There's a car bomb in Liverpool, a siege in the Turkish embassy and the murder of a double agent, not to mention the difficulty of having to lie to loved ones about who you are and what you do.
1Thou Shalt Not Kill13 May 2002 · 50m · ★ 7.2An abortion doctor is executed by an American pro-life terrorist; Mary Kane. An informant reveals that this is just the tip of the iceberg as Mary has 20 more bombs and plans on using them. To make matters worse she has started training more pro-life groups, within the UK.
2Looking After Our Own20 May 2002 · 52m · ★ 9.0Tom and Helen must go undercover and befriend the wife of a suspected hardcore racist in order to prevent a racewar. Meanwhile Zoe and Tessa learn that a boatload of refugees is due to dock at Dover in the next few days. Things worsen when the operatives realise the two things may be connected and their covers may be blown.
3One Last Dance27 May 2002 · 51m · ★ 8.6Whilst on a routine check of the bugs in the Turkish Embassy, Zoe and all the other people in the embassy are taken hostage by terrorists who wish to negotiate the release of their parents from prison. If Zoe's cover as a PR consultant is blown she will almost certainly be killed. Things worsen when Harry realises that the attack on the embassy was all just a distraction from something much, much bigger.
4Traitor's Gate4 Jun 2002 · 52m · ★ 8.2MI5's best officer, Peter Salter, seems to be joining the enemy. President Bush is scheduled to visit and it seems as though Salter is trying to stop the peace, is this all part of his mission or is he in fact a triple-agent?
5The Rose Bed Memoirs10 Jun 2002 · 51m · ★ 8.4Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder has written memoirs with the power to destroy the government, what's more an old KGB agent is trying to smuggle illegal arms into and out of the country, besmirching the good name of the Prime Minister's right hand man.
6The Lesser of Two Evils17 Jun 2002 · 51m · ★ 8.7Patrick McCann, an IRA leader claims to have information about a nuclear attack on the UK mainland, can MI5 trust the IRA enough to give them what they want in return; 36 hours free of surveillance, free to do whatever they wish?
Details
- Created by
- David Wolstencroft
- First aired
- 13 May 2002
- Last aired
- 23 Oct 2011
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 86
- Votes
- 153 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
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Cast
Peter FirthHarry Pearce
Nicola WalkerRuth Evershed
Max BrownDimitri Levendis
Lara PulverErin Watts
William HopeJim Coaver
Alex LanipekunBen Kaplan
Geoffrey StreatfeildCalum Reed
Tom Weston-JonesSasha Gavrik
Alice KrigeElena Gavrik
Jonathan HydeIlya Gavrik
Simon Russell BealeWilliam Towers
