Spooks

2002

Spooks

8.3 | TV-14 | en | Drama

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

EP6 Deportation

Oct. 23,2011

Harry finds himself facing deportation to America following the death of CIA agent Jim Coaver. After some new evidence comes to light about the recent attacks on the United Kingdom and the government's proposed alliance with Russia, Ruth and her former colleagues in Section D free Harry from CIA custody. Harry's suspicions see him going to another of his former Cold War adversaries.

EP5 Kidnap

Oct. 16,2011

There is new evidence of CIA agent Jim Coaver's involvement in some recent attacks on MI5. Harry ends up kidnapping his former Cold War colleague but soon ends up realising that he's been looking in the wrong place and Jim could be innocent. Harry, with Ruth's help attempt to steal Coaver's laptop from under the noses of the Americans at the US embassy.

EP4 Suicide Bomber

Oct. 09,2011

Two former inmates are released from jail. One is an undercover MI5 asset and the other is an impressionable wannabe suicide bomber who has been radicalised in prison. They are set to launch an attack somewhere in London, but our team must time it right and step in at the eleventh hour to prevent a massive loss of life.

EP3 Dirty Bomb

Oct. 02,2011

MI5 receives a red flash: radioactive material has been detected at an airport. They have intelligence that a highly dangerous anarchist with a penchant for dirty bombs has secretly entered the country. They enlist Dimitri to honeytrap the anarchist's only known contact, his sister Natalie. It is a morally tough operation for Dimitri, but through Natalie he gets close to the dirty-bomber. Dimitri's personal connection to them both proves invaluable in the tense and potentially lethal endgame.

EP2 Stolen Laptop

Sep. 25,2011

Calum is attacked by a gang of street muggers during a routine intelligence-sharing exercise with MI6. The laptop he was carrying is stolen, and contains highly-classified information on MI5's undercover assets. Their names are soon plastered all over the internet, making MI5 look incompetent and putting those top assets' lives in danger.

EP1 Garden Leave

Sep. 18,2011

The team has been left shocked by Lucas's betrayal, and with Harry Pearce on gardening leave, Section D has a new leader called Erin Watts. She has brought Calum Reed with her into the team. Harry Pearce manages to win his MI5 employment tribunal and is soon back on the Grid in the thick of the action. Secrets end up being discovered after Max Witt, a retired spy and Harry's colleague in Berlin during the Cold War, is discovered to have been murdered.

8.3 | TV-14 | en | Drama , Crime , Action & Adventure | More Info

Released: 2002-05-13 | Released Producted By: BBC , Kudos Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mf4b

Synopsis

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Cast

Peter Firth , Nicola Walker , Max Brown

Director

Simon Crawford Collins

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BBC , Kudos

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Trailers

Cast

Peter Firth

as Harry Pearce

Cheat Risen Happily Ever After Spooks: The Greater Good Dickensian Undeniable Mayday World Without End South Riding

Nicola Walker

as Ruth Evershed

Jay Blades: No Place Like Home Annika One Red Nose Day and a Wedding The Split Unforgotten River River Second Coming Heading Out

Max Brown

as Dimitri Levendis

Sister Boniface Mysteries That Good Night Hieroglyph Love Tomorrow Flutter Daylight Robbery The Tudors Turistas Fallen Angels

Reviews

russellty300 Not sure who the writers are of this abysmal piece of garbage, but they ought to be fired. So many unbelievable scenarios and situations the series became a laughing stock in our household. Take the scene where Danny is driving with a fellow who is shot by a sniper. Who in their right mind would slam on the brakes and stop in the middle of the street, get out, and look for a sniper? Think you might become a target? Brain dead. Get out of the kill zone, drive to a hospital, anything would have been better. Zoe gets sentenced to 10 years for a killing she may or may not have instigated. Wants to hang around in jail rather than take up life in Chile. Spies who have difficulty killing someone who threatens the safety of the world with a killer microbe. And this series actually won some awards??? I'd be ashamed of the security services in Britain if anything like the real thing. Is good for watching while napping, though.

wlb * I have added this since my initial review. Thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, one can zip though entire seasons quickly. Seasons 1-5 apply to my review below - but it seems as of Season 6 it has become more like "24" and less realism. Which is fine, I suppose, but the story lines have become more outlandish. Since I don't want to spoil anything you be the judge. Since I started streaming this from Netflix and Hulu, I have become addicted to this series. And I am reminded of a quip actor Michael Weatherly of NCIS gave in an interview - saying that the title of his show really stands for "No Character Is Safe".Perhaps the creators of NCIS got their inspiration from MI-5, which made its debut a year earlier.All I can say is you don't know who will be there for the next episode. Which is shocking at first, particularly if you start to like them but gives the show an edge.I do believe the actual day to day world of the spy is a bit more cerebral and deskbound, but the show is still realistic. I mean, real spies probably would not want an Aston Martin DB5 while on assignment - they want to blend in - and in an episode I just watched one of the recurring characters actually mentioned that he'd prefer a less flashy car to the one he was driving. But I would not be surprised if some real "Spooks" - active or more likely retirees, are technical advisers. It's a great show that has enough realism to make it believable and enough "Hollywood action" to make it enjoyable.

Jan M What a show!!! I love watching MI-5!Thank you for the most interesting TV show today! MI-5 helps us to see and understand better the important role spies play in preserving the world safer. It helps us remember that thanks to the countless sacrifices spies have made throughout centuries we have a better world! And that many of the privileges and luxuries we enjoy, and often take for granted, we owe to them! I wish I could understand why the producers had to kill Ruth Evershed!??? Was it really necessary??? What an extraordinary role she played and how well Ms. Nicola Walker played the role! THANK YOU, MS. WALKER! I would like to thank the producers also for creating a role where a woman is portrayed as extremely intelligent, rational, fair, just, daring, tenacious, sensitive, courageous... I do wish to know why Ruth's character had to be eliminated... was it because the actress's contract expired and she decided not to renew it? And if so, was it just because of money? Will we ever see another female interesting and enchanting character again in this superb and unique British TV show?

Hayden Wheeler I have loved this show pretty much from the start. The BBC have produced many outstanding dramas across the years and this sits very comfortably with the best; I Claudius, Elizabeth R, War & Peace and so on.The acting, direction and scripts are nothing but brilliant which makes it one of the very few "Must-See" programmes on television.I have just seen the last episode in Series 10 which contains a beautiful twist at the end. I never saw that one coming!Throughout each series there are plots, sub-plots and even sub-sub-plots. The characters may change from time to time but this adds to the freshness of the programme. In this age of obsession with celebrity and reality TV, Spooks has risen far above the dross. My only hope is that a Series 11 becomes reality.