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Spooks

Spooks
★ 7.7/10•2002•1h 0m•TV-14•Drama•Action & Adventure•Crime
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It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers.

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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 13, 2002

Episodes

Episode 1 - Thou Shalt Not KillE159m

Thou Shalt Not Kill

An 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.

May 13, 2002

Episode 2 - Looking After Our OwnE259m

Looking After Our Own

Tom 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.

May 20, 2002

Episode 3 - One Last DanceE359m

One Last Dance

Whilst 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.

May 27, 2002

Episode 4 - Traitor's GateE459m

Traitor's Gate

MI5'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?

Jun 4, 2002

Episode 5 - The Rose Bed MemoirsE559m

The Rose Bed Memoirs

Disgraced 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.

Jun 10, 2002

Episode 6 - The Lesser of Two EvilsE658m

The Lesser of Two Evils

Patrick 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?

Jun 17, 2002

Actors

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Harry Pearce

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

Ruth Evershed

Max Brown

Max Brown

Dimitri Levendis

Lara Pulver

Lara Pulver

Erin Watts

William Hope

William Hope

Jim Coaver

Alex Lanipekun

Alex Lanipekun

Ben Kaplan

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Calum Reed

Tom Weston-Jones

Tom Weston-Jones

Sasha Gavrik

Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Elena Gavrik

Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde

Ilya Gavrik

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

William Towers

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