Spooks
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.
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Series 1
6 episodes
Premiered May 13, 2002
Series 2
10 episodes
Premiered Jun 2, 2003
Series 3
10 episodes
Premiered Oct 11, 2004
Series 4
10 episodes
Premiered Sep 12, 2005
Series 5
10 episodes
Premiered Sep 17, 2006
Series 6
10 episodes
Premiered Oct 16, 2007
Series 7
8 episodes
Premiered Oct 27, 2008
Series 8
8 episodes
Premiered Nov 4, 2009
Series 9
8 episodes
Premiered Sep 20, 2010
Series 10
6 episodes
Premiered Sep 18, 2011
Ep 1Thou 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.
Ep 2Looking 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.
Ep 3One 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.
Ep 4Traitor'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?
Ep 5The 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.
Ep 6The 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?
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