Spooks
"It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers."
PeacockTense 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.
Series 1
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.
Series 2
The second series gets off to an explosive start, picking up at the exact moment the first one finished. MI5 agent Tom's girlfriend Ellie and her young daughter are trapped inside a securely sealed house in which a bomb is about to explode, and there's no way out. There's also organised crime, terrorist activities, embassy sieges, weapons proliferation, subversives, anarchists and drug traffickers, not to mention the conflicts and power struggles the elite team has to deal with back in the office.
Series 3
It is all change in the clandestine world of MI5 when new agent, Adam Carter, joins the team. Tom has been branded a traitor and has disappeared, while Harry is in hospital, seriously wounded, and there is dissension in the ranks. Danny and Zoe seek to clear Tom's name despite the fact he appears guilty and may even be dead. Will Tom, missing since shooting Harry, re-emerge to prove himself an innocent victim of a set-up? And will former MI6 agent Adam Carter, the new edition to the team, provide the drive and enthusiasm so apparently missing? If his track record and the reputation that precedes him are anything to go by, there are going to be plenty of fireworks.
Series 4
The group are still reeling after the shocking events at the end of the last series. Now rising star Zafar joins the team as they set out to become even stronger in their battle to safeguard the nation. When London comes under terrorist attack Adam is forced to make an impossible decision, Harry must deal with blackmail threats from an old flame, and Fiona faces her own demons when she goes undercover in Syria.
Series 5
Series 5 begins with Britain left reeling after a series of terrorist attacks. Our team believe the attacks cloak a conspiracy to destroy democracy and turn Britain into a 'police state'. Can the team protect the democratic way of life? Zafar goes undercover and infiltrates a home-grown Islamic terror group who are planning a massive attack against London. There could also be serious repercussions for Ruth when she finds out the deaths of seven terrorist suspects in a prison fire were in fact staged by British military intelligence.
Series 6
Adam and Ros recover to find London facing an even greater threat. While attempting to thwart an attack that could jeopardise a historic peace accord between Britain and Iran, the team unwittingly unleash a deadly killer. But with a virus that mimics the pneumonic plague, there can be no negotiation. And when Zaf is kidnapped by armed mercenaries, the team realises that in a game of the highest stakes they hold none of the cards. As the stuff of nightmares becomes increasingly real, London faces total devastation.
Series 7
Series seven sees officer Lucas North joining MI5. Having spent the past eight years in a Russian prison, Lucas North is welcomed back by MI5 supremo and old friend Harry Pearce, who was instrumental in finally securing his release.
Series 8
The eighth action-packed series finds the team in a race against time to rescue Harry, who has been kidnapped by rogue Russian agents. But as they dig deeper into his disappearance, they find a trail that leads to Iraq, and a conspiracy that involves the CIA, MI6 and some missing weapons-grade uranium. Could Harry know where it is? And how is former team member Ruth Evershed, recently returned to the security of MI5 having fled her new life in Cyprus, connected to it all?
Series 9
It’s a new world for the Spooks team: Ros’s death and a new coalition parliament herald in an era of re-assessment of the role of Britain, MI5 and even the life of a Spook. Faced with Ros’s barely attended funeral, the team come to question what a person sacrifices when they become a spy, provoking Harry to make an unexpected offer to another member of the Team. Further challenges await Harry in the form of the new Government and colourful new Home Secretary, William Towers. Working for a government doing whatever it takes to stop the country from sinking into historic economic disaster in their first year in office, Harry’s instincts are challenged as he is forced to bend to the will of those more powerful. There are some new faces on the Grid. Beth Bailey – an ex-mercenary who wants to hang up her boots in Iraq and find a more meaningful existence, defending the realm. Desperate to impress, she leaves some vital details about her past off her application form. Then there’s Dimitri Levendis: ex-SBS (Special Boat Service) who proves how capable and heroic he is in an impossible situation.
Series 10
In the tenth and final series, secrets tumble out when former foes of Harry Pearce during the Cold War fly into London to negotiate a partnership between Russia and the UK.
Cast (661)
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Directors
Alrick Riley
Director
Edward Hall
Director
Ages 35-44
Omar Madha
Director
Bharat Nalluri
Director
Ages 37-46
Julian Holmes
Director
Sam Miller
Director
Ages 39-49
Rob Bailey
Director
Julian Simpson
Director
Ages 30-39
Justin Chadwick
Director
Ages 33-42
Antonia Bird
Director
Ages 51-60
Cilla Ware
Director
Andy Wilson
Director
Ages 44-53
Jonny Campbell
Director
Brendan Maher
Director
Andy Hay
Director
Jeremy Lovering
Director
Ciarán Donnelly
Director
Peter Hoar
Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Director
Ages 44-54
Paul Whittington
Director
Colm McCarthy
Director
Ages 29-38
Charles Beeson
Director
Stefan Schwartz
Director
Ages 39-48
Bill Anderson
Director
Kenneth Glenaan
Director
Writers
Ben Richards
Writer
Ages 38-47
Howard Brenton
Writer
Ages 59-68
Neil Cross
Writer
Ages 33-42
David Farr
Writer
Ages 32-41
Jonathan Brackley
Writer
Ages 23-32
Sam Vincent
Writer
Ages 23-32
David Wolstencroft
Writer
Raymond Khoury
Writer
Christian Spurrier
Writer
Zinnie Harris
Writer
Rupert Walters
Writer
Richard McBrien
Writer
Simon Mirren
Writer
Sean Cook
Writer
James Dormer
Writer
George Tiffin
Writer
James Moran
Writer
Ages 30-39
Russell Lewis
Writer
Ages 38-48
Anthony Neilson
Writer
Steve Bailie
Writer
Julian Simpson
Writer
Ages 30-39
Oliver Brown
Writer
Raymond Khoury
Writer
Dennis Kelly
Writer
Matthew Graham
Writer
Producers
Cinematographers
Damian Bromley
Director of Photography
James Welland
Director of Photography
Ages 41-50
Sue Gibson
Director of Photography
Ages 50-59
Giulio Biccari
Director of Photography
Nic Morris
Director of Photography
Adam Suschitzky
Director of Photography
Ages 30-39
Shane Daly
Director of Photography
Kieran McGuigan
Director of Photography
Sean Bobbitt
Director of Photography
Ages 43-52
Ben Smithard
Director of Photography
Tony Slater Ling
Director of Photography
Jake Polonsky
Director of Photography
Ages 29-39
Simon Chaudoir
Director of Photography
Fabian Wagner
Director of Photography
Ages 24-33
Nigel Willoughby
Director of Photography
Balazs Bolygo
Director of Photography
Ages 27-36
Jan Jonaeus
Director of Photography
Baz Irvine
Director of Photography
Vincent De Paula
Director of Photography
Donal Gilligan
Director of Photography
Editors
Jamie Pearson
Editor
Barney Pilling
Editor
Paul Knight
Editor
Ages 28-38
Jonathan Amos
Editor
Paul Endacott
Editor
Victoria Boydell
Editor
Patrick Moore
Editor
Ian Sutherland
Editor
Colin Green
Editor
Adam Recht
Editor
Belinda Cottrell
Editor
Luke Dunkley
Editor
Jamie Trevill
Editor
Søren B. Ebbe
Editor
Guy Bensley
Editor
Ages 41-51
Daniel Gethic
Editor
Mike Jones
Editor
Nigel Bunyan
Editor
Phil Hookway
Editor
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
GB
Production Companies
BBC, Kudos