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Spooks

2002 Ended 60m episodes

7.7/10 155 votes

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.

Created by:: David Wolstencroft
Cast:: Peter Firth, Nicola Walker, Max Brown, Lara Pulver
Language:: English
Country:: United Kingdom
Network:: BBC One

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Seasons

10 available

Series 3

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E01

Episode 1

★ 9.0

Project Friendly Fire

2004-10-11 · 59m

Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss Harry Pearce. He also stands accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Oliver Mace uses this a pretext to launch a punitive investigation of MI5. Zoe, Danny and the team must prove Tom innocent and save the service from government takeover.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.8

The Sleeper

2004-10-18 · 59m

Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists, Tom has a crisis of conscience which could jeopardise his career.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 8.0

Who Guards the Guards?

2004-10-25 · 58m

Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 8.8

A Prayer for My Daughter

2004-11-01 · 58m

The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed MI5 starts to investigate a newspaper mogul and renowned Israeli extremist, and a group he's associated with called the November Committee. Can MI5 prevent an assassination attempt on a pro-Palestinian British MP?

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E05

Episode 5

★ 7.8

Love and Death

2004-11-08 · 59m

Saturday morning. Danny and Colin practice their firing technique on MI5's gun range. Zoe and her fiancé Will are still madly in love. Ruth watches old movies at home whilst longing for real-life romance. A North Sea mission places additional stain on all relationships...

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E06

Episode 6

★ 8.8

Persephone

2004-11-15 · 59m

Zoe is tried for manslaughter when an MI5 operation results in the murder of an undercover police officer.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 8.5

Outsiders

2004-11-22 · 59m

While a deadly hacker turns Britain upside down, Danny decides whether to reveal all to Will, MI5 hunts the source down to an Islamic mosque with the help of MI5's best computer programmers. But things get suspicious when Ruth, close onto the tail of the hacker, goes missing and so does a member of the special team...

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E08

Episode 8

★ 8.8

Celebrity

2004-11-29 · 58m

The baby of a celebrity couple is kidnapped and they call in MI5. Fiona goes in undercover to gather more information about the couple against Adam's wishes.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 8.2

Frequently Asked Questions

2004-12-06 · 58m

When known mercenary Robert Morgan is spotted at a top-secret disused Soviet arms dump, he obviously has to be brought in for questioning. Is it all right to blackmail innocent people to get the information you want? Is it acceptable to threaten the lives of a suspect's family?

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E10

Episode 10

★ 9.2

The Suffering of Strangers

2004-12-13 · 59m

It's Fiona's birthday, and she's not going to forget it! While inspecting a possible Islamic terrorist safe house, they are kidnapped. With the threat of his son's, his wife's and Danny's life, Adam must choose who won't live to see another day, Fiona or Danny? The prime minister's life is in danger. Will MI5 give into the kidnappers demands? But then to everybody's surprise... Danny makes the ultimate sacrifice.

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