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By Any Means

TV·2013–2013·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Crime, Drama·1h·Created by James Payne, Tony Jordan, Richard Lazarus

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By Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.

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  1. 01By Any Means S01E06Episode 6S01E06 · 9.0The team find themselves in a race against time to prevent a deadly new drug targeted at teenagers from flooding the country. The man behind the supply of this drug is one of Britain’s most dangerous criminals, a sociopath with no limits and no conscience… Jack and the gang are faced with their most dangerous task to date and one that will leave more than one life hanging in the balance.
  2. 02By Any Means S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 8.0A young girl is murdered in what is apparently an open and shut case, but Helen is convinced that all is not as it seems and calls on the help of Jack and his team to prove that an innocent man has been set up by a disgruntled former policeman, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance.
  3. 03By Any Means S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 6.0When an innocent family is terrorised and their father murdered in cold blood, everyone knows that ruthless criminal Nick Mason is behind it. But when Mason, the "Teflon Man", walks free from his trial - the third time in five years he has evaded justice - Helen calls on Jack Quinn and his team for help.

Cast

Warren BrownWarren BrownJack QuinnShelley ConnShelley ConnJessica JonesElliot KnightElliot KnightCharlie O'BrienGina McKeeGina McKeeHelen BarlowAndrew-Lee PottsAndrew-Lee PottsThomas Tomkins

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2013Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S01E01By Any Means S01E01Episode 1September 22, 2013 6.0When an innocent family is terrorised and their father murdered in cold blood, everyone knows that ruthless criminal Nick Mason is behind it
  2. S01E02By Any Means S01E02Episode 2September 29, 2013 8.0A young girl is murdered in what is apparently an open and shut case, but Helen is convinced that all is not as it seems and calls on the he
  3. S01E03By Any Means S01E03Episode 3October 6, 2013—Jack and the gang become embroiled in the intricate world of foreign affairs when a wealthy businessman seeks diplomatic immunity in the Col
  4. S01E04By Any Means S01E04Episode 4October 13, 2013—Jack and the gang resort to desperate measures in an attempt to catch their slippiest suspects to date, a seemingly ordinary middle-class co
  5. S01E05By Any Means S01E05Episode 5October 20, 2013—When an innocent man is killed in cold blood and the murderer released by MI5 in the interests of national security, it becomes the team’s m
  6. S01E06By Any Means S01E06Season's bestEpisode 6October 27, 2013 9.0The team find themselves in a race against time to prevent a deadly new drug targeted at teenagers from flooding the country. The man behind

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