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Spooks

TV·2002–2011·10 seasons, 86 episodes·BBC One·Drama, Thriller, Espionage·1h·8.0·Created by David Wolstencroft

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Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation.

A team of agents in the British security intelligence service work to protect the U.K. from terrorists and other threats to national security. A repackaged version of the BBC series "Spooks," "MI-5" follows a counterterrorism unit based in the highly secure suite of offices called The Grid, where Harry Pearce oversees the team and deals with the often dirty politics of the spy game.

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  1. 01Spooks S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 10.0Race riots are becoming a national problem; MI5 are sure that businessman Robert Osbourne is responsible. Tom recruits MI5 secretary, Helen, to befriend Osbourne's wife and recruit her as a source.
  2. 02Spooks S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 10.0While at the Turkish Embassy, Zoe is caught up in a siege by the Kurdish Liberation Army. Led by Leyla Ahmed, the rebels demand Kurdish prisoners be released from Turkey in return for hostages.
  3. 03Spooks S02E01Episode 1S02E01 · 10.0A car bomb kills the Northern Ireland Secretary and his two daughters. Soon after a British army base is attacked. Bosnian war criminal, Miroslav Gradic, is spotted flying into the UK and the team soon realise that this could be the start of a revenge campaign.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2002Aired 9.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Spooks S01E01Episode 1May 13, 2002 9.3Tom is informed of 20 bombs that have gone astray in Liverpool. Minutes later a car bomb kills a family-planning doctor and their daughter.
  2. S01E02Spooks S01E02Season's bestEpisode 2May 20, 2002 10.0Race riots are becoming a national problem; MI5 are sure that businessman Robert Osbourne is responsible. Tom recruits MI5 secretary, Helen,
  3. S01E03Spooks S01E03Episode 3May 27, 2002 10.0While at the Turkish Embassy, Zoe is caught up in a siege by the Kurdish Liberation Army. Led by Leyla Ahmed, the rebels demand Kurdish pris
  4. S01E04Spooks S01E04Episode 4June 4, 2002 9.3Danny and Zoe are sent to London as anti-capitalist demonstrations intensify ahead of President Bush's UK visit. Peter Salter is on an opera
  5. S01E05Spooks S01E05Episode 5June 10, 2002 9.5Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs, written whilst in prison, could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government - and the ma
  6. S01E06Spooks S01E06Episode 6June 17, 2002 9.6Patrick McCann, an Irish terrorist, promises Tom information on a planned attack on a nuclear power station. But there's a catch - MI5 must

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2003Aired 9.9Season avg
  1. S02E01Spooks S02E01Season's bestEpisode 1June 2, 2003 10.0A car bomb kills the Northern Ireland Secretary and his two daughters. Soon after a British army base is attacked. Bosnian war criminal, Mir
  2. S02E02Spooks S02E02Episode 2June 9, 2003 10.0An MI5 agent is identified and tortured inside a Birmingham mosque. Before the agent's health deteriorates, he tells Tom that boys inside th
  3. S02E03Spooks S02E03Episode 3June 16, 2003 10.0MI5's central computer is being hacked and the number one candidate is school teacher, Gordon Blaney. Zoe goes undercover to get near to him
  4. S02E04Spooks S02E04Episode 4June 23, 2003 9.6When $2 billion is stolen from the last British family-owned bank in London, MI5 is tasked by the government to track down the thief - and t
  5. S02E05Spooks S02E05Episode 5July 7, 2003 10.0The team is busy at work when an alarm goes off. Everyone groans - it's an EERIE (Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise). They must
  6. S02E06Spooks S02E06Episode 6July 14, 2003 10.0When the President of the United States makes an unscheduled trip to the UK, it's a huge and complex operation. MI5 must work with the CIA a
  7. S02E07Spooks S02E07Episode 7July 21, 2003 10.0The French Intelligence Service wants to work in partnership with MI5 to catch an arms expert whom they suspect of trying to sell Eurofighte
  8. S02E08Spooks S02E08Episode 8July 28, 2003 9.5Britain is in the midst of a 'winter of discontent' and MI5 have been closely monitoring the re-emergence of union strike action. Firefighte
  9. S02E09Spooks S02E09Episode 9August 4, 2003 9.5Eight Customs and Excise officers are killed while on a surveillance operation monitoring the Chala Cartel - Colombia's biggest drug traffic
  10. S02E10Spooks S02E10Episode 10August 11, 2003 10.0In Miami, Florida, a known assassin is asked to come out of retirement for one last task - to kill an Englishman. The only thing is, he has

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2004Aired 9.8Season avg
  1. S03E01Spooks S03E01Season's bestEpisode 1October 11, 2004 10.0Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss. He is also accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. The Joint Intelligence Co
  2. S03E02Spooks S03E02Episode 2October 18, 2004 8.8Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists,
  3. S03E03Spooks S03E03Episode 3October 25, 2004 10.0Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist. Was he the real target? And who is the enemy
  4. S03E04Spooks S03E04Episode 4November 1, 2004 9.5The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed, MI5 investig
  5. S03E05Spooks S03E05Episode 5November 8, 2004 10.0A scientist is rumoured to be negotiating with terrorists who want to buy his potentially deadly research. Intending to frighten him off, Da
  6. S03E06Spooks S03E06Episode 6November 15, 2004 10.0Zoe is caught up in the deadly fallout of an abortive mission and must stand trial for conspiracy to murder. Can an MI5 officer be culpable
  7. S03E07Spooks S03E07Episode 7November 22, 2004 10.0MI5 are alarmed when they discover a group is hacking into computer systems across the country. Ruth investigates the possibility that Islam
  8. S03E08Spooks S03E08Episode 8November 29, 2004 9.7A celebrity couple on the wane are terrified when their baby is kidnapped. They demand MI5 handle the investigation, but soon MI5 learns tha
  9. S03E09Spooks S03E09Episode 9December 6, 2004 10.0Suspicions are aroused when a known mercenary, recently linked to a new player on the arms smuggling circuit, is seen visiting an old Soviet
  10. S03E10Spooks S03E10Episode 10December 13, 2004 10.0Danny and Fiona investigate a house they suspect is being used by North African terrorists. While the agents are installing a listening devi

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2005Aired 9.8Season avg
  1. S04E01Spooks S04E01Episode 1September 12, 2005 9.5When a devastating bomb explodes in Central London, causing multiple deaths, a terrorist group with a hatred for human life claim responsibi
  2. S04E02Spooks S04E02Season's bestEpisode 2September 13, 2005 10.0As the hunt for the bomb maker intensifies, Adam races to save the life of one of his team. But with another bomb set to devastate London, h
  3. S04E03Spooks S04E03Episode 3September 22, 2005 10.0When a high-profile MP crosses the floor to join the British Way, a far right political party, MI5 must take extreme action to stop the grou
  4. S04E04Spooks S04E04Episode 4September 29, 2005 8.8MI5 discover that an Islamic terrorist is planning to enter the UK and launch an attack. Adam travels to Turkey to infiltrate the route, and
  5. S04E05Spooks S04E05Episode 5October 6, 2005 9.5When a legendary ex-MI5 officer unexpectedly kills himself, Harry is immediately suspicious. It soon emerges that the death was staged, but
  6. S04E06Spooks S04E06Episode 6October 13, 2005 10.0When MI5 get information that a terror suspect is coordinating a major attack from his prison cell, they make a shock decision to release hi
  7. S04E07Spooks S04E07Episode 7October 20, 2005 10.0Adam and Fiona's marriage is tested to breaking point when she insists on going undercover on an operation that leads straight back into her
  8. S04E08Spooks S04E08Episode 8October 27, 2005 10.0The team investigate a multi-millionaire Soviet investor who the government see as the saviour of the NHS. But is his offer of financial int
  9. S04E09Spooks S04E09Episode 9November 3, 2005 10.0With the world on the brink of war with Iran, the CIA are rounding up British Muslim citizens and illegally extraditing them. Harry makes a
  10. S04E10Spooks S04E10Episode 10November 10, 2005 10.0A legendary ex-spy pays a visit to Thames House with a bomb and holds the team to ransom, demanding they produce evidence that proves the Se

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2006Aired 9.8Season avg
  1. S05E01Spooks S05E01Season's bestEpisode 1September 17, 2006 10.0The team are pushed to the limit as the country is plunged into chaos by a series of terrorist attacks.
  2. S05E02Spooks S05E02Episode 2September 17, 2006 10.0With their attempt on the Home Secretary's life foiled, the coup plotters decide to up the stakes in their battle with MI5.
  3. S05E03Spooks S05E03Episode 3September 18, 2006 9.5Zaf goes deep undercover, risking his life to infiltrate an Al-Qaeda cell that is on the brink of a crippling attack.
  4. S05E04Spooks S05E04Episode 4September 25, 2006 10.0When the United Kingdom hosts the World Trade Summit for Africa, the team are posted undercover, right at the heart of the talks.
  5. S05E05Spooks S05E05Episode 5October 2, 2006 10.0The government releases its report on the Cotterdam Seven - terror suspects killed in a prison fire. Harry senses a whitewash.
  6. S05E06Spooks S05E06Episode 6October 9, 2006 9.2Whilst Adam and Zaf hunt a team of terrorists who have infiltrated Britain, Ros is left safeguarding a delegation of Saudi princess.
  7. S05E07Spooks S05E07Episode 7October 16, 2006 10.0Ros is trapped in the Saudi siege, forced to watch hourly assassinations as the government refuse to negotiate with the terrorists.
  8. S05E08Spooks S05E08Episode 8October 23, 2006 9.2A Muslim cleric advocating violence in the West is murdered by a Christian assassin.
  9. S05E09Spooks S05E09Episode 9October 30, 2006 10.0When MI5 are tasked to protect a high profile witness in a war crimes trial, a former traitor reappears and asks Adam to trust him.
  10. S05E10Spooks S05E10Episode 10November 13, 2006 10.0Eco-terrorists plan to flood London unless documents are published which reveal the government's environmental policy is a sham.

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season06Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2007Aired 9.8Season avg
  1. S06E01Spooks S06E01Episode 1October 16, 2007 9.4Adam and Zaf target a UK-bound terrorist with a train bomb in Tehran. As the operation goes catastrophically wrong, the team learn of the da
  2. S06E02Spooks S06E02Season's bestEpisode 2October 16, 2007 10.0The highly-contagious plague-like virus unleashed by the Tehran blast is on the streets of London and a wounded, infected Zaf has been captu
  3. S06E03Spooks S06E03Episode 3October 23, 2007 10.0As the team fear reprisals against Iran following the revelation of their bio-weapons programme, a British plane is apparently hijacked and
  4. S06E04Spooks S06E04Episode 4October 30, 2007 9.4As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fear he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK.
  5. S06E05Spooks S06E05Episode 5November 6, 2007 10.0Attempting to stop an Iranian nuclear deal in the UK, Adam is framed for the killing of a mugger, who turns out to be a journalist.
  6. S06E06Spooks S06E06Episode 6November 13, 2007 9.4The team discover that Iran has acquired nuclear triggers, despite the efforts of MI5 and the CIA. Adam and Ros go to Tehran.
  7. S06E07Spooks S06E07Episode 7November 20, 2007 10.0A group of white anti-Islamists storm a televised debate on a new peace deal between the US and Iran and take everyone hostage.
  8. S06E08Spooks S06E08Episode 8November 27, 2007 10.0As the team discover the size and reach of the Yalta organisation, Ros desperately attempts to escape identification.
  9. S06E09Spooks S06E09Episode 9December 4, 2007 9.4An old adversary of Harry's appears out of the woodwork to inform the team about a bomb he's planted in central London.
  10. S06E10Spooks S06E10Episode 10December 18, 2007 10.0War with Iran finally averted, the team learn that a London school will be the target of hardliners resisting the new peace.

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season07Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2008Aired 9.9Season avg
  1. S07E01Spooks S07E01Season's bestEpisode 1October 27, 2008 10.0An Al Qaeda cell kidnap a soldier and demand that Remembrance Sunday be cancelled as it is an affront to all dead Muslim soldiers.
  2. S07E02Spooks S07E02Episode 2October 27, 2008 9.6Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North.
  3. S07E03Spooks S07E03Episode 3October 28, 2008 9.8Lucas reveals that the Russians interrogated him about Operation Sugar Horse, the most secret ongoing spy operation MI5 ever had.
  4. S07E04Spooks S07E04Episode 4November 3, 2008 9.4The team is stunned to discover that Al Qaeda's number three wants to negotiate. It's a risk, but Harry and the team have to take this chanc
  5. S07E05Spooks S07E05Episode 5November 10, 2008 10.0Ros goes undercover in the City to flush out a dangerous international financier who wants to bankrupt Britain.
  6. S07E06Spooks S07E06Episode 6November 17, 2008 10.0A teenage boy accidentally stumbles upon a government conspiracy and is instantly absorbed into the world of MI5 for protection.
  7. S07E07Spooks S07E07Episode 7November 24, 2008 10.0Harry is imprisoned and accused by MI5 of being the Russian mole. Lucas goes to Moscow to get to the bottom of Harry's arrest.
  8. S07E08Spooks S07E08Episode 8December 8, 2008 10.0The Russians are launching a nuclear strike on London. The only person who can help the team at this desperate hour is the traitor amongst t

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

Season08Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2009Aired 9.7Season avg
  1. S08E01Spooks S08E01Episode 1November 4, 2009 9.8With Harry's fate still uncertain, Section D faces off against rogue officers who masterminded an operation to smuggle uranium into Iraq to
  2. S08E02Spooks S08E02Episode 2November 6, 2009 9.5The country reaches crisis point when energy supplies are threatened by an explosion at a gas processing plant and Britain is forced to turn
  3. S08E03Spooks S08E03Episode 3November 13, 2009 9.0The pressure is on for Section D when a secret meeting of powerful tycoons is stormed by armed terrorists and eight of the world's richest m
  4. S08E04Spooks S08E04Season's bestEpisode 4November 20, 2009 10.0Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London.
  5. S08E05Spooks S08E05Episode 5November 27, 2009 10.0Section D is caught on the back foot when two CIA agents are found dead. Ros's mentor raises questions about Harry's past.
  6. S08E06Spooks S08E06Episode 6December 4, 2009 10.0With Britain on the verge of financial meltdown, Section D must recover over a billion pounds from an impenetrable bank.
  7. S08E07Spooks S08E07Episode 7December 16, 2009 9.5Section D discovers that a group of Hindu nationalists is planning an attack on the Muslim community, but when and where?
  8. S08E08Spooks S08E08Episode 8December 23, 2009 10.0Lucas and Ros place themselves in grave danger in a final attempt to thwart Nightingale's sinister plan, as India and Pakistan stand on the

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

Season09Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2010Aired 9.6Season avg
  1. S09E01Spooks S09E01PlymouthSeptember 20, 2010 9.8The team track a boat carrying a lethal load, fearing it is headed for the Royal Navy in Plymouth - but is this the real target?
  2. S09E02Spooks S09E02Episode 2September 27, 2010 9.6The pressure is on for Beth when she goes undercover for MI5 for the first time, tasked with protecting a influential oil baron.
  3. S09E03Spooks S09E03Episode 3October 4, 2010 9.8Section D must welcome an FSB Officer onto the Grid to help track down a rogue nationalist from the ex-Soviet state of Azakstan.
  4. S09E04Spooks S09E04Episode 4October 11, 2010 9.4When a highly skilled trio of Chinese agents arrive in London for 48 hours only, the team must find out why they are here.
  5. S09E05Spooks S09E05Season's bestEpisode 5October 18, 2010 10.0Beth and Dimitri go undercover when the US president visits London to chair top secret peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
  6. S09E06Spooks S09E06Episode 6October 25, 2010 9.6Relations between the CIA and MI5 are stretched after an American drone is hacked in Afghanistan whilst in British care.
  7. S09E07Spooks S09E07Episode 7November 1, 2010 9.4Lucas is plunged further into his past when Vaughn takes manipulation to a new level. Ruth is followed by a council snooper.
  8. S09E08Spooks S09E08Episode 8November 8, 2010 9.0The team face their toughest-ever challenge: tracking down Section Chief Lucas North, a man who has nothing left to lose.

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

Season10Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2011Aired 9.0Season avg
  1. S10E01Spooks S10E01Season's bestEpisode 1September 18, 2011 9.8Ghosts from the past come back to haunt MI5 chief Harry Pearce, prompting a shocking revelation about his time as a spy during the Cold War.
  2. S10E02Spooks S10E02Episode 2September 25, 2011 8.8Top-level secrets are stolen when Calum is mugged outside Thames House. A random robbery or a theft-to-order? Either way there are lethal co
  3. S10E03Spooks S10E03Episode 3October 2, 2011 9.7MI6 receive word that radioactive material has been detected at an airport, while the home secretary invites Ruth to dinner to discuss a pos
  4. S10E04Spooks S10E04Episode 4October 9, 2011 8.3Two former inmates are released from jail and set to launch an attack in London. Erin and the team must step in at the eleventh hour to prev
  5. S10E05Spooks S10E05Episode 5October 16, 2011 9.7Harry kidnaps his CIA counterpart and interrogates him. What Harry discovers alters his suspicions of who is behind the attacks on the Anglo
  6. S10E06Spooks S10E06Episode 6October 23, 2011 7.9Harry is handed over to the CIA, ready for deportation to the US, but events are thrown into turmoil when the team receive detailed knowledg

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

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