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Defending their country, deceiving their friends, no one is immune from the eyes and ears of MI-5.

Enter the thrilling world of MI-5 - known to insiders simply as 'five' - the clandestine security service, and meet the people who make up the elite team. They tackle organized crime, terrorist activities, embassy sieges, weapons proliferation and anarchists, not to mention the conflicts and power struggles back in the office.

In a world where the roles of the intelligence services and secret agents are being thrown into greater importance, MI-5 is a timely new drama from a first-class creative team and with a superb cast.

Includes every exciting Episode from Seasons 1-5

Series 1
Through the adventures of 'Section B' a crack team of spies in MI5's counter-terrorism department led by Matthew Macfadyen as Senior Case Officer Tom Quinn - Spooks unlocks the secret world of the 21st century Security Service. Under MI5's modern remit, its officers deal with anything from terrorist plots and immigration rings to arms smuggling and the drugs trade. Their job is to outwit the world's smartest criminal minds using their powers of perception and deception.

But the super-charged world of a spy comes with a price. In today's society, which defines a person primarily by their job, spies can never reveal what they actually do. As series producer Jane Featherstone says: "You can't tell new boyfriends or girlfriends what you do until they have been thoroughly vetted. None of the normal rules of identity apply."

Series 2
Through the adventures of 'Section B' a crack team of spies in MI5's counter-terrorism department led by Matthew Macfadyen as Senior Case Officer Tom Quinn - Spooks unlocks the secret world of the 21st century Security Service. Under MI5's modern remit, its officers deal with anything from terrorist plots and immigration rings to arms smuggling and the drugs trade. Their job is to outwit the world's smartest criminal minds using their powers of perception and deception.

But the super-charged world of a spy comes with a price. In today's society, which defines a person primarily by their job, spies can never reveal what they actually do. As series producer Jane Featherstone says: "You can't tell new boyfriends or girlfriends what you do until they have been thoroughly vetted. None of the normal rules of identity apply."

Series 3
It's all change in MI5. Tom has been branded a traitor and has disappeared, while Harry is in hospital, seriously wounded. And there's dissension in the ranks: Danny and Zoe are determined to clear Tom's name. Will Tom, missing since shooting Harry, re-emerge to prove himself an innocent victim of a set-up?

Discharged from hospital, Harry finds his stewardship of MI5 under threat from a shadowy government agency seeking to bring the service under the government's direct control. Is Harry strong enough yet for a power struggle?

And will former MI6 agent Adam Carter, the new addition to the team, provide the drive and enthusiasm so apparently missing? If his track record is anything to go by, there are going to be plenty of fireworks.

Series 4
Zoe's gone and Danny's dead. Harry, Adam and new recruit Zaf are attempting to keep morale high when London is hit by a series of terrorist attacks.

Juliet Shaw arrives on the scene, threatening to blackmail her old flame, Harry. Rather than be manipulated, Harry tenders his resignation.

And a Syrian diplomat indicates that he would like to begin secret talks with the UK. Fiona volunteers to go undercover, but she has enemies in Syria and Adam is concerned. Will Fiona - who has her own agenda - succeed in putting her demons to rest?

Series 5
Spooks returns with more fast-paced and hard-hitting storylines and now the battleground of national security provides a backdrop that is more relevant than ever for the team from MI5. 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 1
Episode 1 - A car bomb explodes in Liverpool and Zoe is sent undercover to investigate. Tom's life gets complicated when he falls in love with a woman he met while working undercover.

Episode 2 - The team uncovers connections between racist ring-leaders, politicians and mass killings of immigrants. The gang has sophisticated equipment to protect itself from electronic infiltration. Tom is forced undercover, and recent recruit Helen pretends to be his wife...

Episode 3 - Zoe finds herself in the Turkish embassy just as it is taken siege by Kurdish rebels. Meanwhile, Tessa proves herself to have some dark secrets in her past.

Episode 4 - Ellie starts to doubt whether she can cope with dating a spy. Tom's mentor is working undercover, but his methods start to appear dangerously unconventional. Meanwhile Zoe discovers Tessa is up to something.

Episode 5 - An ex-MP is released from prison, proposing to publish his memoirs. Plenty of people are interested, and when a double agent is murdered, the plot thickens.

Episode 6 - Tom is confronted by an Irish terrorist who seems to be trying to help MI5, but nothing is as simple as it seems. Ellie and Maisie move into Tom's house, just as he's tricked into bringing a bomb home in a laptop...

Series 2
Bosnian - A car bomb kills the wife and daughters of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, then a British army base is attacked. When the Irish terrorist group denies responsibility for the second blast and Bosnian war criminal, Miroslav Gradic, is spotted flying into the UK, the team realises this could be the start of a revenge campaign. Zoe is tasked to befriend a possible weak link at the Serbian Embassy - a cipher clerk - whom they suspect of sending coded messages to the war criminal. Two more hits take place on military targets in the UK, leading the Prime Minister to convene Cobra. Whilst debriefing the mole in the MOD, who's been providing information to the Serbs, they discover that it is in fact Cobra, which has been Gradic's target all along. The most powerful people in Britain will all be in the same building at the same time, and Gradic knows where they are...

Mosque - An M15 agent is identified and tortured inside a Birmingham mosque, where the MulIah is suspected of extremist activities. Before his health deteriorates, the agent tells Tom that boys are being trained to be suicide bombers. The team urgently needs to put someone else inside the mosque, but there is no one suitable. Enter Algerian spy lbhn Khaldun, who is in the UK and desperate for a British passport. After being rejected by Special Branch, M15 is keen to recruit his services - but can he be trusted? With no time to waste, lbhn is tasked to infiltrate the mosque and uncover the 'nest of angels'. lbhn doesn't show for several arranged meetings, then turns up to inform Tom that a suicide bombing is planned for the following day. The problem is that he will not know the location until the last moment. Helpless, Tom wants to pull lbhn out, but it is too late - lbhn is determined to see it through and save the boy from a pointless death.

Hacker - Someone is hacking into M15's central computer. Files are disappearing and agents are being lost in the field. The number one candidate is a secondary school teacher, Gordon Blaney (Chris Fairbank - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), who is face-matched near an offending computer. M15's files link him to a violent socialist group, the SFM, and terrifying assaults and protests. The SFM is thought to have disbanded some time ago; has it regrouped? Posing as a supply teacher, Zoe is placed in the school in order to get near Blaney. Danny, meanwhile, tries to infiltrate the SFM. Zoe enjoys normal life in the community, getting to know the children etc, but she has doubts about Blaney's politics and whether he is the hacker. Meanwhile, the central computer is being hacked into more and more, and it's not clear whether two agents in Pakistan are alive or dead. Just as the team think they are near to breaking Blaney, it becomes clear they have been looking at the wrong man. Could it be someone who has been under their noses, but who really doesn't fit the mould? Also guest-starring William Gaminara (Silent Witness) and John Salthouse (The Bill).

Bank - When $2 billion is stolen from the last British family-owned bank in London, M15 is tasked by the Government to track down both the thief and the money. Harry is convinced there is something they are not being told and puts Danny in the bank, undercover. It becomes obvious that the bank has secrets, and that the Government is protecting it. When the CIA starts asking questions about aid money stolen from Russia, and the bank's 'thief' turns up dead - murdered in the Russian style - the team starts to make links. Danny learns from a fellow 'trader' that the bank is involved in money laundering and a Swiss bank is also mentioned. Zoe is shocked to discover that her relationship has to come under the microscope when her lover is implicated. Honey trap follows honey trap, as it becomes a race to retrieve the rest of the stolen aid money. The question is: what will the British Government do with the money if they get to it first? Guest stars include Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great And Small) and Rade Sherbedgia (24, The Quiet American).

Germ Warfare - The team is busy at work when an alarm goes off. It's an EERIE (Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise), a practice run for a national emergency - in this case, germ warfare in Central London. All information received will be sent by an EERIE assessment team, which at this moment is somewhere else in the building. But as the exercise continues, information dries up, power and phone lines go down, victims try to break into Thames House - and suddenly Harry gets sick. With their boss in isolation, the team tries to stay calm and pass the test, but doubts start to set in about whether or not this is for real. And as they watch victims suffering and dying through their last remaining link with the outside world, can they protect the nation's security by proxy alone?

President - When 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 and the President's security team to ensure his safety throughout. At times it becomes a battle for power but as each new threat comes in, it has to be dealt with. Tom and Christine are thrown together and there is very obviously more to their relationship than just work - but there's the small matter of a President who is about to land in the UK. This surprise visit, combined with a routine psychological assessment of Tom and his team, means that everyone has a lot to deal with. As if this wasn't enough, intelligence comes in to say that the President may not be being entirely honest about his visit, although this could be the work of someone trying to drive a wedge between the UK and USA. There are plenty of threats flying around, but it's a tough call working out which ones should be believed.

Briefcase - The French Intelligence Service wants to work in partnership with M15 to catch an arms' expert, whom they suspect of trying to sell Eurofighter technology to the highest bidder. Harry, however, has 'higher' information that the arms' expert has actually developed the technology beyond that of the Eurofighter, and the British government wants M15 to acquire it for themselves. An operation of European unity turns into one of lies and mistrust. There is also the question of how they access the technology. Tom tracks down a thief who managed to break into Harry's house and steal highly classified files and equipment. Who better to use in this operation - a 14-year-old child, plucked from the streets: a clean skin, a completely deniable operation. All they need to do now is train him in the skills of the spy, and then trust him to complete the task they set him...

Unions - At an Army barracks, a platoon immaculately performs a practise exercise on their grounds, led by the highly regarded Major Curtis. One of the uniformed men moving in perfect synchronicity is Tom, working undercover. Britain has been through a winter of discontent with the country brought to almost a standstill by industrial action, and MI5 has been closely monitoring the situation. The fire fighters, nurses, teachers, air traffic controllers, council workers and rail unions have all clashed with the New Labour Government and the unions are dominating the political agenda. With the stability of the country already under threat, MI5 receives word of a potentially far more serious situation: the British Army is planning strike action - despite the possibility of impending war. MI5 knows that Major Curtis is at the heart of this latest move and Tom is in on the inside to uncover exactly what is being planned. His mission is to earn Curtis' trust and carefully feed him false information to defeat his plans. But what if Tom actually agrees with what Curtis is fighting for?

Drugs - A much-respected journalist and author is assassinated in his office. When M15 learns that he was investigating crimes against human rights in Colombia, the killing ties in with information received that a leading Colombian sicario (paramilitary) may be setting up in London. Rafa Morientes has a reputation for savagery and specialises in the murder of human rights activists and trade unionists. He has come to the UK in order to establish himself as the head of a terrorist network called the Seventh Division. MI5 discovers a connection between Rafa and the Director of Finance at Petrex, the UK's biggest oil corporation. Could Rafa be using Petrex to attempt a coup d'état within a British company? If he is successful, it would pass control into the hands of men who will use it as a clearing house for drugs and terrorism, and harness its enormous power to control politicians across Europe and the globe... Morientes has to be stopped.

Christine - Tom receives a tip-off from Christine Dale, who has accidentally got hold of information that a known American assassin has been sent to Britain by the Iraqis. Apparently the CIA is determined not to let MI5 know, but if there's a risk of a major British figure being assassinated she feels Tom ought to know - but he mustn't tell anyone else. Tom secretly talks Zoe and Danny into helping him. Zoe is suspicious and she does not like keeping secrets from Harry. They begin to suspect that Tom has gone bad. Nevertheless, they follow a trail of evidence to a deserted farm in Suffolk, where they are ambushed, chained up and drugged. When they wake up, Tom has gone, so they rush back to the office and tell Harry everything. Meanwhile, Tom has been tricked into putting his fingerprints on a gun. When he recovers consciousness, he rushes to the nearest house to phone the office, with a warning about a planned assassination and his fingerprints on the gun. It is too late. The assassination has already happened, and the team is convinced Tom is to blame. Desperate to prove his innocence, he persuades Harry, Tom and Zoe to meet with him. But the set-up is too good; there is no way he can convince any of them. Tom is cornered and, as Harry threatens to call in back-up, Tom takes the only way out. He shoots Harry and runs. When he reaches the beach he just keeps going, swimming out to sea and an uncertain future.

Series 3
Project Friendly Fire - Tom Quinn has been accused of assassinating the Chief of The Defence Staff, is guilty of shooting his superior Harry Pearce and has disappeared.
When Oliver Mace, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, hears of this he seizes his opportunity to take control of Britain's homeland intelligence service. With the Prime Minister's backing he launches an investigation into MI5, the aim being to uncover the rot at its core and take over.
Danny, Zoe and the rest of the team, under intense watch, manage to skip surveillance and meet to discuss what to do. They must inform Harry, who is appalled to learn of this "conspiracy, in the darker corners of Government" and their crass intention to "modernise the intelligence services".
When Harry's contacted by Tom Quinn he tells him that MI5's only hope of survival is to prove that Tom was innocent. A few hours later the body of a dead man - the man who Tom claimed set him up - turns up on the steps of Thames House. Is this proof enough that Tom was innocent? Mace doesn't think so.So the battle for control continues. Can Tom and the team prove he's innocent and save the service?

The Sleeper - Harry reawakens a sleeper: Fred Roberts, renowned chemical engineer, Nobel Prize winner and happy family man sold his soul to MI5 over twenty years ago in return for a helping hand on the career ladder.
Over the years this pact has become nothing more than a faded memory, but the time has come for Fred to repay his debt. Harry and the team are running Operation Flytrap - they want to spread the lie that Fred has made Red Mercury, a lethal trigger for a nuclear explosion, in order to attract terrorist groups.
But at what cost to this man's life?
When Tom begins to fear for Fred who is successfully being seduced by MI5 and the grand idea of helping protect the nation, he takes a moral stance that puts the whole operation in jeopardy. Can MI5 allow humanity to get in the way of its op?
Tom is decommissioned by Harry and forced to leave the service. The operation, led by Adam, successfully traps a dangerous terrorist group the Aleph Command.
Zoe meets Will, a freelance photographer. She falls for him and they fall into bed.

Who Guards the Guards? - Danny, on Close Quarter Protection, is shaken when his charge, the controversial writer Zulifakir living in Britain under a fatwa, is shot at.
Zulifakir survives but immediately sacks MI5, appalled at how they, especially Danny, could have allowed this to happen.
It's only on closer examination that Adam picks up on something crucial - the hitman missed his target, but almost hit the innocent Harakat. Would a hired gun man make this kind of mistake?
Following through his hunch Adam tasks Danny to put Close Quarter Protection on Zuli's friend Harakat. Disgruntled Danny does so and soon Danny and Harakat develop a deep friendship.
Meanwhile Zoe and the rest of the team track down the hit man to a house in East London. They watch and wait, but nothing. He doesn't move an inch.
When Harry receives a photo which shows Oliver Mace talking to the head of a Pakistani terror group a couple of years ago, MI5 are worried. Why were they meeting? And what were they talking about? Could this tell the team who the hitman was really aiming at?

A Prayer for my Daughter - The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when Patricia Norton, a key delegate disappears. MI5 is worried - one of the last things Patricia said to Adam was that he should investigate David Swift, the newspaper mogul and renowned Israeli extremist, and a group he's associated with called the November Committee. What did Patricia know?
Danny and Zoe are undercover in the Palestinian Freedom Campaign investigating the flamboyant, left wing MP and chairman of the Campaign, Nicholas Ashworth.
Despite heavy surveillance, they have found nothing incriminating, but they come across a young, feisty campaigner - Harry's estranged daughter Catherine.
The team continue to investigate Swift and the November Committee and soon discover that they're not the only ones undercover in the Campaign. It seems the November Committee has an agent working there too.
Not only that, they also discover a list of prominent figures involved in Middle East politics that the November Committee would like to have removed. Catherine is suspected to be the agent and Danny is tasked to stay close to her and find out the truth.
Meanwhile Will proposes to Zoe, and she says yes.

Love and Death - Zoe and Danny are tasked to ‘play scarecrow' - follow rogue scientist Dr Newland onto a North Sea ferry headed for Norway and warn him off meeting a contact who they believe will fund Newland's research into pneumonic plague. MI5 has learnt that Newland is perfecting a process which will enable him to mass produce and deliver the plague to a large population, and that he is on a verge of striking a deal with the North Koreans. This means biochemical warfare. Tensions are rising between Zoe and Danny thanks to Will, but they are fully across the task in hand. It's not until they are halfway across the North Sea that MI5 gets wind of a fact that changes everything. Newland isn't planning to do a deal to fund his research, the deal has already been done - he's planning to sell the stuff. This changes things radically and Danny and Zoe find themselves being instructed to assassinate this man. With Zoe sick, the task is left to Danny... but even coached by Adam, can he do it?

Persephone - What seems like a routine operation against Turkish mafia gun-running turns into something far darker when three of the mafia terrorists are shot by another gang member. One of the men killed was an undercover police officer. Zoe, the MI5 officer infiltrating the Turkish gang, finds herself on trial for conspiracy to murder. But did she order the killing? And even if she did, shouldn't her actions be defendable given the amorality of these terrorists? The jury must decide. Despite a deal struck between Harry and the Government, Zoe is sentenced to 10 years in prison. Outraged that she should be made a scapegoat, MI5 arranges for a stooge to take her place in prison and for Zoe to take up a new life and identity in Chile. Although it means losing his best friend, Danny has to persuade her to go. Zoe apologises to Will, explains she is in some trouble but promises to be in touch. Then she disappears.

Outsiders - MI5 is alarmed when the death of a young primary school teacher brings the number of paracetamol-related fatalities to 9, with 11 more victims in a serious condition listed across Britain. It transpires different brands of pills have been laced with menazorphine, which would alter its effect to like drinking acid. Someone on the outside has hacked into the manufacturer's computer systems and deliberately caused this lethal cocktail to occur. Ruth, with the help of Andrew (an old colleague and analyst from the National High Tech Crime Unit), investigate the possibility that Islamic terrorists are behind the threat. Together they try to trace the hackers behind the chaos that is now spreading across the country. Bank balances are being wiped, traffic lights are out of synch, everywhere there is mayhem and tragedy. Devastated and bitter at losing Zoe, Danny is obstructive on the operation and nasty to Ruth - until she goes missing, just as she was about to uncover the hacker's identity. Working closely with he team, he deduces that the hacker is Andrew (an insider) and that he's holding Ruth. His demand? The valuable G&J key, a tool which controls the world's computers. Adam negotiates a ransom deal and Danny races to Ruth's rescue. Now Danny tells Will where Zoe is, and the lovers are reunited.

Celebrity - When celebrity couple Riff and B's baby is kidnapped, supermodel B demands MI5 handle the investigation. Harry is appalled but can't argue with Oliver Mace who tells him the Government is backing B's request. Riff, a fading rock star, has just been knighted and the Government can't risk a drop in public morale should anything happen to the über-couple's adored little Alfie. Harry hands this one straight to Adam. Mace seconds extra resources from Six to help out and Adam's wife, Fiona, is sent in undercover to befriend B. She learns that B, fearful of losing her fame which has recently been on the wane, has set the whole kidnap up as a publicity stunt. What wasn't part of her elaborate plan was that Alfie should actually die. The horrible truth begins to unravel and, ironically, the truth is even more newsworthy. Meanwhile Harry, with Ruth's help, uncovers a story of accidental death involving a politician and his young woman. Harry wants to force the MP to resign, but Mace intervenes - the resignation can be delayed until they can bury it beneath another, more headline-grabbing story. And Mace has one on the boil right now... A distraught Riff gets a call; his drug dealer Rudolfino Ponti wants to a meeting. When B finds out, she panics - Ponti is bound to tell Riff she paid him to kidnap Alfie. she rushes to the rendezvous, but it's too late - Riff has killed Ponti. He then kills B before shooting himself. The story is reported as the tragic suicide pact of grief-stricken stars, while Sylvester resigns quietly to spend more time with his family.

Frequently Asked Questions - MI5's suspicions are aroused when a known mercenary, Robert Morgan, who has recently been linked to a new player on the arms smuggling circuit, is seen visiting a top secret, old Soviet arms dump. Thanks to police ineptitude, Morgan discovers he's being watched at the hide and MI5 take this chance to bring him in and question him. It's only when MI5 discover exactly what's missing from the hide -- a laser target designator -- and discover that only a week ago E Section picked up some unusual radio activity and reported an untraceable flash over London, that they are able to piece together the jigsaw and understand the stakes. The untraceable flash could only be Morgan's laser target designator having itself a trial run -- an attack on London is imminent. Adam and Danny begin the interrogation of Morgan, the objective being to find out who he's working for and what exactly they plan to do to our capital. They work their way through the three F's - finance, friends and family - but how far will they go to ‘coax' the truth out of Morgan? Adam, driven by his own experiences, seems to want to stop at nothing. When the team uncover a link between Morgan and one of the UK's biggest oil companies they are even more perplexed. The oil company is involved in a controversial bidding war over the contract for a major new pipeline, but would they resort to these tactics to ensure a victory? Fiona is tasked to recruit an asset inside the oil company, but, under immense time pressure, she is soon asking the same question of herself that Adam is asking: how far will she go to ensure the recruitment of this asset?
The team discovers Morgan's Achilles heel - his sick daughter. Adam has no choice but to use her to get Morgan to capitulate. He's prevented an attack on central London, but put a child at risk in the process. How do you reconcile yourself to that?

The Suffering of Strangers - At home Fiona and Adam prepare breakfast, there's a relaxed air to their banter but unbeknownst to them they are being listened to - and not by their own Security Services, but by a man with a desire to take his revenge for the atrocities that have occurred in his home country, Iraq.
Following up one of the numerous leads flooding into an overworked MI5, Danny and Fiona race round to a house they suspect is being used by North African terrorists for meets. They have precisely 2 hours and 12 minutes to get there, install a listening device and get out. It all seems to be going smoothly, until, out of nowhere, a gang of terrorists led by Ahmed emerge and take both Danny and Fiona hostage. He forces Fiona to record a video statement stating his demands - that the Prime Minster change a much anticipated speech regarding the UK's presence in Iraq and commit to an immediate withdrawal of troops and insists she call Adam, luring him into a trap. Adam speaks to Fiona who manages to conceal her distress and agrees to meet her on the south bank. Only when he gets there he is met by a stranger, not his wife. All Adam has to do is stay with the stranger, an Iraqi woman called Khatera, and do everything she says. Otherwise his wife and colleague will die. The grid remain unawares until Adam manages to send a coded message alarming Ruth to the problem. Soon, they are on the trail of all 3 missing officers. But it's not soon enough and Danny and Fiona, desperate to do something, attempt an escape which has fatal results. Ahmed, angered by their disobedience, he decides to execute one. But to let Adam choose which one will die. But Danny speaks out giving Ahmed no choice but to kill him and allowing Adam to live without knowing he had ordered the death of either of them. Shocked. Desperate. Horrified. The team have to find Fiona and stop her from being killed too... but can they hold it together? Can they save her?
Adam works his relationship with Khatera until she reveals where Fiona is being held. But Khatera also reveals the gruesome truth that she is carrying an explosive device inside her body which is controlled by Ahmed and that Adam's last task is to get her into where the Prime Minister is making his public address where she can instruct Ahemd to explode the device and kill him. By showing his love for Fiona Adam manages to win Khatera round, save the PM, the innocent people in the room, his own wife, everyone... except Danny.

Series 4
The Special - Part One - The team is at Danny's funeral when a bomb explodes amidst a London street market - high death count. The terrorists are Shining Dawn, an international group whose members believe they have a divine mission to wipe out human beings in order to save the earth. Shining Dawn's only demand is the release of their leader, till then bombs, designed to target maximum casualties will detonate every ten hours in central London. The Grid is turned in to a command centre, the CIA led by Boyd assist and an old flame of Harry's, Juliet Shaw, arrives to help. Ruth is sent to interrogate a Professor from whom Shining Dawn take their inspiration, but they are forced to flee when an assassin tracks them down. A waitress becomes caught up in the MI5 operation when she unwittingly becomes the only person able to id the bomb maker. The team are making good progress until a second key witness dies before the team can interrogate them. Adam realises there's a mole on the Grid but with Zaf kidnapped and the next bomb still ticking down, they don't have time to find out who it is.

The Special - Part Two - On the Grid, a power struggle between Harry and Juliet emerges with Juliet blackmailing Harry in to supporting her bid for the Security & Intelligence Coordinator's job. Harry refuses to be manipulated and offers his resignation. Adam manages to free Zaf and forces the kidnappers to reveal where the next bomb is - it's under a high-rise block of flats. They defuse it but realise their policy must change; they have to root out the mole to find the bomb maker. Harry and Adam arrest their main suspect - Juliet. As they subject her to an interrogation the Professor spots a Shining Dawn member in Thames House. The mole is the CIA man, Boyd. Boyd flees, using the waitress as a foil but is captured. The CIA offer Boyd a deal: reveal the bomb maker and you can resign. Boyd agrees and MI5 arrest the bomb maker, moments later the CIA assassinate Boyd. However, one final bomb is still ticking beneath a hospital and this time, the waitress is rigged to it. Move her and the bomb explodes. Adam stays by her side as they clear the hospital and the bomb ticks relentlessly downwards.

Divided They Fall - As a result of recent terror attacks, the British public have become fearful and increasingly conservative. Attacks and riots against asylum seekers are common and when a conservative MP crosses the floor to join a far right party, The British Way, MI5 realise democracy is being threatened. Adam goes undercover in the British Way, tasked to turn a politically correct racist back to his aggressive roots whilst Fiona, posing as a lobbyist, undermines the MP in Westminster and Zaf embarks on a dirty tricks campaign. The pincer operation works perfectly but perhaps too effectively. The racist returns to his roots, entraps ROAD TRIP - MI5 is alerted to information that a high profile terrorist belonging to a new Islamic splinter group, plan to enter the UK via an illegal immigrants truck. MI5 send Adam and Zaf to Istanbul where they infiltrate the truck and on the journey attempt to turn the terrorists away from his militant ideals. They succeed, but Adam and Zaf are not wholly convinced by the transformation. Back in the UK the team must decide whether to trust the terrorist and risk serious consequences. Too late they realise the terrorist true game and it yields disastrous consequences.

The Book - Harry mourns the suicide of a retired MI5 officer until a journalist informs Harry the officer was murdered because he'd been about to sell his autobiography and expose a life time of service secrets. The journalist is taken under MI5's protection as the team investigate. The trail leads them back to Whitehall and Juliet where Harry is informed of the real politick; either one elderly officer died or the whole service was brought down. Harry can do nothing but protect his team from further assaults from this rogue Whitehall cabal. He threatens to publish the officer's memories should anything like this happen again.

The Innocent - A terror attack is planned on the UK transport system, orchestrated by an Algerian terrorist, Malek, whilst locked in a high security prison cell. The team choose the unorthodox and risky strategy of freeing Malek so that he will lead them to the cell before the attack occurs. As they mount surveillance on Malek and his civil liberties lawyer, they discover that Malek is not the terrorist they thought he was but simply an innocent man and his arrest the result of a Special Branch admin error. However since Malek's release he has been meeting known terrorists - has Malek been turned whist in prison? Adam interrogates Malek and discovers Malek's family are being held hostage until Malek commits the required act of terror. The team fight to save Malek's innocence but risk his family's lives in the process.

Syria - A Syrian diplomat indicates he would like to begin secret talks with the UK. Fiona volunteers to go undercover and liase with the diplomat but Adam's concerned: Years ago Fiona was locked in to a disastrous marriage with a Syrian secret service officer, Farook, whom Adam saved her from by framing Farook, resulting in his execution. Ever since Fiona has lived under an alias to avoid detection by the Syrians. Checks are made and since no one from her past is present Fiona is allowed to make contact. As the team prepare to work covertly with the diplomat it becomes clear that Fiona has another agenda, one she is arming herself for: Fiona has discovered that her first husband is still alive and looking for her. Fiona wants to provoke a confrontation so that she can kill her ex-husband and finally escape her past. However she fails and is kidnapped by Farook. Adam must save Fiona before she is flown out of the country. They nearly make their escape when Fiona is shot. She dies in Adam's arms.

The Russian - Adam is in denial, unable to grieve for Fiona. Hugo Ross, an old cold-war traitor, is approached by MI5. The son of the now dead Soviet spy who recruited Hugo is in Britain. The son is as passionate about capitalism as the father was about communism and the UK Government is toying with allowing the son to save the NHS by buying it. MI5 are unconvinced by the son and independently set out to discover the son's true motives. Adam insists on working on the operation but it quickly becomes apparent that he's unable to cope. Harry sends him to the secret service psychiatric hospital. The team discover the son's ultimate aim is to buy the NHS and strip it of its assets; Britain will lose its NHS. Appalled by the son's free market values, Hugo helps MI5 destroy the son's reputation, ensuring the government is no longer able to ignore the son's unethical business dealings. Adam spars with his psychologist before walking out, re-joining the operation and leading it to success. Only then is he able to begin to grieve.

The Sting - The world is on the brink of war with Iran and, despite the Government's reluctance to go to war again in this climate of playing lap-dog to America, the UK may be forced to do so. Harry is determined to remind everyone that MI5 is not a CIA outstation, so when the team catches the CIA illegally extraditing another British/Iranian citizen (Khurvin) based on a flimsy terrorism charge, Harry makes a stand and forces the CIA to release him. Khurvin subsequently murders his MI5 surveillance team and Harry is suspended. Juliet takes control of the Grid and tasks the team to recapture Khurvin before he commits an act of terror and forces the country into war with Iran. As the team follows up clues, Harry, unable to face life outside the service, starts his own investigation into the case. Secretly liaising with Adam, both investigations lead them to Pollard, an American mercenary working on behalf of big businesses in the USA, businesses who will profit from another war. The team captures Khurvin and Pollard. Harry is reinstated.

Diana - On the eve of her stepbrother Peter's suicide, Ruth is visited by his partner Angela, an ex-MI5 officer famous for her operational accomplishments. Angela asks Ruth for help in procuring evidence that proves MI5, and more specifically Harry, assassinated Lady Diana - the news of which ultimately brought about Peter's suicide. Ruth dismisses the idea, but the following day Angela walks onto the Grid carrying a bomb big enough to explode the whole of Thames House. Angela forces the team to find evidence that MI5 killed Diana. The team searches through the night, building a story based on facts and conspiracy theories. It begins to look as though there might be truth to the claim, until Harry disproves it. Ruth finally gets through to Angela by constructing a ‘truth' about her relationship with Peter. The team agrees to award Angela ‘victim in the field' status and allow her to walk free, but as she disappears Ruth notices the Buckingham Palace security plans have gone missing. Forces are mobilised and the Royal Family evacuated to a bunker when Adam realises they are playing into Angela's hands yet again - the bomb is in the bunker. They manage to dispose of the bomb and the Royal family is safe. Thwarted and furious, Angela seeks to take her revenge on Harry and Adam in a terrifying way.

Series 5
Episode 1 - A team of conspirators have been deliberately de-stabilizing Britain. Can the team preserve the status quo?

Episode 2 - The conspirators gain an advantage and MI5 are pushed to the limit. Meanwhile, Harry gets caught up in the action. Will his team help him out in time?

Episode 3 - Zaf and Adam go undercover in an attempt to stop a terrorist bomb attack.

Episode 4 - An assasination threat and an arms deal endanger the World Trade Organisation conference being held in the UK.

Episode 5 - Ruth sees a man kill himself, setting off a chain of events that threaten her future.

Episode 6 - The Government is brokering a secret deal with the Saudis. When the Saudi Embassy is stormed, Ros is caught up in the siege.

Episode 7 - The siege continues. The hostage-takers issue demands to the Saudi King - release Al-Qaeda prisoners or one hostage will be killed every hour.

Episode 8 - A Christian extremist group plan to take retribution on a Muslim community.

Episode 9 - Adam comes face-to-face with a spy who betrayed him in his MI6 days. Should he trust the man who sold him out?

Episode 10 - An environmental terrorist group threaten to flood London if the Government doesn't publish a secret document.

Created by David Wolstencroft
Written by David Wolstencroft, Howard Brenton, Rupert Walters, Ben Richards, Raymond Khoury
Directed by Jonny Campbell, Cilla Ware, Justin Chadwick, Bill Anderson, Alrick Riley
Produced by Andrew Woodhead,
Executive Produced by Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford Coliins, Gareth Neame, Lucy Richer

BAFTA® Awards
2002 – Best Drama Series

Series 1
"So good it makes you want to be a spy." Guardian

"The finest British thriller series in years." Heat magazine

"Smart and fast - this show should not be kept a secret." Guardian

"The problem confronted by any drama involved with special intelligence, undercover or police units is the difficulty of taking a well-worn genre and making it feel fresh and original. Spooks succeeds brilliantly - the production standards are mesmerising, and it kicks over a routine audience expectation to shocking effect. You have been warned." The Times

"This is exciting, clever, gung ho television - fast-paced and well-acted, full of split screens, technical wizardry and deft touches." The Times

Series 2
"...a genuine must-see television event. Last night's series finale was spectacular." The Times

"A smart, slick and highly effective vehicle for thrills and spills, delivering them at a cracking rate and in spectacular style." Daily Mail

"The counter-espionage business hasn't looked so glamorous since the heyday of James Bond ... It's a glossy, flashy, pacy action thriller in the tradition of The Avengers." Daily Star

"...pacy dialogue and confident plot twists..." Independent

"Good old-fashioned entertainment - this moves at a terrific pace, and has some splendid spy stuff." Financial Times

"Matthew Macfadyen as Tom does a brilliant line in sublimating personal feelings to professional duty. In Harry Pearce, Peter Firth has created one of the most compelling spymasters of all time. The baddies are extremely convincing. And I'm well and truly hooked." Daily Mail

"Terrific entertainment." The Times

"...explosive..." Daily Telegraph

"...scorching..." News of the World

Series 3
"With just the right blend of blood and vitriol in their veins, the cast of Spooks have cornered the market in spy adventures that feature passion, believability and verve. They get you hooked, then make you care. You can follow the plots without a PhD in double-speak. The goodies outwit the villains - just by a whisker. There's eye candy too, whatever your preference. And intelligence in the writing. Thank heavens it's back." Scotsman

"... the spy drama returns in terrific form with an episode that combines thriller action, the skilfully handled introduction of a new lead... and nods towards the recent activities of real spooks." Sunday Times

"This intelligent intelligence drama remains as slick, stylish, topical and taut as ever." People

"The pace is fast, the acting taut, and it looks splendid." The Times

"... awesome hi-tech British spy drama - thrilling, fast-paced storylines and an excellent cast." Sunday Mail

"Hurrah! My favourite spy show is finally back." Sun

"...classy..." Daily Star

"Great fun and a series so packed with references to recent events that it can't possibly be mindless escapism, oh no." Guardian

"...an incredibly exciting, shocking and ingenious example of Grade-A hokum." The Times

Series 4
"...one of the most thrilling and intelligent dramas on TV." People

"Spooks is back, as entertaining as ever ... The success of the series is due to a heady combination of pace, character, slick production values and a sly humour." The Times

"Spooks returns with an explosive two-part special that could hardly be more topical ... gripping storyline." Sun

"...it's classily done." Guardian

"Well-produced compelling fiction." Observer

"The component parts clicked together as neatly as a trained assassin assembling his sniper rifle." Independent

"...the shocking deaths show no one is indispensable, that anyone can be killed at any time, making the nail-biting climaxes to both instalments of this opening story more nerve-shredding still." Financial Times

"...it's all such good fun, it doesn't really matter if you don't know who's who, or have a clue what's going on ... Wonderful." Guardian

Series 5
"God, Spooks is good ... for sheer elemental life force and passion, Spooks is like a gorgeous, galloping, slightly mad horse leaping over the stymied goat of most other British dramas. It appears to have three times the brain, guts and balls of any other comparable show ... the season five opening episode blew everything else in last night's schedules out of the water ... [and] also managed to ratchet up a degree of queasy tension one more normally associates with 24." Caitlin Moran, The Times

"Glossy, cutting-edge production, good-looking cast, plenty of violent action, love interest and the sort of hype for which any self-respecting producer would pray. However ... Spooks comes across as a serious drama and gives the strong impression that the writers might have an inside take on today's secret world." Richard M Bennett, Daily Express

"...at least half the joy of Spooks comes from its ability to root the plot in vaguely plausible scenarios. The other half comes from the way in which they then crank those plotlines up far, far beyond the call of duty until they resemble something from your worst nightmare and leave you thinking, 'Don't be ridiculous that could never happen in this country. . . or wait, could it?' ... It's all completely unbelievable and utterly addictive. Welcome back Spooks, we've missed you." Sarah Hughes, Observer

"With its pulsating energy, eerie topicality and high-end cinematic values, Spooks is still the classiest, paciest and most entertaining hokum on television." David Chater, The Times

"...consistently excellent..." Janine Gibson, Guardian

"...a rare BBC gem ... Le Carré brought bang-up-to-date with ultra-modern technology and - heavens above! - female spies just as cool and ruthless as the men." Alison Roberts, London Evening Standard

"...bold and glossy with a cinematic feel ... tightly structured, reminiscent of long-running American series such as ER or maybe even a Hollywood movie ... Aside from its glamour and rumbustious content, there is something appealing about the feel of the show. Spooks combines slick American production values ... with sardonic wit. There is also a touch of darkness, another distinctively British feature." Angella Johnson, Mail On Sunday

"The job of a good spy thriller is to lead us on an elaborate narrative dance. But in Spooks the plot doesn't just twist, it also jives, lambadas and pogos, often at the same time ... It's fast, cleverly put together and it works." Andrew Anthony, Observer

"For a true picture of what is threatening our country, we are now obliged to watch Spooks every week. This slick series is now the television equivalent of the Home Office - but twice as efficient ... The plot churned away like a well-turned thriller..." David Stephenson, Express on Sunday