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22 July 2003 (USA)
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Your life depends on us. more
Plot:
The missions of MI-5, the UK's intelligence organization.
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5 wins
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22 nominations
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Spooks: Season eight, episode four | Television & radio
(From The Guardian - TV News. 26 November 2009, 10:53 AM, PST)
Severance Writer Returns for Girl Number 9
(From shocktillyoudrop. 18 November 2009)
(From The Guardian - TV News. 26 November 2009, 10:53 AM, PST)
Severance Writer Returns for Girl Number 9
(From shocktillyoudrop. 18 November 2009)
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Intelligent work on intelligence work
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 91)| Peter Firth | ... | Harry Pearce (72 episodes, 2002-2009) | |
| Hugh Simon | ... | Malcolm Wynn-Jones (63 episodes, 2002-2009) | |
| Rupert Penry-Jones | ... | Adam Carter (41 episodes, 2004-2008) | |
| Nicola Walker | ... | Ruth Evershed (38 episodes, 2003-2009) | |
| Miranda Raison | ... | Jo Portman (37 episodes, 2005-2009) | |
| Hermione Norris | ... | Ros Myers (34 episodes, 2006-2009) | |
| Rory MacGregor | ... | Colin Wells (31 episodes, 2002-2006) |
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MI-5 (USA)
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60 min (64 episodes)
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For much of the first series Matthew Macfadyen's character (Tom Quinn) wears dark glasses, this was actually due to a burst blood vessel sometimes just visible.
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Revealing mistakes: At numerous times throughout series 1 notably in "One Last Dance" and "Traitor's Gate" close-ups of intelligence files show that all the information is the same and all relates to Mary Kane's terminated pregnancy from episode 1 "Thou Shalt Not Kill".
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Spoofed in "Time Trumpet: (#1.5)" (2006)
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Spooks
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I've seen these on A&E in America and from the first I was hooked. The pressure cooker atmosphere and the modern day dot-com look puts this show about "counter intelligence" on another level than today's so called spy shows.
It's not the eye-candy of Alias and frankly its better than the flat delivery of the now canned Agency or Threat Matrix (both of which strive to be too PC in their "diverseness").
The writing is very well layered. It pulls the viewer in, and there's enough original material that many times you can't "skip ahead" to the fourth act in your mind. Meaning, you haven't figured out the end by the second break.
MI-5, or Spooks, puts enough plot twists in for any true fan of the genre. Well worth the time and effort to watch. Too bad American network television can't produce a show of this caliber.
(11/17/05 comment) Also, I was so intrigued by the UK version of Spooks, that I got into downloading the shows via the Internet, and I have to say it's an even better experience. I wish A&E would run the entire episode and not a chopped up version. The editing has to do with advert breaks more than content. If you only see this on A&E then I would suggest downloading it or renting/buying the DVD sets.