Episode #1.1 (13 May 2002)
"Spooks" Episode #1.1 (original title)

Twenty high-explosive devices are smuggled into England. When the first goes off killing a doctor and severely injuring her young daughter, the team scrambles to track down an American ... See full summary »

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Writer:

David Wolstencroft

Stars:

Jenny Agutter, Ken Bones, Paul Broughton

Cast

Episode uncredited cast:
Jenny Agutter	...	Tessa Phillips (uncredited)
Ken Bones	...	Keith Burns (uncredited)
Paul Broughton	...	Paul (uncredited)
Bill Buckhurst	...	Disposal Expert (uncredited)
Heather Cave	...	Maisie Simm (uncredited)
Matthew Delamere	...	Ringo (uncredited)
Megan Dodds	...	Christine Dale (uncredited)
George Eggay	...	Male Nurse (uncredited)
Lisa Eichhorn	...	Mary Kane (uncredited)
Lisa Faulkner	...	Helen Flynn (uncredited)
Peter Firth	...	Harry Pearce (uncredited)
Oliver Fox	...	Clive (uncredited)
Paul Haigh	...	Rob (uncredited)
Esther Hall	...	Ellie Simm (uncredited)
Keeley Hawes	...	Zoe Reynolds (uncredited)

Storyline

Twenty high-explosive devices are smuggled into England. When the first goes off killing a doctor and severely injuring her young daughter, the team scrambles to track down an American anti-abortion activist who sneaked into the country - and may be planning a huge commemoration of her husband's execution back home in just a few days. Things are complicated by CIA insistence that the woman, if found, be extradited back to Florida, where she too will face the death penalty.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | american | cia | loss of wife | loss of daughter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 2002 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Hoylake, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kudos Film and Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min 51 min (cut) 59 min (original)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode has no credits. On the DVD the credits are a special feature.

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Goofs

(Thou Shalt Not Kill) when Harry and Tom are talking near the lift in Thames house near the beginning, he presses the down button to call the lift but the top button lights up. The grid (where they are going) is also on a higher floor so he should not have pressed the down arrow anyway.

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Quotes

Danny Hunter: Bloody Yanks. Everything's a bloody competition.
Tom Quinn: Harry, what do you think?
Harry Pearce: I think all kinds of things.

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Crazy Credits

No credits in this episode, credits are only on dvd

User Reviews

Location of bombing

Approximately 18 minutes, 10 seconds into this episode they show a building after a bombing.

After watching this episode a few times I recognized the building. It is the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, which was bombed on April 19, 1995. There is also, in the scene, a Chevy truck with the steering wheel on the left side. I have shown this to others more expert that I and they are in agreement.

They did a good job of integrating file footage into the show. I guess that when this show was originally filmed it wasn't planned for viewing outside the UK.