MI-5 

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

Creator:

David Wolstencroft

Stars:

Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker

9 wins & 38 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Peter Firth	...	Harry Pearce 86 episodes, 2002-2011
Hugh Simon	...	Malcolm Wynn-Jones 65 episodes, 2002-2010
Nicola Walker	...	Ruth Evershed 57 episodes, 2003-2011
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	Adam Carter 41 episodes, 2004-2008
Miranda Raison	...	Jo Portman 37 episodes, 2005-2009

Storyline

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

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Plot Keywords:

espionage | one word series title | split screen | die hard scenario | fbi counterpart | 

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Taglines:

It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

BBC website

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

MI-5

Filming Locations:

Freemason's Hall, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kudos Film and Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (64 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several of the episodes have different titles in the US - for example, the season 1 finale "The Lesser of Two Evils" became "Mean, Dirty, Nasty", and the season 2 finale "Smoke and Mirrors" became "Pit of Secrets".

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Goofs

Harry Ferguson, in his memoir "Kilo-17", describes the procedure for ditching someone who recognizes a Spy from School as telling them to go away.

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Quotes

Danny Hunter: You've got to ride the bicycle again. That Doctor...
Tom Quinn: Did I notice her?

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Crazy Credits

The show does not have any end credits, ending each episode with a trailer for the next episode and only showing a BBC production information screen. It does not list any cast/crew. Just the caption "A Kudos Production".

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Alternate Versions

In Australia the shot in episode 2.10 when Tom drops the burning telex towards the camera was omitted. Similarly the pre-titles sequence in episode 2.5 was altered to change the colour of the text on the computer screen and a sound effect was added to blot out the security designation of one of the national security threats.

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #16.30 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Spooks
Written by Jennie Muskett
Published by BBC Music/Bucks Music Ltd

User Reviews

a nice addition to american television, and a great alternative to the mind numbing onslaught of reality television

This show (titled MI-5) just landed on Tuesday nights at 10 pm, with many encores throughout the week on the A&E channel. For those of you who are not familiar with the american channels, A&E runs various biography shows, a few other british shows, among others. To put it another way, when I watched it, there were no commercials for beer or fast food. It is a smart interesting show without all the flash of "24" or "alias", which are among my favorite shows. In the first episode there was little background on the characters, which is very different for american television audiences. I felt like I had missed a few episodes. The show did not spend as much time on the tech stuff either, but somehow that didn't seem so important as a great story unfolded during the hour. Very little publicity about this show has made it out there, and I only hope that enough people will stick it out and give the show enough of an audience to continue, lest we be stuck with only more of the summer dreck from the big networks.