Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government.Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government.Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government.
Jenny Agutter
- Tessa Phillips
- (uncredited)
Joan Blackham
- Opera Woman
- (uncredited)
David Calder
- Sergei Lermov
- (uncredited)
Heather Cave
- Maisie Simm
- (uncredited)
Mark Dexter
- Mark Hodd
- (uncredited)
Amanda Drew
- BBC Woman
- (uncredited)
Nicholas Farrell
- Richard Maynard
- (uncredited)
Peter Firth
- Harry Pearce
- (uncredited)
Esther Hall
- Ellie Simm
- (uncredited)
Keeley Hawes
- Zoe Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Jones
- BBC Man
- (uncredited)
George Khan
- Sheikh
- (uncredited)
Hugh Laurie
- Jools Siviter
- (uncredited)
Mark Long
- Derelict Man
- (uncredited)
Matthew Macfadyen
- Tom Quinn
- (uncredited)
Graeme Mearns
- Jed Kelley
- (uncredited)
Aleksandar Mikic
- Young Man
- (uncredited)
Naoko Mori
- Annette
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe door from which Jools Siviter left the auditorium of the opera house actually lead into the broom cupboard.
- Goofs(at around 25 mins) When Danny is dunking Zoe into to the ice water filled sink, she is heard screaming. This should not be possible if her head was in the water. Yes, it clearly is because we hear her scream. If her head was two feet under, maybe this would be true, but as we don't see what happens, he dunks her face , she screams, and that's that.
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Jools Siviter: Well, the trouble with whistleblowers is that they do tend to play their own tune.
Harry Pearce: Do you distrust Maynard?
Jools Siviter: I find there's an ambiguity there. Well, mustn't miss the ride of the Valkyrie. Nice to see you gentlemen working so late. I'm glad someone's running the country while the rest of us are at the opera.
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A disgraced MP, Hampton Wilder, is released from prison and reveals to MI-5 that he has written a tell-all memoir. Amongst the revelations is that Richard Maynard, high-ranking politician, is illegally selling arms to Middle Eastern countries, the very crime Wilder was sent to prison for. What follows is a game of political intrigue.
When I first started watching Spooks this is what I expected the show to be like. Political machinations, leaks from within, untrustworthy colleagues, wheels within wheels and a season-long arc. Until now the show has been more about action, in independent single-episode bites. It's been great but didn't quite have the intrigue and long-term plot that I imagined (except for Tom's private life).
So, at last we have it: wonderfully spun machinations, who-can-you-trust moments and a complex web of loyalties. In addition to Tom's private life we also have the longer term Tessa sub-plot, which is now also a Zoe and Danny sub-plot.
For good measure we have the interesting, and fairly amusing, sub-plot of Ellie's ex-boyfriend who decides to check up on Tom and quite quickly lives to regret it.
When I first started watching Spooks this is what I expected the show to be like. Political machinations, leaks from within, untrustworthy colleagues, wheels within wheels and a season-long arc. Until now the show has been more about action, in independent single-episode bites. It's been great but didn't quite have the intrigue and long-term plot that I imagined (except for Tom's private life).
So, at last we have it: wonderfully spun machinations, who-can-you-trust moments and a complex web of loyalties. In addition to Tom's private life we also have the longer term Tessa sub-plot, which is now also a Zoe and Danny sub-plot.
For good measure we have the interesting, and fairly amusing, sub-plot of Ellie's ex-boyfriend who decides to check up on Tom and quite quickly lives to regret it.
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