[9], A third series of ten episodes was transmitted on BBC One in the autumn of 2004 and concluded on 13 December. Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. Following Adam's death, Ros is made the section leader and Lucas replaces her as a Senior Case officer. The series was filmed on Super 16,[47] rather than the more commonly used digital alternatives. Prior to series nine, the subsequent episode was aired on BBC Three one week ahead of its BBC One showing (the first and last episode were only shown on BBC One). In 2005, the video game The Grid (a promotion for Spooks series 3) was nominated for a Webby Award under the category of Best Game. Four soundtracks have been released for the show, the first includes music from series one and two, the second (currently and perhaps only ever available on iTunes) featuring music from series five and six (Two additional tracks are available on the composer's website). The series follows the activities of the intelligence officers of Section D in MI5. The tracks used are "Beirut, a War Zone" and "Operation Dinner Out". Broadcast editions of the episodes have been known to feature alternate music to that found on the commercially available DVD releases[citation needed]. "Nest of Angels" was broadcast on 9 June 2003 on BBC One; the rest of the series (apart from the finale) would usually rebroadcast on BBC One seven days after the BBC Three broadcast. Spooks returned for a ninth series on Monday 20 September 2010 for an eight-episode run. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. The primary storyline of Series 6 follows Iran seeking the ability to manufacture its own nuclear weapons and searching for sellers of nuclear armaments components. Outtakes, cast interviews and commentaries, featurettes, including PDF scripts. In that story arc, Fiona attempts to kill her deranged ex-husband, whom she thought was hanged several years earlier. Sent to live with his grandmother after being orphaned following his father's death. The ninth series aired between September and November 2010. iPhones hadn’t been invented yet. Select all. Iain Glen and Laila Rouass also joined the series, playing Vaughn Edwards and Maya Lahan – figures from Lucas's mysterious past.[25]. Spooks episodes. Based from the consolidated ratings from the fifth series for BBC One. I think the reason Spooks gets stronger with every episode is because it doesn't rely on the explosions and gun-battles that 24 does to make an impact. Her character is replaced by Jo Portman (played by Miranda Raison), a new arrival at MI5 who was recruited by Adam in a previous episode. The series continued with a film, Spooks: The Greater Good, which was released on 8 May 2015.[1][2]. Arranged in approximate order of seniority and, among equals, most recent last. Episodes were originally aired with no credits on BBC One, a choice made to maintain an atmosphere of the anonymity of real-life spies and the drama of each episode. Audio commentaries, "behind the scenes" featurettes, deleted scenes and DVD ROM content, including PDF scripts, wallpapers and image gallery. There was also a less frequent use of the soundtrack composed by Jennie Muskett. The first episode features Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter, who was drafted in from MI6 to help investigate Tom's disappearance. The third and fourth soundtracks (containing tracks from series seven & eight, and nine & ten respectively) were released on iTunes in November 2011. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. This is alist of episodes of the television series Spooks.The series has 10 seasons.A listing of all episodes can be found below. Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. Spy drama Spooks is being axed by the BBC. Episode Ep. All; Available now (86) Next on (0) Series 10 View episodes. 6 / 6 Harry is ... All episodes of Series 10 Homepage. So much of Spooks has aged remarkably well – not least its choice of subjects that have remained terrifyingly evergreen – that it is easy to forget that this opening season of 6 episodes sees them still searching for that house style. This series's storylines include a fake home-grown Al-Qaeda cell that plans an attack on London; the British government selling nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia; and the US administration selling arms to African dictators. The storyline involves a terrorist bombing central London, something that, in reality, took place on 7 July, two months prior to the airing but after the filming was already complete. He later takes over Tom's position as Section Chief after the latter jeopardised an important operation. But when a vengeful Sasha Gavrik attempts to take revenge on him, Ruth takes the blow for Harry before dying in his arms. Based from the consolidated ratings from the ninth series for BBC One. Spooks Episodes Episode guide. Here you fint both the broadcast episodes as the next episodes. As Parliament and the Royal Family are evacuated, the nuclear threat to London is eliminated when Ros and Lucas are able to turn Connie James and elude an FSB kill squad. (125 points per hour) * Add a series, marathon, or film to your seen list. Exterior shots of Thames House,[46] the headquarters of MI5 were used in many episodes to establish the location of scenes. Revealing the truth about Adam Carter after his death, explaining the true details of his childhood, the extraordinary responsibilities he took on as a teenager, and how he nearly betrayed his country but never betrayed the people he loved. Series seven through nine have eight episodes each. Episode guide to the first two series, and background information on MI5 and the making of the series. Wes Carter (James Dicker; 2004–2008) Son of Adam and Fiona. The show consists of 86 episodes, beginning in May 2002 and ending in October 2011. Episode 6. "Gas and Oil (Part 2)" was broadcast on 18 September 2006 on BBC One; the rest of the series (apart from the finale) would usually rebroadcast on BBC One seven days after the BBC Three broadcast. During this episode, Ruth Evershed is reintroduced, having spent her time since series 5 in Cyprus. [11], The fourth series of Spooks began transmission on Monday 12 September 2005 on BBC One at 9 pm with the first of a two-part story. Establishing shots of the SIS Building were also used for scenes involving members of the Secret Intelligence Service or MI6. At the end of the series, Section D does not appear to have made much progress in tackling Nightingale, and Ros Myers is killed in an explosion along with the new Home Secretary Andrew Lawrence. Harry then decides to return to MI5, the prospect of a normal life, whatever that would mean without Ruth, no longer appealing to him. In it, elements within the British Government, MI6 and the UK press conspire in an attempt to overthrow the Parliament and the Prime Minister. Also returning from the TV series are Tim McInnerny as Oliver Mace, Lara Pulver as Erin Watts, Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones, and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Calum Reed. While defusing the bomb, Connie is killed by its conventional explosives. Edit. MI5 investigate the abduction of a famous couple's child. The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization. David Oyelowo (Danny Hunter) David played yet another junior officer who died sacrificing himself … Many scenes are filmed in and around the Docklands, especially Canary Wharf, Rotherhithe, London Bridge and Greenwich (including The Old Royal Naval College) area as well as the More London development. The governments of several nations (principally the United States and its CIA, Russia's FSB, and a shadowy third organisation composed of disenfranchised members of other agencies, including MI5) are woven throughout the plot. Lucas had kidnapped Ruth, binding and gagging her, and was attempting to get a top-secret computer file for the Chinese. This DVD set does not include a Dolby Digital 5.1 which all other sets have. Sophia Myles did not return as Beth Bailey.[28]. Episode Ep. The series returned on 16 October 2007 at 9 pm on BBC One, and concluded on 18 December. Harry's Game – Feature, Top Ten Spooks Moments. [78], Exact figure: 7.491666667, calculated from. Also joining the series were Geoffrey Streatfeild, Alice Krige and Jonathan Hyde, while Peter Firth, Nicola Walker, Max Brown, Shazad Latif and Simon Russell Beale reprised their roles, as well as Matthew Macfadyen in a cameo role in the final episode. Popular spy series Spooks is set to return to our TV screens in the autumn, it has been announced. The individual episodes have no official titles, though there are internal working titles. The first series has six episodes, and series two through six have 10 episodes each. 02. [16][17] The series averaged 5.68 million viewers (the lowest to date)[18] Credited wholly or partly on five of the eight episodes, new head writers Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent write Spooks sharper and smarter. Background information on British intelligence and episode guides for the first four series, The untold stories of Spooks, and MI5, as seen from the perspective of Harry Pearce, the Spooks team leader. This autumn’s series – the tenth – will be its last, the broadcaster confirmed yesterday. The sixth series was different in certain respects from the previous five because it had a dominant storyline running through the entire season and the show contained end credits for the first time. [69][70] The track listings contain spoilers to the episode content. The tenth and final series, which began airing on 18 September 2011, consists of six episodes. The episode concludes with Harry, conscious but with his mouth taped shut, in the boot of a car being zipped up in a body bag by Viktor Sarkisian, head of the FSB's London station. From its debut until its finale on 23 October 2011, 86 episodes were aired across ten complete series. 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These elements agree that for Britain to survive the threats posed by modern-day terrorism, democracy had to be replaced with rule by committee. Series seven through nine have eight episodes each. Spooks series 10 episode 6 review: series finale; ... near global catastrophe and of course many, many deaths, Spooks really is over. The fifth (10-part) series of Spooks aired its first episode in two parts, the first appearing on 17 September 2006. Based from the consolidated ratings from the sixth series for BBC One. But Spooks wraps all those fears together and throws them away. All series of Spooks (most episodes cut down to 50 minutes) are available on iTunes, with series 7, 8, 9 and 10 becoming available to download one week after original broadcast. [20] Peter Firth returns as Harry Pearce, along with Alex Lanipekun as Ben Kaplan, Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones, Miranda Raison as Jo Portman and Gemma Jones as Connie James. This provoked an angry reaction from many viewers who jammed BBC phone switchboards with complaints, despite the show airing after the 9 pm watershed. Series 8 started on Wednesday 4 November 2009, at 9 pm on BBC One,[22] with episode 2 broadcast on Friday 6 November at 9 pm on BBC Three. The series eight recommission press release stated there would be a twist in the final episode of series 7. 01. Harry manages to thwart the plot and decides to leave the service to live a normal life with Ruth Evershed. These included Martine McCutcheon, Hugh Laurie, Haluk Bilginer, Robert Hardy, Tim McInnerny, Bruce Payne, Reece Dinsdale, Ian McDiarmid, Ewen Bremner, Jimi Mistry, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin McNally, Rupert Graves, Andrew Tiernan, Anton Lesser, Anupam Kher, Alexander Siddig, and Anthony Head. In episode seven, Fiona Carter leaves because the actress portraying her, Olga Sosnovska, was pregnant during filming and chose to leave the programme. To see the episodes arranged in episode order, by series see, Episode Guide - Trending pages. She is replaced by Adam's wife, Fiona (Olga Sosnovska). [16] In April 2008, the Spooks production team won the BAFTA Award for Interactivity for their work on Spooks Interactive.[19]. A caption reveals that a 10th series would be shown in 2011. Gas and Oil (1) New Allegiances; It was originally broadcast on BBC Three on 20 November 2009, later repeated on BBC One on 25 November. ... Everything seen from Spooks? There must be one among the more than 16.000 series. In the final episode of Series two, music from the film score Spy Game was used—composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Simon Abkarian plays the Iranian Special Consul liaising with the various governments. The series is a popular export, syndicated to more than 26 countries. Based from the consolidated ratings from the second series for BBC One, with the exception of the sixth episode which are not available. A guide listing the titles AND air dates for episodes of the TV series Spooks. The only character other than Harry who has been in the programme since its inception, Malcolm Wynn-Jones, departs stating simply that he is "too old". The series again revolves around one major plot-arc, which is a mysterious organisation known only as "Nightingale". The fourth episode of series eight of the British espionage television series Spooks is the 69th episode in the overall series. Since there have been a lot of episodes – too many to list on one page – the episodes have been sorted by series and arranged by episode number. Series seven of Spooks began airing on 27 October 2008 for an eight-episode run. Spooks: The Greater Good (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a 2015 British spy film, continuing from the 2002–2011 British television spy series Spooks.Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent wrote the script, with Bharat Nalluri directing. [77], Video games based on the show were created by Preloaded for promotional purposes. He refused and she was killed. In the United States, the show is broadcast under the title MI-5. Read Vicky Frost's episode seven blog. Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television spy drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. Other landmarks commonly used included the London Underground, and the Millennium Bridge. (2002-2011) The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization. Seconds before the bomb exploded, Connie revealed that it had not been Harry who sold Lucas North out to the Russians as Lucas had always believed but, rather, herself. Edit source History Talk (0) This is a list of every episode of Spooks arranged in alphabetical order by episode name. 2 audio commentaries, and two mini-featurettes, "The Cost of Being a Spy" and "The Downfall of Lucas North". [14] These episodes introduced Ros Myers (Hermione Norris). How Many Episodes Of "Spooks" Have You Seen? In Canada, the programme originally aired as MI-5 but now airs on BBC Canada as Spooks. The series ends with the deaths of Lucas's lover Maya Lahan, following the death of Lucas' blackmailer, Vaughn, in the climactic end of the penultimate episode. [31] Peter Firth reprises his role as Harry Pearce. Peter Firth (Harry Pearce) Peter Firth was the main star of Spooks and played the role of Sir Harry … Episode 1. In the first episode, central character Adam Carter (portrayed by Rupert Penry-Jones) dies in a car explosion set by terrorists, and the character Ros Myers (played by Hermione Norris) returns to the show as a deep-cover agent in Moscow. Here you will find all the episodes of the seriesSpooks. 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