Spooks: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation.

A team of agents in the British security intelligence service work to protect the U.K. from terrorists and other threats to national security. A repackaged version of the BBC series "Spooks," "MI-5" follows a counterterrorism unit based in the highly secure suite of offices called The Grid, where Harry Pearce oversees the team and deals with the often dirty politics of the spy game.

Series details

• Title: Spooks
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2002-05-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-10-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 657

Cast and credited roles

• Peter Firth — Harry Pearce
• Hugh Simon — Malcolm Wynn-Jones
• Nicola Walker — Ruth Evershed
• Rupert Penry-Jones — Adam Carter
• Miranda Raison — Jo Portman
• Rory MacGregor — Colin Wells
• Hermione Norris — Ros Myers
• David Oyelowo — Danny Hunter
• Richard Armitage — Lucas North
• Raza Jaffrey — Zafar Younis
• Keeley Hawes — Zoe Reynolds
• Shauna MacDonald — Sam Buxton

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-05-13; final listed air date 2002-06-17; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-06-02; final listed air date 2003-08-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-10-11; final listed air date 2004-12-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-09-12; final listed air date 2005-11-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2006-09-17; final listed air date 2006-11-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2007-10-16; final listed air date 2007-12-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2008-10-27; final listed air date 2008-12-08; episode order: 8.
• Season 8: premiered 2009-11-04; final listed air date 2009-12-23; episode order: 8.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-09-20; final listed air date 2010-11-08; episode order: 8.
• Season 10: premiered 2011-09-18; final listed air date 2011-10-23; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Spooks on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.