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MI-5 (2002–2011)

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

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Creator:

David Wolstencroft
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Awards

9 wins & 38 nominations.

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31 December 2003 | sgspires
Intelligent work on intelligence work
I've seen these on A&E in America and from the first I was hooked. The pressure cooker atmosphere and the modern day dot-com look puts this show about "counter intelligence" on another level than today's so called spy shows.

It's not the eye-candy of Alias and frankly its better than the flat delivery of the now canned Agency or Threat Matrix (both of which strive to be too PC in their "diverseness").

The writing is very well layered. It pulls the viewer in, and there's enough original material that many times you can't "skip ahead" to the fourth act in your mind. Meaning, you haven't figured out the end by the second break.

MI-5, or Spooks, puts enough plot twists in for any true fan of the genre. Well worth the time and effort to watch. Too bad American network television can't produce a show of this caliber.

(11/17/05 comment) Also, I was so intrigued by the UK version of Spooks, that I got into downloading the shows via the Internet, and I have to say it's an even better experience. I wish A&E would run the entire episode and not a chopped up version. The editing has to do with advert breaks more than content. If you only see this on A&E then I would suggest downloading it or renting/buying the DVD sets.

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Trivia

Rupert Penry-Jones and Miranda Raison also co-star in Silk together.

Quotes

Ruth Evershed: That's what's wrong. There's a guy in Hospital, immobilised by the horror of what he went through. And I'm right as rain.

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.

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".

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

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Genres

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Release Date:

22 July 2003

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

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

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