Spooks is one of those programmes that I just adore. Unfortunately however I can't say that I jumped on the Spooks bandwagon from the very start. To be perfectly honest though the reason for this was the fact that I was only 12 when the first series originally aired and therefore it just wasn't part of my viewing although my dad was watching it. I personally caught on during series 3 and then decided that the best thing for me to do would be to get the previous series' on DVD to ensure that I didn't miss out on anything. Series 1 first aired on BBC in May 2002 and is all about a branch of the British Secret Service called MI5. It centres around not only the ...  Read the complete review

Spooks is a tv series that started in 2002. It is about the United Kingdom's government intelligence organisation known as MI5. Series one was a series of 6 hour long episodes. The main actors in the original series were Peter Firth as Harry Pearce, Jenny Agutter as Tessa Phillips, Lisa Faulkner as Helen Flynn, Keeley Hawes as Zoe Reynolds, Matthew MacFaden as Tom Quinn, David Oyelowo as Danny Hunter and Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones. The first episode was when some highly explosive devices were found to be smuggled into the UK. One of them explodes on a car. The driver, a doctor who deals with family planning, was killed and her daughter was ...  Read the complete review

Originally debuting in 2002, Spooks was the BBC's attempt at livening up it's schedule with a taut, fast paced thriller to rival those imported from America. And to that end they undoubtedly succeeded as 9 years on it's still going strong. Personally I think this ranks as on of the top three alongside Three and Two but is maybe a little light at just six episodes. Spooks focuses on the lives of the operatives working in Section D of Britains domestic secret service or MI5. The first season stories took there lead from stories which were not so much focused on global terrorism, rather the actions of domestic terrorism dealing with Anti-Abortionists, Irish ...  Read the complete review

I'm sad to say that I didn't cop on to just how good this superb BBC/Kudos Productions spy/ drama series actually is until last year. (2007) Browsing the channels one evening I came across an old episode on one of the satellite stations. Instant addiction, and my next stop was eBay and Amazon in order to purchase all six series for my DVD collection. (I now have them all) Spooks is about the agents of MI5, that branch of the British security services who are tasked with keeping us all safe from terrorist and domestic threats to our national security on our own shores. (As distinct from MI6 who look after threats to the UK on foreign soil) It first aired on UK ...  Read the complete review

'Spooks', which has just finished its seventh series, is BBC's answer to '24'. It is a fast paced and well produced programme which follows MI5 agents as they do their best to protect the UK from terrorists, conspiracies and other threats. 'Spooks' is an unusually glossy programme for BBC, and it obviously has a lot of money spent on it. If it wasn't for the English accents and constant use of well known London and other English locations, you could easily mistake it for an American programme similar to 'Without a Trace' or other FBI style shows. It is exciting and even quite scary at times. From its beginning, Spooks has been very popular, and has ...  Read the complete review