TV series
Spooks
Overview
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. 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.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-05-13
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 10 seasons
- Episodes
- 86 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC, Kudos
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Firth as Harry Pearce
- Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones
- Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed
- Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter
- Miranda Raison as Jo Portman
- Hermione Norris as Ros Myers
- Rory MacGregor as Colin Wells
- David Oyelowo as Danny Hunter
- Richard Armitage as Lucas North
- Keeley Hawes as Zoe Reynolds
- Raza Jaffrey as Zafar Younis
- Shauna Macdonald as Sam Buxton
Creators and crew
- David Wolstencroft - Creator
- Simon Crawford Collins - Executive Producer
- Gareth Neame - Executive Producer
- Stephen Garrett - Executive Producer
- Jane Featherstone - Executive Producer
- Alrick Riley - Director
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