Episode
Spooks: The Lesser of Two Evils
Overview
Patrick McCann, an IRA leader claims to have information about a nuclear attack on the UK mainland, can MI5 trust the IRA enough to give them what they want in return; 36 hours free of surveillance, free to do whatever they wish?
Details
- Series
- Spooks
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2002-06-17
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
The Lesser of Two Evils is Episode 6 in Series 1 of Spooks. It aired on 2002-06-17. The runtime is 51 min.
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