BBC TV SERIES SPOOKS

'Spooks' is a BBC1 drama, which revolves around MI-5. The series began in 2002, and has been one of the big dramas on the BBC in recent years. In the US, the series is broadcast under the title 'MI-5'.

Spooks Series 9 (2010) Series Summary

The series where Lucas North (Richard Armitage) turns out to have a very dark past indeed, and he encounters an old, unwelcome acquaintance, Michael.

Spooks Series 8 (2009) Episode Summaries

Spooks Series 8 Main Cast List

Peter Firth as Harry Pearce
Robert Glenister as Home Secretary
Hermione Norris as Ros Myers
Richard Armitage as Lucas North
Genevieve O'Reilly as Sarah Caulfield
Miranda Raison as Jo Portman
Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed

Episode 1 (BBC1, November 4th)

The eighth series of 'Spooks' saw a very powerful start. It's when the BBC puts on drama of this high quality that you despair at the money they waste on dreadful, mostly distasteful, food programmes.

Harry (Peter Firth) is kidnapped, and footage shows his 'death', but the team realise he's still alive. What follows is chilling stuff, and people Harry cares about are used to try and make him divulge a secret which may save a few people, but kill thousands.

Episode 2 (BBC3, November 6th; BBC1, November 11th)

Britain's energy crisis is desperate, and the dilemma is whether to deal with an evil politician from East - in return for an end to that energy crisis. An episode which seems prescient, considering the way a lot of European countries are now beholden to others for their energy.

Episode 3 (BBC3, November 13th; BBC1, November 18th)

A tragic end to the third episode, as an anti-globalisation group take a group of the world's richest men hostage - and begin to put them on trial on the internet. The net audience have the power to decide whether the magnates live or die. Ros (Hermione Norris) ends up as one of the hostages, and, as she tries to do the right thing, new problems emerge...

Episode 4 (BBC3, November 20th; BBC1, November 25th)

Lucas goes off the rails as he finds his girlfriend is not just looking for love, and he is haunted by an unpleasant visitor from his past, who seems to be intent on tormenting him further, until, right at the end, he gives Lucas some intriguing information. The ending is unexpected and shocking.

Episode 5 (BBC3, November 27th; BBC1, December 2nd)

Ros is in Emma Peel mode, as a guy she once looked up to has a few surprises in store for her. Lucas, meanwhile, is finding surprises of his own.

Episode 6 (BBC3, December 4th; BBC1, December 9th)

This episode makes recent UK bank scandals seem like very small beer, and no-one is untouched as things get very vicious and messy indeed - especially involving Lucas.

Episode 7 (BBC3, December 11th; BBC1, December 16th)

A brilliant, highly emotional episode involving Muslim/Hindu, Pakistan/India tensions being exploited. The Spooks team have a boy in the camp of a Muslim group about to commit a terrorist act, and the twists and turns make for excellent drama.

Episode 8 (BBC1, December 23rd)

Ros and Lucas are in a race against time to prevent an India-Pakistan nuclear war! A literally explosive ending, with possibly tragic consequences...

It has been confirmed that filming for the ninth series of 'Spooks' will begin in February 2010.

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

Spooks Main Cast List

Peter Firth as Harry Pearce
Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter
Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed
Miranda Raison as Jo Portman
Rory MacGregor as Colin Wells
David Oyelowo as Danny Hunter
Hermione Norris as Ros Myers
Keeley Hawes as Zoe Reynolds
Raza Jaffrey as Zafar Younis
Shauna Macdonald as Sam Buxton
Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Quinn
Gemma Jones as Connie James
Anna Chancellor as Juliet Shaw
James Dicker as Wesley Carter
Alex Lanipekun as Ben Kaplan
Olga Sosnovska as Fiona Carter
Megan Dodds as Christine Dale
Matthew Marsh as Bob Hogan
Richard Armitage as Lucas North
Esther Hall as Ellie Simm
Jenny Agutter as Tessa Phillips
Heather Cave as Maisie Simm
Simon Abkarian as Dariush Bakhshi
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jenny
Robert Glenister as Home Secretary
Agni Scott as Ana Bakhshi
Graeme Mearns as Jed Kelley
Richard Harrington as Will North
James Laurenson as Sholto
Natasha Little as Vicki Westbrook
Claire Cox as Magritte
Enzo Cilenti as Carlo Franceschini
Tim McInnerny as Oliver Mace
Gus Gallagher as Boscard
Richard Johnson as Bernard Qualtrough
Debra Gillett as Debra Langham
Paloma Baeza as Elizaveta Starkova
Jeremy Thompson as Sky Newsreader
Chris Wilson as Ambulance Paramedic
Robert East as Richard Dolby