Spooks: Season 1

2002 · 6 episodes · ★ 8.3

Series 1

What Season 1 of Spooks

A team of MI5 Section D officers works in The Grid, a top-security room in Thames House, London. From there, they track operations that affect the security of the United Kingdom. Every mission must be resolved quickly, with incomplete information and the risk that one mistake could cost lives. The agents face threats from both inside and outside the country: organized crime, espionage and terrorism. Power struggles within the office itself complicate the work. Lying to loved ones about their true profession adds pressure. Peter Firth leads the cast, and among the agents, Zoe, Tom, Helen, Tessa and Harry stand out.

6episodes

May 13, 2002Premiered

Jun 17, 2002latest episode

5.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Thou Shalt Not Kill
May 13, 2002 · 59 min · ★ 7.2
An abortion doctor is executed by an American pro-life terrorist; Mary Kane. An informant reveals that this is just the tip of the iceberg as Mary has 20 more bombs and plans on using them. To make matters worse she has started training more pro-life groups, within the UK.
Directing: Bharat Nalluri · Writing: David Wolstencroft · Starring: Karen Westwood, Lisa Eichhorn, Lisa Faulkner, Jenny Agutter
1x02 Looking After Our Own
May 20, 2002 · 59 min · ★ 9.0
Tom and Helen must go undercover and befriend the wife of a suspected hardcore racist in order to prevent a racewar. Meanwhile Zoe and Tessa learn that a boatload of refugees is due to dock at Dover in the next few days. Things worsen when the operatives realise the two things may be connected and their covers may be blown.
Directing: Bharat Nalluri · Writing: David Wolstencroft · Starring: Rory MacGregor, Kevin McNally, Debra Stephenson, Lisa Faulkner
1x03 One Last Dance
May 27, 2002 · 59 min · ★ 8.6
Whilst on a routine check of the bugs in the Turkish Embassy, Zoe and all the other people in the embassy are taken hostage by terrorists who wish to negotiate the release of their parents from prison. If Zoe's cover as a PR consultant is blown she will almost certainly be killed. Things worsen when Harry realises that the attack on the embassy was all just a distraction from something much, much bigger.
Directing: Rob Bailey · Writing: Simon Mirren · Starring: Rory MacGregor, Ray Panthaki, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave
1x04 Traitor's Gate
Jun 4, 2002 · 59 min · ★ 8.2
MI5's best officer, Peter Salter, seems to be joining the enemy. President Bush is scheduled to visit and it seems as though Salter is trying to stop the peace, is this all part of his mission or is he in fact a triple-agent?
Directing: Rob Bailey · Writing: Howard Brenton · Starring: Rory MacGregor, Anthony Stewart Head, Hugh Laurie, Jenny Agutter
1x05 The Rose Bed Memoirs
Jun 10, 2002 · 59 min · ★ 8.4
Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder has written memoirs with the power to destroy the government, what's more an old KGB agent is trying to smuggle illegal arms into and out of the country, besmirching the good name of the Prime Minister's right hand man.
Directing: Andy Wilson · Writing: Howard Brenton · Starring: Naoko Mori, David Calder, Hugh Laurie, Tim Pigott-Smith
1x06 The Lesser of Two Evils Season Finale
Jun 17, 2002 · 58 min · ★ 8.7
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?
Directing: Andy Wilson · Writing: Howard Brenton, David Wolstencroft · Starring: Henry Goodman, Lorcan Cranitch, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave