Spooks (2002)

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It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers.

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.

Released: 2002-05-13
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Seasons: 10, 86 episodes
Episode length: 1h 0m
Network: BBC One
Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 149 votes

Created by David Wolstencroft.

Top cast

Peter Firth as Harry Pearce
Nicola Walker as Ruth Evershed
Max Brown as Dimitri Levendis
Lara Pulver as Erin Watts
William Hope as Jim Coaver
Alex Lanipekun as Ben Kaplan
Geoffrey Streatfeild as Calum Reed
Tom Weston-Jones as Sasha Gavrik
Alice Krige as Elena Gavrik
Jonathan Hyde as Ilya Gavrik

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Spooks

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Philo, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus; watch free on Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; buy on Amazon Video
United Kingdom: stream on Sky Go; watch free on BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, UKTV Play
Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Crave, BritBox Amazon Channel, BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, BINGE, Foxtel Now, BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on ABC iview; buy on Apple TV Store

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