Spooks_
"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.
Created By
David Wolstencroft
Network
BBC One
Episodes
86
Updated Feb 16, 2026
WHERE TO WATCH
Prime Video
FREE
7 countries
BritBox
3 countries
The Roku Channel
FREE
1 country
Pluto TV
FREE
1 country
Tubi
FREE
1 country
Foxtel Now
1 country
DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Overview
Spooks has 10 seasons with 86 episodes spanning 2002-2011.
Rating
With a 7.7/10 rating from 136 votes, Spooks is considered highly rated.
Year context
Spooks first aired 24 years ago in 2002.
CAST (11)
Peter Firth
Harry Pearce
Nicola Walker
Ruth Evershed
Max Brown
Dimitri Levendis
Lara Pulver
Erin Watts
William Hope
Jim Coaver
Alex Lanipekun
Ben Kaplan
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Calum Reed
Tom Weston-Jones
Sasha Gavrik
Alice Krige
Elena Gavrik
Jonathan Hyde
Ilya Gavrik
Simon Russell Beale
William Towers
SEASONS (10 seasons, 86 episodes)
SEASON 1Series 1
01
Thou Shalt Not Kill
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…
02
Looking After Our Own
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…
03
One Last Dance
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…
04
Traitor's Gate
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…
05
The Rose Bed Memoirs
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…
06
The Lesser of Two Evils
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…
SEASON 2Series 2
01
Legitimate Targets
With Tom's family trapped in his house with a bomb, and nothing Tom or the other spooks can do but watch on. There is a…
02
Nest of Angels
A fellow agent informs Tom that young boys and men from a mosque in Birmingham are being trained as suicide bombers. They need an undercover…
03
Spiders
MI5's mainframe has been hacked into. But Tom and his team think they have found a lead in the form of an I.T. teacher, so…
04
Blood and Money
After stealing a large amount of money from a bank, a man is found crucified on the moors. The Treasury call in the team to…
05
I Spy Apocalypse
Tom's skills as leader are tested to their extremes when they take part in an Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise (EERIE) to test their response…
06
Without Incident
The president of the USA makes an unexpected stop in London. Tom and his team are forced to work with the CIA. A power struggle…
07
Clean Skin
A French scientist has gone renegade and taken a top secret weapon called Firestorm with him, which he is threatening to sell to the highest…
08
Strike Force
A new series of strikes prompted by the unions has the team worried. And when news of a 'strike' by the army arise, Tom is…
09
The Seventh Division
Tom is undercover with Customs, but when he goes off to phone in, the rest of the crew are murdered. A Colombian drugs cartel are…
10
Smoke and Mirrors
Tom ignores Harry's demands to end his relationship with CIA officer Christine Dale. Christine hands Tom a secure communication which she has accidentally received from…
SEASON 3Series 3
01
Project Friendly Fire
Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss Harry Pearce. He also stands accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. Chairman of the Joint…
02
The Sleeper
Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists, Tom has a crisis…
03
Who Guards the Guards?
Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.
04
A Prayer for My Daughter
The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed MI5 starts to…
05
Love and Death
Saturday morning. Danny and Colin practice their firing technique on MI5's gun range. Zoe and her fiancé Will are still madly in love. Ruth watches…
06
Persephone
Zoe is tried for manslaughter when an MI5 operation results in the murder of an undercover police officer.
07
Outsiders
While a deadly hacker turns Britain upside down, Danny decides whether to reveal all to Will, MI5 hunts the source down to an Islamic mosque…
08
Celebrity
The baby of a celebrity couple is kidnapped and they call in MI5. Fiona goes in undercover to gather more information about the couple against…
09
Frequently Asked Questions
When known mercenary Robert Morgan is spotted at a top-secret disused Soviet arms dump, he obviously has to be brought in for questioning. Is it…
10
The Suffering of Strangers
It's Fiona's birthday, and she's not going to forget it! While inspecting a possible Islamic terrorist safe house, they are kidnapped. With the threat of…
SEASON 4Series 4
01
The Special (1)
When a devastating bomb explodes in central London, causing multiple deaths, a terrorist group with a hatred for human life claim responsibility. With their leader…
02
The Special (2)
Zafar and Adam race against the clock to uncover the latest bomb. As a new ultimatum is issued and Tash mysteriously disapears, the team is…
03
Divided They Fall
Far-right political party The British Way is threatening democracy so Adam and Fiona go undercover to infiltrate and destroy its campaign.
04
Road Trip
Adam infiltrates a truck carrying illegal immigrants across Europe in order to stop a would-be terrorist.
05
The Book
A neo-conservative group murder an ex-minister to cover up his past and then they hunt down the journalist who is threatening to blow the story…
06
The Innocent
MI5 suspect a terrorist is planning an attack from his prison cell. Guest stars Jimi Mistry.
07
Syria
The Syrian foreign minister tries to establish subversive contacts with MI5 at the opening of a cultural centre in London. Fiona is desperate to lead…
08
The Russian
An old British traitor is called in to infiltrate a Russian firm suspected of stealing secrets from GCHQ.
09
The Sting
Harry upsets the CIA by stopping an extradition to the USA.
10
Diana
A former officer is convinced that MI5 killed Princess Diana and is determined to force the team to prove it.
SEASON 5Series 5
01
Gas and Oil (Part 1)
The government introduces Draconian emergency measures in response to a series of terrorist attacks. MI5 fears that influential establishment figures are behind the attacks and…
02
Gas and Oil (Part 2)
MI5 has foiled an attempt to murder the Home Secretary, but the plotters use the new emergency powers to imprison Harry. The team must try…
03
The Cell
Zaf goes deep undercover to infiltrate an Al-Qaeda cell that is planning an attack on the UK. When Adam learns that the terrorists are on…
04
World Trade
Posted undercover at the World Trade Summit for Africa, the team discovers an assassination plot. Initially determined to put their lives on the line to…
05
The Message
The government publishes its report on the investigation into the death of seven terrorist suspects in a fire at a prison. Harry suspects a cover-up,…
06
Hostage Takers (Part 1)
Adam and Zaf try to find a group of terrorists who have infiltrated Britain. Ros oversees a visit by a delegation of Saudi princes offering…
07
Hostage Takers (Part 2)
The terrorists start to execute hostages in pursuit of their demand for the release of Al-Qaeda prisoners held in Saudi Arabia, but suspicion arises as…
08
Agenda
MI5 investigates the assassination of a Muslim cleric outside the high court, and uncovers a radicalised Christian who is determined to incite a religious war.
09
The Criminal
MI5 is put in charge of protecting Niko Grecic, the former right-hand of Tezlia, a Serbian who is put on trial for war crimes. They…
10
Aftermath
An environmental terrorist group is threatening to flood London if the government does not make a secret document public.
SEASON 6Series 6
01
The Virus: Part 1
Zaf and Adam participate in a mission in Tehran that goes wrong. As the investigation advances, the team realizes they've been lied to as to…
02
The Virus: Part 2
The country faces a plague outbreak. In a race against time, the officers from Section D have to track down and quarantine everyone who might…
03
The Kidnap
A British plane is thought to have been hijacked and taken to an American airstrip. Ros is captured by the Yalta organisation when the team…
04
The Extremist
As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fears he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK with…
05
The Deal
MI5 has to intercept a Russian arms dealer who plans to pass blueprints for a nuclear device to Iran. Adam and Ana decide to bring…
06
The Courier
Harry discovers there's a mole at large in the Grid. Meanwhile, Ros and Adam board a plane undercover in an attempt to stop Iran becoming…
07
The Broadcast
A live TV broadcast announcing the new peace accord between the UK, US and Iran is hijacked by armed gunmen. Can Adam and Ros defuse…
08
Infiltration
Ros is in grave danger after Bob Hogan discovers she's a traitor. Meanwhile, Harry's brought before Yalta's chief, whose identity shocks him to the core.
09
Isolated
The team finds themselves suspended from the Grid following what happened involving Ros. Harry learns from an old adversary about a bomb he has planted…
10
The School
Hardliners opposed to the peace between Iran and the West have targeted a London school. Jo is captured by Redbacks, the mercenaries who abducted Zaf.
SEASON 7Series 7
01
New Allegiances
The team steps in when a British soldier is kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, an old protégé of Harry's returns to the fold after eight years…
02
Split Loyalties
Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North. Lucas's loyalties, however, are secretly…
03
The Tip-Off
With Lucas back within MI5 he reveals that the Russians interrogated him about Operation Sugar Horse, the most secret ongoing spy operation MI5 ever had.…
04
A Chance for Peace
The team is stunned to discover that Al-Qaeda's number three wants to negotiate. It's a risk, but Harry and the team have to take this…
05
On the Brink
The British economy is on the brink of collapse and if one more bank goes down the entire financial system will implode. Ros goes undercover…
06
Accidental Discovery
A teenage boy accidentally stumbles upon a government conspiracy and is instantly absorbed into the world of MI5, ending up on the run. Lucas and…
07
The Mole
Harry is imprisoned and accused by MI5 of being the Russian mole. Lucas disappears to Moscow in a bid to gather intelligence and get to…
08
Nuclear Strike
With the Russians launching a nuclear strike on London, the only person who can help the team in this desperate hour is the traitor amongst…
SEASON 8Series 8
01
Uranium
Harry is still missing, and there is one question on everyone's mind: is he dead, or alive? Section D discovers that Harry thwarted a clandestine…
02
Energy
The country reaches crisis point when energy supplies are threatened by an explosion at a gas processing plant. With reserves on the verge of running…
03
Tycoons
The pressure is on for Section D when a secret meeting of powerful tycoons is stormed by armed terrorists and eight of the world's richest…
04
Nemesis
Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London. Harry fears Darshavin still…
05
Sudden Death
Harry is puzzled by the sudden death of CIA boss Samuel Walker. Harry is convinced that he did not commit suicide and when another CIA…
06
Bankruptcy
With the country on the verge of bankruptcy, the government can't pay its national debt payments. Section D is asked to get back more than…
07
Start a War
After a Pakistani intelligence officer is murdered in South London, the head of the Pakistani intelligence service talks to Harry and Ros. They learn that…
08
Brink of War
With India and Pakistan on the brink of war, emergency talks are set up in an exclusive London hotel. Section D faces its biggest challenge…
SEASON 9Series 9
01
Plymouth
Reeling after the explosion at the hotel, Section D is left considering the sacrifices they make as spies. But they are soon back in action,…
02
Oil Baron
The pressure is on for Beth when she goes undercover for MI5 for the first time. She is tasked with protecting an influential oil baron,…
03
Paroxocybin
Section D is forced to welcome an FSB officer onto the Grid to help track down Aibek, a rogue nationalist from the ex-Soviet state of…
04
Chinese Prize
When a highly skilled trio of Chinese agents arrive in London for 48 hours only, the team must find out why they are here. Ruth…
05
Hotel Lockdown
The American president is on his way to London to chair top secret peace talks between Israel and Palestine, under the guise of his first…
06
Cybershell
Relations between the CIA and MI5 are stretched after an American drone is hacked in Afghanistan whilst in British care, leading to the loss of…
07
Dead Drop
Lucas is plunged further into the depths of his past when Vaughn takes his manipulations to a new level. Ruth is approached and followed by…
08
Cat and Mouse
The team faces their toughest challenge ever: tracking down Lucas North, their Section Chief, friend and one of the best agents MI5 has ever had.…
SEASON 10Series 10
01
Garden Leave
The team has been left shocked by Lucas's betrayal, and with Harry Pearce on gardening leave, Section D has a new leader called Erin Watts.…
02
Stolen Laptop
Calum is attacked by a gang of street muggers during a routine intelligence-sharing exercise with MI6. The laptop he was carrying is stolen, and contains…
03
Dirty Bomb
MI5 receives a red flash: radioactive material has been detected at an airport. They have intelligence that a highly dangerous anarchist with a penchant for…
04
Suicide Bomber
Two former inmates are released from jail. One is an undercover MI5 asset and the other is an impressionable wannabe suicide bomber who has been…
05
Kidnap
There is new evidence of CIA agent Jim Coaver's involvement in some recent attacks on MI5. Harry ends up kidnapping his former Cold War colleague…
06
Deportation
Harry finds himself facing deportation to America following the death of CIA agent Jim Coaver. After some new evidence comes to light about the recent…
SERIES INFO
10
Seasons
86
Episodes
60 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
Status
CREW
Creator
David Wolstencroft
NETWORKS (1)
BBC One
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Spooks about?
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.
Where can I watch Spooks?
Spooks is available on Prime Video, BritBox, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does Spooks have?
Spooks has 10 seasons with 86 episodes total.
Who created Spooks?
Spooks was created by David Wolstencroft.
Who stars in Spooks?
The cast of Spooks includes Peter Firth, Nicola Walker, Max Brown, Lara Pulver, William Hope.
What is the rating of Spooks?
Spooks has a rating of 7.7 out of 10 based on 136 votes on TMDB.
Is Spooks still running?
Spooks has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (3)
Drama
Action & Adventure
Crime
