Spooks

infobox television
show_name = Spooks
show_name_2 = "MI-5"


caption = "Spooks" series 6 title sequence
genre = Spy
runtime = 60 minutes
creator = David Wolstencroft
starring = Present Cast
Peter Firth
Rupert Penry-Jones
Hugh Simon
Miranda Raison
Alex Lanipekun
country = UK
network = BBC One
network_US = A&E (known as "MI-5"); BBC America (known as "Spooks")
network_US = A&E (known as "MI-5"); BBC Canada (known as "Spooks")
first_aired = 13 May 2002
last_aired = present
num_series = 7
num_episodes = 56 (through Series 6)
list_episodes = List of Spooks episodes
related =
imdb_id = 0160904
tv_iv_id = 10812
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/

"Spooks" is a BAFTA award-winning British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. The title derives from a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers at Thames House. In the United States and France, the show is aired under the title "MI-5". In Canada the program had originally been aired as "MI5" but now airs on BBC Canada as "Spooks". The programme was created by writer David Wolstencroft.

The programme regularly attracts popular guest actors, with performers such as Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny, Ian McDiarmid, Jimi Mistry, Andy Serkis, Andrew Tiernan, Anton Lesser, Alexander Siddig and Anthony Stewart Head having appeared.

eason synopses

eries 1

Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Jenny Agutter and Peter Firth, the initial series of six one-hour episodes premièred in the spring of 2002.

The series was a critical and popular success, averaging 7.5 million viewers over its six episodes, [Exact figure: 7.491666667, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 19/05/2002 and all subsequent weeks until 23/06/2002 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ] due to its combination of glossy high production values with fast-paced action/adventure and spy intrigue storylines. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/series1.shtml BBC - Spooks - Series 1 Episode Guide ] ]

The show quickly gained an unexpected edge with the violent killing of character Helen Flynn, played by Lisa Faulkner, in the second episode which drew the most number of complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission in 2002. [The Broadcasting Standards Commission receives 154 complaints after Helen Flynn's killing, as [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3073921.stm reported by BBC News] .] During an undercover operation Helen and Tom were captured by race riot instigator Robert Osborne, played by Kevin McNally, who tortured Helen with a deep fryer in an attempt to make Tom, her superior, reveal classified information. He refused and she was killed. This provoked an angry reaction from many viewers who jammed BBC phone switchboards with complaints, despite the show airing after the 9pm watershed. Nevertheless, the death of Faulkner's character set the precedent that, in "Spooks", anyone can die at any time.

eries 2

With the success of the first series, a second longer series of ten episodes was commissioned and subsequently aired in 2003. This series saw the introduction of another main character, Ruth Evershed in the second episode. It again drew praise, particularly for the fifth episode and the dramatic cliffhanger ending of the series finale. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/series2.shtml BBC - Spooks - Series 2 Episode Guide ] ] The series averaged 7.1 million viewers. [Exact figure: 7.097, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 08/06/2003 and all subsequent weeks until 17/08/2003 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ]

eries 3

A third series, again of ten episodes, was transmitted on BBC One in the autumn of 2004, concluding on 13 December. The first episode saw the introduction of Rupert Penry-Jones as Adam Carter, drafted in from MI6 to help investigate Tom's disappearance. He later took over Tom's position as Senior Case Officer, as over the course of the series, all three of the original leading trio, MacFadyen, Hawes and Oyelowo, left the programme. Their departures were staggered over the second, sixth and tenth episodes respectively. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/series3.shtml BBC - Spooks - Episode Guide ] ]

In episode six, Zoe was taken to court for misconduct during an operation, and forced to leave MI5 and assume a new identity in Chile. She was replaced by Adam's wife Fiona (Olga Sosnovska).

Fan response to the changes of leading cast was generally negative and the season garnered varied critical reactions, audience figures also dropped to a series average of 5.8 million viewers. [Exact figure: 5.771, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 17/10/2004 and all subsequent weeks until 19/12/2004 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ] Despite this the BBC commissioned a fourth series.

eries 4

The fourth series of "Spooks" began transmission on Monday 12 September 2005 on BBC One at 9pm with the first of a two-part story. The next day (13 September) the second episode was shown. The following week "Spooks" assumed a 9pm Thursday slot, a break from the Monday 9pm slot the previous series had traditionally occupied. Once again the series ran for 10 episodes and averaged 6.05 million viewers, a notable increase on the previous series. [Exact figure: 6.045, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 18/09/2005 and all subsequent weeks until 13/11/2005 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ]

The opening two-parter provided the series with two new regulars in Zafar Younis (Raza Jaffrey, whose character had actually debuted in the final episode of series three) and Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor). However, it was also a controversial storyline, as it featured terrorists (albeit anti-humanity and technology extremists rather than Al-Qaeda) bombing central London, something that in reality had taken place two months earlier on 7 July, after the episodes had already been shot.

According to "The Guardian" newspaper the day the first episode aired, "The similarities were sufficient to cause head of drama Jane Tranter and new BBC One controller Peter Fincham to agonise over whether to drop the episodes." [Gibson, Owen. " [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1567550,00.html Spooky coincidences] ". "The Guardian". Monday 12 September 2005 (requires registration).] The episodes eventually aired unedited, although before both installments of the two-parter the BBC One continuity announcer warned viewers that they featured scenes of terrorist bombing in London which some viewers might find disturbing.

Episode seven saw the departure of Fiona Carter, as actress Olga Sosnovska was pregnant during filming and elected to leave the programme. In a by-now traditional shocking exit Carter attempted to kill her deranged ex-husband, who she thought had been hanged several years previously. Her ex-husband, however, abducted her and later shot her dead in Adam's presence when she tried to escape (by cutting her own wrists with broken glass to fake a suicide attempt, and thus managing to overpower her guards temporarily). Her character was replaced in the "Spooks" set-up by Miranda Raison as Jo Portman, a new arrival at MI5 who had been recruited by Adam in the previous episode.

eries 5

"Spooks" returned for its fifth (10 part) series on 17 September 2006 with the first part of a two-part story, which saw elements in the British Government, MI6 and the UK press conspire in an attempt to over-throw the Parliament and the Prime Minister. These elements had agreed that for Britain to survive the threats posed by modern day terrorism, democracy had to be replaced with fascist rule by committee in the 21st Century. Tactics used included the assassination of members of MI5, notably Colin, an attempt to kill the Home Secretary and kidnap the Prime Minister's son. The second part followed the next day (18 September), marking "Spooks'" return to BBC One's Monday night schedule. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/episodeguide.shtml BBC - Spooks - Episode Guide ] ]

Its storylines included a home-grown Al-Qaeda cell planning an attack on London; the British government selling nuclear technology to Gulf states; and the US administration selling arms to African dictators. It is also the first series to feature a "cliffhanger" ending to an episode mid-series, marking a slight change from the individual 1 hour episodes, season finale cliffhangers and more recently, two-part season openers shown on consecutive evenings. It did not have the traditional end-of-series cliffhanger per se, for the potential drowning of Ros Myers and Adam Carter after environmental terrorists staged an attack on London to demonstrate the danger of global warming ended in a final black-and-white freeze-frame showing them surfacing alive, and the following episode did not carry on where this ending left off as was usually done in Spooks.

The series featured a more stable cast, more 2-part stories allowing for more complex plots and more dramatic use of split-screen. The ratings also remained consistent with those of the previous series, averaging 6 million viewers. [Exact figure: 5.968, calculated from BARB figures for week ending 17/09/2006 and all subsequent weeks until 19/11/2006 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ]

The lack of a definitive end-of-series cliffhanger led to the anticipation of more in-series cliffhangers in series 6.

eries 6

The sixth series was commissioned by Jane Tranter, Head of Drama Commissioning at the BBC, by the time series 5 was announced. The series returned on 16 October 2007 at 9 pm on BBC One, and concluded on 18 December. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/ BBC Spooks Site] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/episodeguide.shtml Series 6 Episode Guide] ] The series averaged 5.68 million viewers (the lowest to date.) [Calculated from BARB figures for week ending 21/10/2007 and all subsequent weeks until 23/12/2007 which can be found [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?Requesttimeout=500&report=weeklyterrestrial here] ] The sixth series was markedly different to the previous 5. For the first time, end credits were broadcast and there was less frequent use of the soundtrack composed by Jennie Muskett. The sixth series also attempted to weave a common strand across all ten episodes - the efforts of the MI5 and the British Government to strike a peace deal with the Iranian Government, having been tricked into bombing a chemical weapons train in Tehran by American intelligence. While the US prepared a pre-emptive, Iraq-style war against the country, MI5 attempted to maintain the peace and cover-up the evidence of the UK train attack from both the public and Iran. Complicating these matters was Adam Carter's affair with the UK Iranian Ambassador's wife. During the course of the series, the serial arc was moved into and out of individual episodes, thus undermining the "serial" nature of this series.

The series ended on a cliff-hanger. Jo and Adam, captured by a rogue information-for-the-highest bidder terrorist group faced torture and eventual death, the group also being responsible for the torture & death of Zaf who disappeared after the Tehran bombing. Jo asked Adam to kill her rather than let her face a similar end. The final scene was of Special Forces mounting a rescue by breaking into the house in which they are held captive, just as a limp Jo is shown in the arms of a devastated Adam, the prior scene being the one where he has his hand around her throat as she begs him to kill her.

A new website, Spooks Interactive, was published to coincide with the launch. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/spooks Spooks website] ] In April 2008, the Spooks production team won the BAFTA Award for Interactivity for their work on Spooks Interactive. [ [http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/latest-winners-and-nominees,91,BA.html TV Winners in 2008 - Television - Awards - The BAFTA site ] ]

eries 7

Series 7 of "Spooks" is scheduled to begin airing during the week of 25 October 2008. [ cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk44/unplaced.shtml#unplaced_spooks | title=Programme Information - Network TV Week 44 - Unplaced | work=BBC Press Office | accessdate=2008-10-08 ] Peter Firth (Harry Pearce) has been confirmed to be returning, along with Alex Lanipekun as Ben Kaplan, Hugh Simon as Malcolm Wynn-Jones and Gemma Jones as Connie James. Hermione Norris as Ros Myers will return for an unknown number of episodes after her staged death in the previous series, and Richard Armitage will join the permanent cast as Lucas North, an agent who has been held in a Russian prison for the past eight years. Jo Portman's fate has yet to be revealed, as per the season six cliffhanger, although Miranda Raison (who plays Portman) is credited in the BBC's advance publicity material. [ cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk44/unplaced.shtml#unplaced_spooks | title=Programme Information - Network TV Week 44 - Unplaced | work=BBC Press Office | accessdate=2008-10-08 ] [cite news | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/03_march/17/spooks.shtml | title=From Sherwood Forest to Thames House ... Richard Armitage joins the cast of hit BBC One drama Spooks | publisher=BBC Press Office | accessdate=2008-04-18 ] Rupert Penry-Jones (Adam Carter) has been said to be leaving the series with a big bang, after an unknown number of episodes. [cite news | url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/169314/rupert-penry-jones-quits-spooks.html | title=Rupert Penry-Jones quits Spooks]

Cast

The main recurring characters, listed in order of fictional seniority, include :

Current main characters

The Grid

* Sir Harry Pearce (Peter Firth; 2002–) - Head of Counter-Terrorism Department, MI5.
* Adam Carter (Rupert Penry-Jones; 2004–) - Senior Case Officer, Section D,
* Ros Myers (Hermione Norris; 2006–) - Senior Case Officer
* Jo Portman (Miranda Raison; 2005–?) - Junior Case Officer, Section D, "status uncertain"
* Ben Kaplan (Alex Lanipekun; 2007–) – Section D employee, role undefined.
* Malcolm Wynn-Jones (Hugh Simon; 2002–) - Technician and Data Analyst.
* Connie James (Gemma Jones; 2007–) - Desk Officer, Section D.
* Lucas North (Richard Armitage; 2008-) -Unknown Capacity, Likely Senior Case Officer, Section D

Other

* Nicholas Blake (Robert Glenister; 2006–) - British Home Secretary
* Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor; 2005–) - National Security Co-Ordinator / Head of Yalta, "status uncertain"

Former main characters

* Oliver Mace (Tim McInnerny; 2004, 2006) - Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
* Bob Hogan (Matthew Marsh; 2007) - Former Senior CIA liaison to Britain
* Dariush Bakhshi (Simon Abkarian; 2007) – Iranian Special Consul
* Tessa Phillips (Jenny Agutter; 2002–2003) - Senior Case Officer, Section K. Leaves the Grid after being discovered as a traitor.
* Tom Quinn (Matthew Macfadyen; 2002–2004) - Senior Case Officer, Section D. Decommissioned for jeopardising a key mission.
* Zafar Younis (Raza Jaffrey; 2004–2007) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Killed during torture.
* Fiona Carter (Olga Sosnovska; 2004–2005) - seconded to MI5 from MI6. Shot by ex-husband and dies in Adam's arms.
* Danny Hunter (David Oyelowo; 2002–2004) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. Killed by a terrorist.
* Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes; 2002–2004) - Junior Case Officer, Section D. In hiding after she makes a mistake on an undercover mission.
* Helen Flynn (Lisa Faulkner; 2002) - Junior Case Officer. Shot by terrorist group henchman.
* Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker; 2003–2006) - Analyst seconded to MI5 from GCHQ. She faked her own death.
* Colin Wells (Rory MacGregor; 2002–2006) - Technician and Data Analyst. Hanged by MI6 following a conspiracy plot.
* Sam Buxton (Shauna Macdonald; 2003–2005) - Administrative Officer. Left the Grid.
* Jed Kelley (Graeme Mearns; 2002) - Administrative Officer. Never seen to leave the series, but suggested he was moved to a different department. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/spooksexpert_questions_5.shtml#1 Spooks Expert] on Jed's departure.]

Episodes

"Spooks" has had a total of 56 episodes and six series, the most recent of which concluded on 18 December 2007.

Each episode ends with the final scene freezing suddenly into a black-and-white negative image that then compresses with a distinctive sound effect into a flat white line against a black screen. A trailer for the next episode is shown, followed by the Kudos and BBC logos. If the episode is the finale in the series then the Kudos/BBC logos are shown immediately after the image compression with no sound. The series airs with no credits on BBC One, to maintain an atmosphere of the anonymity of real-life spies and the drama of each episode.

Episodes aired on BBC Three, one week ahead of their BBC One showing (except for the last episode, which is only shown on BBC One), have a brief credit sequence following the trailer and before the Kudos and BBC logos. Full credits are available to read online.

Locations

Regular

* Freemasons' Hall, London (headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England), playing Thames House
* SIS Building (headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service or MI6)

ingle Episodes

* University College London
* Somerset House
* National Liberal Club
* Royal Opera House
* Thames Barrier
* King's Cross Station
* Royal Opera House
* Trinity College of Music (the Old Naval College), Greenwich
* Brunel University (Exterior shots of the library and Student Union bar can be seen in series 6)

pooks: Code 9

Following the success of the BBC Three "Doctor Who" spin-off series, "Torchwood", the controller of BBC Three, Julian Bellamy, announced a "Spooks" spin-off entitled "Spooks: Code 9" (working titles: "Rogue Spooks" and "Spooks: Liberty") in December 2006. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6179781.stm | title=Spooks spin-off set for BBC Three | author=BBC News | date=2006-12-14 ] [cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/dec/14/broadcasting.bbc | title=BBC3 creates Spooks spin-off | publisher=The Guardian | date=2006-12-14 | accessdate=2008-03-25 ] The show started filming in Bradford in 2008 and the first [cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk33/sun.shtml#sun_spooks |title = Airdate announced |accessdate = 2008-07-25 |year = 2008 |work = BBC |publisher = BBC] and second episodes were broadcast on 10 August 2008. It has not been well-received by critics, who said "the script is poor and the acting little better" ("The Sunday Times") [cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4524852.ece|title=Unlikely maestros face the music|first=Roland|last=White|work=The Sunday Times - Culture|date=17 August 2008|accessdate=2008-08-17] and the production "utterly uninspired and stale" ("Digital Spy"), [cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a121258/spooks-code-9-episode-one.html|title='Spooks: Code 9': Episode One|first=Ben|last=Rawson-Jones|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=2008-08-12] "daft and unconvincing" ("The Telegraph"), [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/09/nosplit/bvtv09.xml#2|title=The weekend's television choices|work=The Telegraph|date=11 August 2008|accessdate=2008-08-15] "an utterly cynical venture" that "given its patronising awfulness... actually damages the Spooks brand" ("The Guardian"). [cite news|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/08/as_spinoffs_go_spooks_code.html|title=Spooks: Code 9 is a spin-off too far|first=Gareth |last=McLean|work=The Guardian|date=8 August 2008|accessdate=2008-08-15]

DVD releases

"Spooks" books

* Sangster, Jim: "Spooks Confidential: The Official Handbook" (2003), Contender Books (London). ISBN 1-84357-069-6.::"Episode guide of the first two seasons, and background information on MI5 and the making of the series."
* "Spooks: The Personnel Files (2007), Headling Publishing Group (London). ISBN 978-0-7553-3397-4.::"Detailed MI5 personnel files of eight of the show's main characters: Adam Carter, Danny Hunter, Zoe Reynolds, Tom Quinn, Ruth Evershed, Harry Pearce, Zafar Younis and Malcolm Wynn-Jones."
* "Spooks: Behind the Scenes" (2006), Orion Books (London). ISBN 0-75287-610-4.::"Background information on British intelligence and episode guides for the first four series."
* "Spooks: Harry’s Diary: Top Secret (2007), Headling Publishing Group (London). ISBN 978-0-7553-3398-1.::"The untold stories of Spooks, and MI5, as seen from the perspective of Harry Pearce, the Spooks team leader."

International broadcasts and DVD sales

In the United States, the Series 1 - 4 were broadcast on cable channel A&E, under the title "MI-5". Ratings were consistently poor, and after a marathon showing of Series 4, the show was dropped. In 2007, BBC America began broadcasting MI-5, and recently withdrew the show from its schedule mid-Series 4, again a victim of ratings. Due to the need to insert commercial advertising breaks, the episodes shown in the U.S. are edited for time, with each 59-minute installment edited down to roughly 45 minutes. The full-length episodes are broadcast on some cable "On Demand" services and are available on DVD. Series 5, which has not been shown in the U.S., was released on DVD on 8 January 2008.

In Canada, the series was also screened uncut and unedited on BBC Canada, a speciality digital cable channel, under its original BBC title "Spooks", however, this was stopped after Series 3 because the U.S. A&E channel had exclusive rights to future viewings in Canada and was showing the episodes as well (albeit in the same almost-abandoned manner as in the United States). However, BBC Canada has resumed showing the series and began showing Series 5 to Canadian viewers on 26 August 2007. BBC also shows "Spooks" on its entertainment channel BBC Prime in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The programme is also aired as "Spooks" in Australia and New Zealand on ABC and TVNZ respectively. It is also syndicated on the Foxtel Pay-TV channel UK.TV. In Sweden it airs as "Spooks" on SVT1, in France the programme is called "MI-5" and broadcast on Canal Plus and France 2. In Finland the show is called "Erikoisjoukkue" and it was first aired on YLE TV1 (Series 1 and 2) and then MTV3 started airing the programme from Series 1. In Belgium "Spooks" was broadcast on the Flemish public channel Canvas and on the French Belgian channel RTBF. In the Czech Republic, it is called "MI5" and is aired on ČT1. In Israel it was aired under two different names ("MI-5" and "Spooks") on the Arutz 2 Channel 2 and on cable. In Slovenia it was aired on Kanal A as "Tajni agenti". It is aired in Southeast Asia through the Hallmark Channel. In the Netherlands, Spooks is aired on the channel Nederland 3. It currently airs in Croatia on HRT 2 as "Obavještajci", ("Intelligence Agents"). It is broadcast in English with Croatian subtitles as opposed to being dubbed. As of present in September 2007, the 3rd series is being screened. BBC Entertainment airs in India as well as Spooks

In Brazil, the series is screened on People + Arts, cable channel, under the title "Dupla Identidade" ("Double Identity"). In Argentina the same channel screens it as "Doble Identidad" (also "Double Identity").

In Iceland the series is shown on RUV ("The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service") on Tuesdays at 22:25 as "Spooks".

"Spooks" is shown in Hungary under "Titkosszolgálat - MI5" (Secret Service - MI5) on Hungarian Television (channel: M1).

Awards

Winner

* 2003 - BAFTA Awards - Best Drama Series [ [http://www.bafta.org/site/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/import/TV_and_Craft_Winners_2000-2005.pdf BAFTA award list 2000 to 2005] ]
* 2003 - Royal Television Society Awards - Best Drama Series [ [http://www.rts.org.uk/awards_det.asp?id=3102&sec_id=622 RTS Award page] ]
* 2003 - Broadcast Awards - Best Drama Series [ [http://www.kudosproductions.co.uk/tv_spooks.html Kudos - Spooks information page] ]
* 2003 - BBC Drama Awards - Best DramaBBC Drama - [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2003/ Best of 2003] ]
* 2003 - BBC Drama Awards - Best Drama Website
* 2008 - BAFTA Awards - British Academy Television Award for Interactivity [ [http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/latest-winners-and-nominees,91,BA.html TV Winners in 2008] . BAFTA. Retrieved on 29 June 2008.]
* 2008 - ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards - Best Actor - Rupert Penry Jones
* 2008 - ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards - Best Actress - Hermione Norris

Nomination

* 2003 - BAFTA Awards - Nomination for Best Original Television Music to Jennie Muskett [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/BAFTA_Awards/2003#BAFTA_TV_Award BAFTA Awards 2003] . IMDB. Retrieved on 29 June 2008.]
* 2003 - BAFTA Awards - Nomination for Best Editing in Entertainment
* 2008 - ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards - Best Crime Drama

Footnotes

References

Articles
# [http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/search/display.var.920962.0.spooks_spark.php "Spooks spark"] from The Northern Echo (September 2006)
# [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2006/jan/05/energy.g2 "Did the CIA give Iran the Bomb?"] from The Guardian (January 2006)

Additional information from newspapers
# One of the reports was in The Sun, and can be found [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006070635,00.html here] .
# The BBC denied the accusations; a report of the issue can be found [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4719412.stm here] .

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/ "Spooks"] at bbc.co.uk
* [http://www.kudosproductions.co.uk/tv_spooks.html "Spooks"] at Kudos Productions
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/37186 "Spooks"] at the British Film Institute
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* [http://www.tv.com/spooks/show/10812/summary.html "Spooks"] at TV.com