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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
Cast: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miranda Raison, Hermione Norris, Rory MacGregor, David Oyelowo, Richard Armitage, Keeley Hawes, Raza Jaffrey, Shauna Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Shazad Latif, Gemma Jones, Robert Glenister, Max Brown, Anna Chancellor, Alex Lanipekun, James Dicker, Simon Russell Beale, Olga Sosnovska, Matthew Marsh, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Myles, Jenny Agutter, Simon Abkarian, Megan Dodds, Heather Cave, Esther Hall
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Maturity rating: TV-14
Peter Firth
Harry Pearce
Hugh Simon
Malcolm Wynn-Jones
Nicola Walker
Ruth Evershed
Rupert Penry-Jones
Adam Carter
Miranda Raison
Jo Portman
Hermione Norris
Ros Myers
Rory MacGregor
Colin Wells
David Oyelowo
Danny Hunter
Richard Armitage
Lucas North
Keeley Hawes
Zoe Reynolds
Raza Jaffrey
Zafar Younis
Shauna Macdonald
Sam Buxton
Matthew Macfadyen
Tom Quinn
Shazad Latif
Tariq Masood
Gemma Jones
Connie James
Robert Glenister
Home Secretary
Max Brown
Dimitri Levendis
Anna Chancellor
Juliet Shaw
Alex Lanipekun
Ben Kaplan
James Dicker
Wesley Carter
Simon Russell Beale
Home Secretary
Olga Sosnovska
Fiona Carter
Matthew Marsh
Bob Hogan
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jenny
Sophia Myles
Beth Bailey
Jenny Agutter
Tessa Phillips
Simon Abkarian
Dariush Bakhshi
Megan Dodds
Christine Dale
Heather Cave
Maisie Simm
Esther Hall
Ellie Simm
36 EpisodesFollow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
12 EpisodesFormer British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.
12 EpisodesWhen a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.
13 EpisodesWhat if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn't know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they're called back to action as sinister forces emerge from the past. With the help of spymaster Bernard Orlick, these former lovers must remember the past to save the future.
5 EpisodesAn MI6 deputy's bright future takes a sharp turn after a reunion with a Russian spy forces him to question his entire life.
24 EpisodesAlex Rider is an ordinary teenager enlisted to work on behalf of MI6, where he uses skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy.