Spooks
Seen it?2002 | 10 seasons | 60 min | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Saturday Specialearly ratingWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It drew serious awards attention and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Slow Horses or The Night Manager, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- 10 seasons and 86 episodes: a long-haul commitment, hour-long episodes, about 86 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
- A big time investment at 10 seasons.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.7 out of 10
- AwardsStrong
Won 2 BAFTAs: British Academy Television Awards: Best Drama Series, | British Academy Television Awards: Sound - Drama. Plus 8 other awards.
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 10 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 279K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Saturday Special. Here's how each season stacks up; Series 7 is the high point.
Series 12002 · 6 episodes · 8.3 out of 10Friday- Series 22003 · 10 episodes · 8.5 out of 10Friday
- Series 32004 · 10 episodes · 8.6 out of 10Friday
- Series 42005 · 10 episodes · 8.8 out of 10Friday
- Series 52006 · 10 episodes · 8.8 out of 10Friday
- Series 62007 · 10 episodes · 8.8 out of 10Friday
- Series 72008 · 8 episodes · 9.5 out of 10Friday
- Series 82009 · 8 episodes · 9.4 out of 10Friday
- Series 92010 · 8 episodes · 9.3 out of 10Friday
- Series 102011 · 6 episodes · 9.5 out of 10Friday
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Created by David Wolstencroft
- Peter FirthHarry Pearce
- Nicola WalkerRuth Evershed
- Max BrownDimitri Levendis
- Lara PulverErin Watts
- William HopeJim Coaver
- Alex LanipekunBen Kaplan
- Geoffrey StreatfeildCalum Reed
- Tom Weston-JonesSasha Gavrik
- Alice KrigeElena Gavrik
- Jonathan HydeIlya Gavrik