The team uncover connections between racist ring-leaders, politicians and mass killings of immigrants, and are forced to go undercover in order to investigate.The team uncover connections between racist ring-leaders, politicians and mass killings of immigrants, and are forced to go undercover in order to investigate.The team uncover connections between racist ring-leaders, politicians and mass killings of immigrants, and are forced to go undercover in order to investigate.
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Jenny Agutter
- Tessa Phillips
- (uncredited)
Shane Attwooll
- Brian Lyndon
- (uncredited)
Heather Cave
- Maisie Simm
- (uncredited)
Daniel Chenery
- Sammy Osborne
- (uncredited)
Lisa Faulkner
- Helen Flynn
- (uncredited)
Peter Firth
- Harry Pearce
- (uncredited)
Tom Goodman-Hill
- Nick Thomas
- (uncredited)
Esther Hall
- Ellie Simm
- (uncredited)
Rod Hallett
- Andrew Dorland
- (uncredited)
Keeley Hawes
- Zoe Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Jasper Jacob
- Bill Watson
- (uncredited)
Tonya Kerins
- Runner
- (uncredited)
Dominic Kinnaird
- Burglar One
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Lomas
- Burglar Two
- (uncredited)
Matthew Macfadyen
- Tom Quinn
- (uncredited)
Rory MacGregor
- Colin Wells
- (uncredited)
Eleanor McCready
- Rosie
- (uncredited)
Kevin McNally
- Robert Osborne
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Bharat Nalluri(uncredited)
- Writer
- David Wolstencroft(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the first series the interior of Thames house was filmed in a college in Kensington, the night shots of the beach shown in Episode 2 ("Looking After Our Own") were actually filmed on the cobbled courtyard outside the university.
- GoofsIt would not have been possible for Tom to have accidentally retained the wedding ring
At Closure, there is an inventory checklist for officers of literally everything (down to handkerchiefs, cigarettes & lighters, and even chewing gum) to be ticked off to prevent exactly that sort of mistake.
- Quotes
Danny Hunter: I'm paranoid about how much extra training you're doing. Where's the extra energy coming from?
Tom Quinn: If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Danny Hunter: You're already killing me.
Featured review
Episode 1.2
Shown after the race riots that affected some northern towns in the summer of 2001.
Spooks tackle right wing white supremacists nowadays rebranded as the alt right and gained respectability with some politicians.
Harry Pearce wants to investigate Robert Osborne. Outwardly a respectable businessman but a man with neo nazi connections. He has the friendly ear of an independent MP who likes to inflame racial tensions especially after the events of 9/11.
With Zoe assigned to investigate the drowning of some illegal migrants. Tom Quinn teams up with the novice Helen Flynn as they go undercover as a married couple and try to befriend Robert Osborne's abused wife.
This episode was controversial because of the manner of death regarding one character. Ironically that person now presents cookery shows.
The episode also cleverly merges its two separate story lines as the right wing groups are involved in people smuggling so they can place immigration high in the political agenda.
I said in the review of the first episode that Spooks always came across as the spiritual successor of The Professionals. Whereas The Professionals always skirted as being right wing in my opinion and very much at home with Mrs Thatcher's Conservative government that came into power in 1979.
Spooks seemed to be closely allied with New Labour. We get a first glimpse of a Labour apparatchik who wants to make a positive spin of the events of the second episode.
Spooks tackle right wing white supremacists nowadays rebranded as the alt right and gained respectability with some politicians.
Harry Pearce wants to investigate Robert Osborne. Outwardly a respectable businessman but a man with neo nazi connections. He has the friendly ear of an independent MP who likes to inflame racial tensions especially after the events of 9/11.
With Zoe assigned to investigate the drowning of some illegal migrants. Tom Quinn teams up with the novice Helen Flynn as they go undercover as a married couple and try to befriend Robert Osborne's abused wife.
This episode was controversial because of the manner of death regarding one character. Ironically that person now presents cookery shows.
The episode also cleverly merges its two separate story lines as the right wing groups are involved in people smuggling so they can place immigration high in the political agenda.
I said in the review of the first episode that Spooks always came across as the spiritual successor of The Professionals. Whereas The Professionals always skirted as being right wing in my opinion and very much at home with Mrs Thatcher's Conservative government that came into power in 1979.
Spooks seemed to be closely allied with New Labour. We get a first glimpse of a Labour apparatchik who wants to make a positive spin of the events of the second episode.
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- Apr 21, 2019
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