The BEST episodes written by Howard Brenton

8.35

485 votes

#1 - Episode 6

Spooks - Season 1 - Episode 6

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?

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8.14

447 votes

#2 - Episode 5

Spooks - Season 2 - Episode 5

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 to nuclear, chemical or biological act in central London, but when the power in the Grid is cut and Harry starts to feel ill, they soon begin to suspect it's for real.

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7.81

405 votes

#3 - Episode 4

Spooks - Season 2 - Episode 4

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 investigate, but when Harry decides to take the mission further Danny's life is put in danger.

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7.80

398 votes

#4 - Episode 1

Spooks - Season 3 - Episode 1

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 Intelligence Committee Oliver Mace uses this a pretext to launch a punitive investigation of MI5. Zoe, Danny and the team must prove Tom innocent and save the service from government takeover.

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7.66

550 votes

#5 - Episode 5

Spooks - Season 1 - Episode 5

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.

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7.55

367 votes

#6 - Episode 2

Spooks - Season 3 - Episode 2

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 of conscience which could jeopardise his career.

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7.55

389 votes

#7 - Episode 3

Spooks - Season 3 - Episode 3

Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.

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7.48

558 votes

#8 - Episode 4

Spooks - Season 1 - Episode 4

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?

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7.37

504 votes

#9 - Episode 2

Spooks - Season 2 - Episode 2

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 spook, but who should or can go?

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7.26

378 votes

#10 - Episode 8

Spooks - Season 3 - Episode 8

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 Adam's wishes.

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