Spooks S01E03 {TV}{Eng}{2003}{PhoenixRG}{ModCat}

John Le Carre for the internet generation, Spooks is a smart combination of TV cop show and George Smiley-esque espionage shenanigans that pulls no punches in its depiction of an MI5 team fighting a covert war on the streets of London. This is adult, post-watershed drama clearly inspired by the hard-hitting reality style of US shows such as 24 and The Sopranos. The strong ensemble cast is led by charismatic Matthew MacFadyen as Tom Quinn, star spy of "Section B", the counter-terrorism branch headed by Harry Pearce (Peter Firth). Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo and tough-cookie Jenny Agutter make up the team. And as with its British predecessors, Cracker and Prime Suspect, Spooks also delves fearlessly into the characters' turbulent personal lives, here given an added twist by their constant need to deceive even those they love.
Directors: Sam Miller, Rob Bailey, Cilla Ware, Ciaran Donnelly (II), Andy Wilson (IV)
Actors: Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Firth, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Jenny Agutter
Language: English
Certificate: 15
Run Time: 1 hour
Released: 2003
Video Codec: XviD MPEG-4
Frame Rate: 25.000
Resolution: 640 x 352
Audio Code: Dolby AC3
Sampling Rate: 384 kb/s 48000Hz