'' Spooks'' (known as ''MI-5'' in certain countries) is a British spy drama

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, created by

David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft (born 16 July 1969) is an American-born British screenwriter and author. He is best known as creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV spy drama '' Spooks'' and its spin-off series '' Spooks: Code 9''. Early life Wolstencroft was b ...

. It debuted on

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on 13 May 2002. The series follows the activities of the

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s of Section D in

MI5 MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Gov ...

. In 2003 it won the

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. From its debut until its finale on 23 October 2011, 86 episodes were aired across ten complete series. The first series has six episodes, and series two through six have 10 episodes each. Series seven through nine have eight episodes each. The ninth series aired between September and November 2010. The tenth and final series, which began airing on 18 September 2011, consists of six episodes. The individual episodes have no official titles, though there are internal

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s. The USA versions air with titles, which sometimes, but not always, match the working titles.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2002)

Series 2 (2003)

Series 3 (2004)

Series 4 (2005)

Series 5 (2006)

Series 6 (2007)

Series 7 (2008)

Series 8 (2009)

Series 9 (2010)

Series 10 (2011)

Ratings

Home video releases

Notes

References