It's a fine line between safety and terror. Meet the rulers.
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.
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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.
Season 1 episodes
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An abortion doctor is executed by an American pro-life terrorist; Mary Kane. An informant reveals that this is just the tip of the iceberg as Mary has 20 more bombs and plans on using them. To make matters worse she has started training more pro-life groups, within the UK.
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Directed by Bharat NalluriWritten by David WolstencroftGuest stars Karen Westwood, Lisa Eichhorn, Lisa Faulkner, Jenny Agutter, Ken Bones, Paul Broughton, Bill Buckhurst, Heather Cave
Tom and Helen must go undercover and befriend the wife of a suspected hardcore racist in order to prevent a racewar. Meanwhile Zoe and Tessa learn that a boatload of refugees is due to dock at Dover in the next few days. Things worsen when the operatives realise the two things may be connected and their covers may be blown.
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Directed by Bharat NalluriWritten by David WolstencroftGuest stars Rory MacGregor, Kevin McNally, Debra Stephenson, Lisa Faulkner, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave, Esther Hall, Graeme Mearns
Whilst on a routine check of the bugs in the Turkish Embassy, Zoe and all the other people in the embassy are taken hostage by terrorists who wish to negotiate the release of their parents from prison. If Zoe's cover as a PR consultant is blown she will almost certainly be killed. Things worsen when Harry realises that the attack on the embassy was all just a distraction from something much, much bigger.
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Directed by Rob BaileyWritten by Simon MirrenGuest stars Rory MacGregor, Ray Panthaki, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave, Esther Hall, Graeme Mearns, Katie Jones, Kae Bahar
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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Directed by Rob BaileyWritten by Howard BrentonGuest stars Rory MacGregor, Anthony Stewart Head, Hugh Laurie, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave, Esther Hall, Graeme Mearns, Bronwen Davies
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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Directed by Andy WilsonWritten by Howard BrentonGuest stars Naoko Mori, David Calder, Hugh Laurie, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave, Esther Hall, Graeme Mearns
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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Directed by Andy WilsonWritten by David Wolstencroft, Howard BrentonGuest stars Henry Goodman, Lorcan Cranitch, Jenny Agutter, Heather Cave, Esther Hall, Graeme Mearns, Linda Marlowe, Dinah Stabb
