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 3 episodes
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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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Directed by Jonny CampbellWritten by Howard BrentonGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen, Frances Tomelty, Michael Culver, Tim McInnerny, Sam Spruell, Megan Dodds, Tomas Arana
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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Directed by Jonny CampbellWritten by Howard BrentonGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Mary Nighy, Jenny Howe, Hannah Bridges, Rebecca Bridges, Richard Harrington
Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.
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Directed by Cilla WareWritten by Howard Brenton, Rupert WaltersGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Harriet Walter, Alisdair Simpson, Tim McInnerny, Richard Harrington, Anupam Kher, Paul Bhattacharjee, Simon De Selva
The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed MI5 starts to investigate a newspaper mogul and renowned Israeli extremist, and a group he's associated with called the November Committee. Can MI5 prevent an assassination attempt on a pro-Palestinian British MP?
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Directed by Cilla WareWritten by Ben RichardsGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Anton Lesser, Jan Chappell, Corin Redgrave, Richard Harrington, Caroline Carver, Stuart Laing, Huw Rhys
Saturday morning. Danny and Colin practice their firing technique on MI5's gun range. Zoe and her fiancé Will are still madly in love. Ruth watches old movies at home whilst longing for real-life romance. A North Sea mission places additional stain on all relationships...
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Directed by Justin ChadwickWritten by David WolstencroftGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Dermot Crowley, Richard Harrington, Barnaby Kay, John Sheahan, Debra Gillett, Luke de Lacey
Zoe is tried for manslaughter when an MI5 operation results in the murder of an undercover police officer.
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Directed by Justin ChadwickWritten by Ben RichardsGuest stars Keeley Hawes, Haluk Bilginer, James Laurenson, Daniel Evans, Ian McNeice, Dominic Mafham, Kayvan Novak, Richard Harrington
While a deadly hacker turns Britain upside down, Danny decides whether to reveal all to Will, MI5 hunts the source down to an Islamic mosque with the help of MI5's best computer programmers. But things get suspicious when Ruth, close onto the tail of the hacker, goes missing and so does a member of the special team...
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Directed by Bill AndersonWritten by Raymond KhouryGuest stars Adrian Rawlins, Waleed Elgadi, Richard Harrington, Olga Sosnovska, James Barriscale, Paul Jesson, Kate Benedict, Clare Corbett
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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Directed by Bill AndersonWritten by Howard BrentonGuest stars Arabella Weir, Andy Serkis, Tim McInnerny, Vincenzo Nicoli, Olga Sosnovska, Jeremy Thompson, Adrian Lukis, Rebecca Palmer
When known mercenary Robert Morgan is spotted at a top-secret disused Soviet arms dump, he obviously has to be brought in for questioning. Is it all right to blackmail innocent people to get the information you want? Is it acceptable to threaten the lives of a suspect's family?
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Directed by Alrick RileyWritten by Rupert WaltersGuest stars Owen Teale, Nila Aalia, Olga Sosnovska, Julie Etchingham
It's Fiona's birthday, and she's not going to forget it! While inspecting a possible Islamic terrorist safe house, they are kidnapped. With the threat of his son's, his wife's and Danny's life, Adam must choose who won't live to see another day, Fiona or Danny? The prime minister's life is in danger. Will MI5 give into the kidnappers demands? But then to everybody's surprise... Danny makes the ultimate sacrifice.
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Directed by Alrick RileyWritten by Ben RichardsGuest stars Raza Jaffrey, Olga Sosnovska, Paul Jesson, James Dicker, Rob Dixon, Mido Hamada, Badria Timimi, Zubin Varla
