Spooks - Episode Guide

Tom is informed of 20 bombs that have gone astray in Liverpool. Minutes later a car bomb kills a family-planning doctor and their daughter. Can the team find the remaining 19 bombs before they go off?

Race riots are becoming a national problem; MI5 are sure that businessman Robert Osbourne is responsible. Tom recruits MI5 secretary, Helen, to befriend Osbourne's wife and recruit her as a source.

While at the Turkish Embassy, Zoe is caught up in a siege by the Kurdish Liberation Army. Led by Leyla Ahmed, the rebels demand Kurdish prisoners be released from Turkey in return for hostages.

Danny and Zoe are sent to London as anti-capitalist demonstrations intensify ahead of President Bush's UK visit. Peter Salter is on an operation to infiltrate an anarchist group, but Tom suspects his motives.

Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder's memoirs, written whilst in prison, could create a scandal big enough to bring down the government - and the manuscript has gone missing. As Tom and his team try to distinguish fact from fiction, an ex-KGB spy is murdered and the manuscript is mysteriously leaked to the press. Tom begins to wonder who's really pulling the strings in this operation.

Patrick McCann, an Irish terrorist, promises Tom information on a planned attack on a nuclear power station. But there's a catch - MI5 must allow McCann's group to go unwatched for 30 hours.

A car bomb kills the Northern Ireland Secretary and his two daughters. Soon after a British army base is attacked. Bosnian war criminal, Miroslav Gradic, is spotted flying into the UK and the team soon realise that this could be the start of a revenge campaign.

An MI5 agent is identified and tortured inside a Birmingham mosque. Before the agent's health deteriorates, he tells Tom that boys inside the mosque are being trained to become suicide bombers.

MI5's central computer is being hacked and the number one candidate is school teacher, Gordon Blaney. Zoe goes undercover to get near to him, however she begins to doubt that he is the man they want.

When $2 billion is stolen from the last British family-owned bank in London, MI5 is tasked by the government to track down the thief - and the money. When Danny goes undercover in the bank, it becomes obvious that there are buried secrets, and that the government is protecting it. The race is on to retrieve the stolen money. The question is: what will the British government do with the money, if they get to it first?

The team is busy at work when an alarm goes off. Everyone groans - it's an EERIE (Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise). They must act exactly as if there's a national emergency - in this case, germ warfare in Central London. As the exercise goes ahead, information dries up, power and phone lines go down, victims try to break into Thames House - and suddenly Harry gets sick. The team tries to stay calm, but doubts start to set in. Is this actually for real?

When the President of the United States makes an unscheduled trip to the UK, it's a huge and complex operation. MI5 must work with the CIA and the President's security team to ensure his safety throughout, but this becomes a battle for power and as each new threat comes in, it has to be dealt with. Tom and Christine are thrown together and there is very obviously more to their relationship than just work, but there's also the small matter of a President who's about to land in the UK.

The French Intelligence Service wants to work in partnership with MI5 to catch an arms expert whom they suspect of trying to sell Eurofighter technology to the highest bidder. The British government, however, wants MI5 to acquire it for themselves. An operation of European unity turns into one of lies and mistrust. This raises the question of how they access the technology - it seems a 14-year-old thief is their only option.

Britain is in the midst of a 'winter of discontent' and MI5 have been closely monitoring the re-emergence of union strike action. Firefighters, nurses, teachers, air traffic controllers, council workers and rail unions have all clashed with New Labour and their strike action is bringing the country to a standstill. Unions dominating the political agenda poses a real threat to the stability of the country, but MI5 have had word of something far more serious - they've been informed that a section of the British Army is planning strike action of its own.

Eight Customs and Excise officers are killed while on a surveillance operation monitoring the Chala Cartel - Colombia's biggest drug traffickers. The team have the task of stopping them from turning Bournemouth into Bali.When surveillance shows there's a connection between the Chala Cartel and the Director of Finance at Petcal UK, one of the leading British oil companies, their concern grows. Is there corruption in a national corporation?

In Miami, Florida, a known assassin is asked to come out of retirement for one last task - to kill an Englishman. The only thing is, he has to do it dead. Back in England, Tom and Christine are enjoying their new relationship and share secrets. Christine pillow talks to Tom, telling him about the CIA's clandestine operation to 'desensitise' this assassin on English soil. But, no matter what, he must not tell Harry. Tom knows he cannot let this one be - a British life is at risk. He gets the team on the case but when every avenue they explore leads them to a dead end, Danny and Zoe begin to doubt the reason for Tom's actions and the whole operation. Has Tom set this whole thing up as a way out? Has he gone bad?

Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss. He is also accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. The Joint Intelligence Committee Chairman opens a punitive investigation of MI5.

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.

Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist. Was he the real target? And who is the enemy?

The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed, MI5 investigate a newspaper mogul and renowned Israeli extremist.

A scientist is rumoured to be negotiating with terrorists who want to buy his potentially deadly research. Intending to frighten him off, Danny and Zoe track him onto a North Sea ferry. But things are worse than they feared and they must take more drastic action.

Zoe is caught up in the deadly fallout of an abortive mission and must stand trial for conspiracy to murder. Can an MI5 officer be culpable for the death of an undercover police officer, killed by a member of a Turkish gun-running gang?

MI5 are alarmed when they discover a group is hacking into computer systems across the country. Ruth investigates the possibility that Islamic terrorists might be behind the threat.

A celebrity couple on the wane are terrified when their baby is kidnapped. They demand MI5 handle the investigation, but soon MI5 learns that there's more to this kidnap than first appears.

Suspicions are aroused when a known mercenary, recently linked to a new player on the arms smuggling circuit, is seen visiting an old Soviet arms dump. MI5 pull him in for questioning.

Danny and Fiona investigate a house they suspect is being used by North African terrorists. While the agents are installing a listening device, a gang of terrorists take them hostage.

When a devastating bomb explodes in Central London, causing multiple deaths, a terrorist group with a hatred for human life claim responsibility. With their leader facing extradition, the bombers announce thatcrippling attacks will be launched at ten hour intervals until he's released. Will the team be able to track down the perpetrators before they strike again?

As the hunt for the bomb maker intensifies, Adam races to save the life of one of his team. But with another bomb set to devastate London, he is forced to risk the life of an innocent young girl to avert disaster.

When a high-profile MP crosses the floor to join the British Way, a far right political party, MI5 must take extreme action to stop the group winning their first parliamentary seat.With racist attacksspiralling out of control, Adam goes undercover to destroy the organisation from within. But will he achieve his goal before his cover is blown and his life endangered?

MI5 discover that an Islamic terrorist is planning to enter the UK and launch an attack. Adam travels to Turkey to infiltrate the route, and seemingly persuades his target to work for MI5. But can they really trust their newest recruit, or is he actually more dangerous than ever before?

When a legendary ex-MI5 officer unexpectedly kills himself, Harry is immediately suspicious. It soon emerges that the death was staged, but as the team go on a desperate hunt for the killers, the search turns out to lead dangerously close to home.

When MI5 get information that a terror suspect is coordinating a major attack from his prison cell, they make a shock decision to release him. Harry hopes that he will lead them to the terrorist network behind the attack, but could his high-risk strategy end in disaster?

Adam and Fiona's marriage is tested to breaking point when she insists on going undercover on an operation that leads straight back into her troubled past. But when events spiral out of control, will the team be able to get her out of danger in time?

The team investigate a multi-millionaire Soviet investor who the government see as the saviour of the NHS. But is his offer of financial intervention too good to be true?

With the world on the brink of war with Iran, the CIA are rounding up British Muslim citizens and illegally extraditing them. Harry makes a stand for their human rights and is sacked. Alone, he goes underground to try and clear his name.

A legendary ex-spy pays a visit to Thames House with a bomb and holds the team to ransom, demanding they produce evidence that proves the Security Services assassinated Diana, Princess of Wales.

The team are pushed to the limit as the country is plunged into chaos by a series of terrorist attacks.

With their attempt on the Home Secretary's life foiled, the coup plotters decide to up the stakes in their battle with MI5.

Zaf goes deep undercover, risking his life to infiltrate an Al-Qaeda cell that is on the brink of a crippling attack.

When the United Kingdom hosts the World Trade Summit for Africa, the team are posted undercover, right at the heart of the talks.

The government releases its report on the Cotterdam Seven - terror suspects killed in a prison fire. Harry senses a whitewash.

Whilst Adam and Zaf hunt a team of terrorists who have infiltrated Britain, Ros is left safeguarding a delegation of Saudi princess.

Ros is trapped in the Saudi siege, forced to watch hourly assassinations as the government refuse to negotiate with the terrorists.

A Muslim cleric advocating violence in the West is murdered by a Christian assassin.

When MI5 are tasked to protect a high profile witness in a war crimes trial, a former traitor reappears and asks Adam to trust him.

Eco-terrorists plan to flood London unless documents are published which reveal the government's environmental policy is a sham.

Adam and Zaf target a UK-bound terrorist with a train bomb in Tehran. As the operation goes catastrophically wrong, the team learn of the darker goals of theirmission and the influence of a mysterious external agent, with the repercussions of the Tehran blast felt on the streets of London.

The highly-contagious plague-like virus unleashed by the Tehran blast is on the streets of London and a wounded, infected Zaf has been captured, possibly alreadykilled. As the team races against time to stop the virus spreading, they corral and infect top international spies in a bid to discover a vaccine.

As the team fear reprisals against Iran following the revelation of their bio-weapons programme, a British plane is apparently hijacked and flown into a US air base. But after they visit the base and Ros iscaptured by the shadowy Yalta organisation, they discover the sordid extent of an international cover-up.

As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fear he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK.

Attempting to stop an Iranian nuclear deal in the UK, Adam is framed for the killing of a mugger, who turns out to be a journalist.

The team discover that Iran has acquired nuclear triggers, despite the efforts of MI5 and the CIA. Adam and Ros go to Tehran.

A group of white anti-Islamists storm a televised debate on a new peace deal between the US and Iran and take everyone hostage.

As the team discover the size and reach of the Yalta organisation, Ros desperately attempts to escape identification.

An old adversary of Harry's appears out of the woodwork to inform the team about a bomb he's planted in central London.

War with Iran finally averted, the team learn that a London school will be the target of hardliners resisting the new peace.

An Al Qaeda cell kidnap a soldier and demand that Remembrance Sunday be cancelled as it is an affront to all dead Muslim soldiers.

Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North.

Lucas reveals that the Russians interrogated him about Operation Sugar Horse, the most secret ongoing spy operation MI5 ever had.

The team is stunned to discover that Al Qaeda's number three wants to negotiate. It's a risk, but Harry and the team have to take this chance for peace.

Ros goes undercover in the City to flush out a dangerous international financier who wants to bankrupt Britain.

A teenage boy accidentally stumbles upon a government conspiracy and is instantly absorbed into the world of MI5 for protection.

Harry is imprisoned and accused by MI5 of being the Russian mole. Lucas goes to Moscow to get to the bottom of Harry's arrest.

The Russians are launching a nuclear strike on London. The only person who can help the team at this desperate hour is the traitor amongst them. With the Russians hunting them down, the team usher their traitor through London in a desperate bid to reach the codes and the bomb in time.

With Harry's fate still uncertain, Section D faces off against rogue officers who masterminded an operation to smuggle uranium into Iraq to justify the war.

The country reaches crisis point when energy supplies are threatened by an explosion at a gas processing plant and Britain is forced to turn to Tazbekstan for help.

The pressure is on for Section D when a secret meeting of powerful tycoons is stormed by armed terrorists and eight of the world's richest men are taken captive.

Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London.

Section D is caught on the back foot when two CIA agents are found dead. Ros's mentor raises questions about Harry's past.

With Britain on the verge of financial meltdown, Section D must recover over a billion pounds from an impenetrable bank.

Section D discovers that a group of Hindu nationalists is planning an attack on the Muslim community, but when and where?

Lucas and Ros place themselves in grave danger in a final attempt to thwart Nightingale's sinister plan, as India and Pakistan stand on the brink of nuclear war.

The team track a boat carrying a lethal load, fearing it is headed for the Royal Navy in Plymouth - but is this the real target?

The pressure is on for Beth when she goes undercover for MI5 for the first time, tasked with protecting a influential oil baron.

Section D must welcome an FSB Officer onto the Grid to help track down a rogue nationalist from the ex-Soviet state of Azakstan.

When a highly skilled trio of Chinese agents arrive in London for 48 hours only, the team must find out why they are here.

Beth and Dimitri go undercover when the US president visits London to chair top secret peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Relations between the CIA and MI5 are stretched after an American drone is hacked in Afghanistan whilst in British care.

Lucas is plunged further into his past when Vaughn takes manipulation to a new level. Ruth is followed by a council snooper.

The team face their toughest-ever challenge: tracking down Section Chief Lucas North, a man who has nothing left to lose.

Ghosts from the past come back to haunt MI5 chief Harry Pearce, prompting a shocking revelation about his time as a spy during the Cold War.

Top-level secrets are stolen when Calum is mugged outside Thames House. A random robbery or a theft-to-order? Either way there are lethal consequences for the agents.

MI6 receive word that radioactive material has been detected at an airport, while the home secretary invites Ruth to dinner to discuss a possible new role.

Two former inmates are released from jail and set to launch an attack in London. Erin and the team must step in at the eleventh hour to prevent massive loss of life.

Harry kidnaps his CIA counterpart and interrogates him. What Harry discovers alters his suspicions of who is behind the attacks on the Anglo/Russian partnership.

Harry is handed over to the CIA, ready for deportation to the US, but events are thrown into turmoil when the team receive detailed knowledge of an attack on the UK.