Product Description

Featuring all 10 episodes from this hit BBC drama.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #215 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Subtitled
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 620 minutes

Synopsis
Features all the episodes of the fifth series of the television drama which centres on a team of counter-terrorist spies collectively known as Spooks because of the shadowy nature of their existence. Technically speaking, Spooks don't even exist. They have no names, identities, or known locations. Yet these secret agents are all that stand between the nation and the terrorists who try to undermine national security. However, in the fifth series Harry Pearce and Adam Carter begin to suspect that it is members of the British establishment who are creating a crisis in order to bring a change of government.

DVD Description
All 10 episodes from the fifth series of the BBC`s political espionage drama following a team of officers in MI5. As the series begins, Adam (Rupert Penry-Jones), recovering in hospital, hears that the country is falling apart. A terror attack on a gas and oil depot has led to energy rationing and people are dying of cold. The media are blaming weak leadership and one media group in particular is peddling anti-government propaganda. Galvanised by these events, Adam discharges himself from hospital and returns to work. Meanwhile, Ruth (Nicola Walker) is framed for murder as part of an elaborate cover-up involving the torture of a terrorist group. In the climatic finale, environmental terrorist group "Divine Earth" storm the Thames Barrier and threaten to flood London if the government doesn`t publish a secret document entitled "Aftermath", which supposedly outlines plans to scrap pollution cuts and instead focus on securing the remaining resources for UK and US consumption.

Customer Reviews

Keeps going from strength to strength
You can try to compare Spooks to US series like 24 but for me Spooks is on a whole different level to 24. After a few short series 24 is starting to go stale with the same kind of plots being played out season after season. The explosions get bigger but the bottom line is still the same. Spooks on the other hand seems to go from strength to strength with every passing season. Yes there are only 10 episodes per season but that gives you some idea of the amount of thought that goes into every episode. I think the reason Spooks gets stronger with every episode is because it doesn't rely on the explosions and gun-battles that 24 does to make an impact. Spooks relies on it's storyline, some fantastic acting and so much realism that you actually finish an episode thinking `bloody hell we're lucky to have them on our side'. In a word it's flawless.

QUALITY SERIES
THIS SERIES JUST GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, JUST LIKE 24, BRILLIANT TO WATCH, SHAME THE BOX SET WAS TOTALLY SMASHED ON DELIVERY, DISCS OK THO

Great Series But....
....the extras (or rather lack of) were very disappointing. A shame because - up until now - Spooks fans have been spoiled by the cast / director interviews and multiple (and very entertaining) audio commentaries. On saying that however, Spooks is still the best thing on the box and long may it continue.