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Spooks

Season released 17th Sep, 2006Rated TV-1410 episodes

IMDb8.3/ 10

Where to watch Spooks Season 5

Spooks season 5 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription), Foxtel Now (subscription), BritBox (subscription) and Binge (subscription), and free on ABC iView. Season 5 was released on 17 September 2006.

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Spooks Season 5 episodes

  1. S05 E01

    Gas and Oil

    51 mins · Sun, 17 Sep 2006

    Drama about the British Security Service returns. A terror attack on a gas and oil depot has led to energy rationing and people dying of cold. Amid rumours of further terror threats, the team discovers that intelligence about the attack was ignored by MI6. It soon becomes clear that, far from being a foreign threat, a team of insiders are attempting to take control of the government through a number of terror attacks.

  3. S05 E02

    Gas and Oil

    51 mins · Mon, 18 Sep 2006

    With their attempt on the Home Secretary's life foiled, the coup plotters try to up the stakes in their battle with MI5. A car bomb planted by the conspirators leaves Juliet paralysed, while Harry is captured and held at a detention centre to await execution. Will the team be able to stop the Prime Minister from announcing the introduction of a dictatorship?

  5. S05 E03

    The Cell

    51 mins · Mon, 25 Sep 2006

    Zaf goes deep undercover, risking his life to infiltrate an Al-Qaeda cell who are on the brink of a crippling thermobaric attack. Meanwhile, Adam poses as an arms dealer in an effort to stop a bomb falling into the terrorist's hands. Yet, as Adam desperately tries to prevent the bomb reaching its target, events rapidly spiral out of control for both agents.

  6. S05 E04

    World Trade

    52 mins · Mon, 2 Oct 2006

    When the UK hosts the World Trade Summit for Africa, the team are posted undercover, right at the heart of the talks, where they uncover a deadly assassination plot. However, as the true motivations behind the plot are revealed, the team are forced to make devastating moral choices, risking their very survival in the process.

  7. S05 E05

    The Message

    51 mins · Mon, 9 Oct 2006

    The government releases its report on the Cotterdam Seven - terror suspects killed in an accidental prison fire. Harry senses a whitewash but doesn't realise until too late that the conspirators have taken the precaution of framing a member of his own team.

  8. S05 E06

    Hostage Takers

    51 mins · Mon, 16 Oct 2006

    Ros goes undercover with the Saudi royal family in order to investigate a Saudi prince who may have ties to al-Qaeda.

  9. S05 E07

    Hostage Takers

    52 mins · Mon, 23 Oct 2006

    Ros is taken hostage as part of a siege at the Saudi Trade Centre, forced to watch hourly assassinations as the government refuse to negotiate with the terrorists who demand the return of Al-Qaeda prisoners in Saudi Arabia. Yet a serious question arises: are these terrorists really Al-Qaeda?

  10. S05 E08

    Agenda

    51 mins · Mon, 30 Oct 2006

    When a Muslim cleric is shot dead on the steps of the high court, MI5 race to find out who is behind the killing. Uncovering an extremist Christian group that is determined to incite a race war, Adam must find a way to unravel the organisation before disaster strikes again.

  11. S05 E09

    The Criminal

    51 mins · Mon, 6 Nov 2006

    MI5 are in charge of protecting Serbian war criminal Niko Grecic before he takes the stand in The Hague. Richard Dempsey, an MI6 traitor, is thought to be looking for Grecic, and Harry wants Dempsey killed. However, Adam and Dempsey had been close friends until Dempsey betrayed him, and when the two confront each other again Adam must decide whether to believe his former friend even if it means disobeying orders.

  12. S05 E10

    Aftermath

    52 mins · Mon, 13 Nov 2006

    Environmental terrorists storm the Thames Barrier and threaten to flood London unless a document known as `Aftermath' is published. The document reveals the government's plans to abandon attempts to tackle global warming and instead build on economic and military strength so that Britain and America can control the remaining resources. Will Harry sacrifice his best officers to protect London and secure the government's lies?

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