Spooks - Season 9 - Eps 6: Cybershell
Relations between the CIA and MI5 are stretched after an American drone is hacked in Afghanistan whilst in British care, leading to the loss of American lives. Beecher - head of the CIA in London - arrives on the Grid to oversee installation of the US's advanced cybersecurity system, 'Cybershell', to prevent any future disasters. Lucas, out in the field, is tasked with protecting and delivering Daniella Ortiz to the Grid, the young ex-hacker turned White House cryptographer who holds the installation codes. When the Grid is hacked and locked down, the team is plunged into a nightmare. Will they escape and prevent the theft of all CIA and MI5 intelligence? Will Lucas be able to protect Ortiz when the hackers decide to cut out the middle man?
About Spooks
Title: Spooks
First Air Date: 2002-05-13
Last Air Date: 2011-10-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.68/10 (from 136 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 10
Total Episodes: 86
Network: BBC One
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Production Companies: BBC, Kudos
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Peter Firth
Harry Pearce
Nicola Walker
Ruth Evershed
Max Brown
Dimitri Levendis
Lara Pulver
Erin Watts
William Hope
Jim Coaver
Alex Lanipekun
Ben Kaplan
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Calum Reed
Tom Weston-Jones
Sasha Gavrik
Alice Krige
Elena Gavrik
Jonathan Hyde
Ilya Gavrik
