What "Spooks" 1-th episode about
Members of an al-Qaeda cell abduct a British soldier home on leave from a tour in Iraq, and threaten to execute him unless the Government cancels the country's Remembrance Sunday commemorations. MI5 secure the release of Lucas North, an MI5 agent captured by the Russian FSB eight years before. Arkady Kachimov, head of the FSB's London operation, offers to exchange intelligence on a Muslim terrorist network in exchange for support for an Anglo-Russian energy deal. Fearing that her cover has been compromised, Harry recalls Ros Myers from assignment in Moscow.
Episode number: 1
Episode name: "Episode 1"
Episode release date: 27 october 2008 at 21:00
Status: aired
Rating: 8.5
