Friday, August 26, 2016

TV Drama Series: 10 Seasons: MI-5 (2002 - 2011) AA+

Avalability: Netflix
Subtitles Preferred

This extensive series (it ran for 10 seasons!!) of separate one hour shows is about the work performed by MI-5 in England. Excellent spy type entertainment.  (MI-5 is sort of a combination of British Military Intelligence, FBI and CIA). The action never gets to the unrealistic level of a James Bond movie or an American Action-Adventure violence film, which makes it perfect to watch just before going to sleep.  If you are into this type of stuff . . . it's great TV.


This award-winning series dramatizes the professional exploits and personal lives of the "spooks" of the MI-5. No-nonsense head officer Harry Pearce guides a band of dedicated spies who risk their lives every day.

The series is watchable because MI-5 involves a group of likable UK security agents  who must lie to the dangerous groups that they infiltrate  and also lie to their families as well . . . to keep themselves undercover.   A sleek, fast-paced BBC hit focusing on domestic-security intelligence agents, dealing with threats that range from arms merchants to germ warfare.

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