The BBC Cancels "MI-5" aka "Spooks"

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The BBC Cancels "MI-5"
by Catherine Lawson
posted Aug 11th 2011


It's the end of the road for Harry Pearce and the gang.

It's been announced that stylish spy drama "MI-5" -- a.k.a. "Spooks" -- will bow out at the end of the upcoming Season 10, which is due to air in the UK later this year.

In a press release, the BBC said that "MI-5" "has been famous for killing off its much-loved characters in their prime, and now the series itself is going to be killed off at the top of its game."





Jane Featherstone, Chief Executive, Kudos Films & Television, the makers of "MI-5", said:

"It's hard to believe that as 'Spooks' enters its tenth series, the world prepares to face the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities. It feels like now is the time for 'Spooks' to bow out and make way for new spy dramas which reflect the changing world around us."





Set in the world of British intelligence officers, and airing at various times in the US on PBS, A&E and BBC America, "MI-5" follows the exploits of Harry Pearce and his team of "spooks," or undercover agents, as they protect British national security.

Groundbreaking in its heyday, the drama has won multiple BAFTAs, and has also courted controversy for its gritty and sometimes all-too-real portrayal of torture and terrorism.

http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/11/the-bbc-cancels-mi-5/