MI-5 (2003 - 2011)

MI-5

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A sleek, fast-paced BBC hit focusing on domestic-security intelligence agents, dealing with threats that range from arms merchants to germ warfare. The series had a cast overhaul in its third season, with three lead agents replaced by husband-and-wife operatives who came from MI-6.

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Seasons

90%
Critics Consensus: MI-5 concludes with a thrilling final season, dovetailing the series' endless double-crosses and subterfuges into an optimistic and satisfying finale.

2011, BBC, 6 episodes

100%
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2011, BBC, 8 episodes

100%
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2010, BBC, 8 episodes

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2010, BBC, 8 episodes

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2009, BBC, 10 episodes

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2009, BBC, 10 episodes

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2006, BBC, 10 episodes

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2005, BBC, 10 episodes

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2003, BBC, 10 episodes

100%
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2003, BBC, 6 episodes

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Cast

Richard Armitage
as Lucas North
Peter Firth
as Harry Pearce
Hermione Norris
as Ros Myers
Jenny Agutter
as Tessa Phillips
Nicola Walker
as Ruth Evershed
Shazad Latif
as Tariq Masood
Sophia Myles
as Beth Bailey
Max Brown
as Dimitri Levendis
Genevieve O'Reilly
as Sarah Caulfield
Tobias Menzies
as Andrew Lawrence
Hugh Simon
as Malcolm Wynn-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones
as Adam Carter
Miranda Raison
as Jo Portman
Rory MacGregor
as Colin Wells
David Oyelowo
as Danny Hunter
Raza Jaffrey
as Zafar Younis
Keeley Hawes
as Zoe Reynolds
Shauna Macdonald
as Sam Buxton
Matthew MacFadyen
as Tom Quinn
Gemma Jones
as Connie James
Anna Chancellor
as Juliet Shaw
James Dicker
as Wesley Carter
Robert Glenister
as Home Secretary
Olga Sosnovska
as Fiona Carter
Alex Lanipekun
as Ben Kaplan
Matthew Marsh
as Bob Hogan
Megan Dodds
as Christine Dale
Lara Pulver
as Erin Watts
Geoffrey Streatfeild
as Calum Reed
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
as Jenny
Simon Russell Beale
as Home Secretary
Iain Glen
as Vaughn Edwards
Tom Weston-Jones
as Sasha Gavrik
Agni Tsangaridou
as Ana Bakhshi
Laila Rouass
as Maya Lahan
Alice Krige
as Elena Gavrik
Simon Abkarian
as Dariush Bakhshi
Jonathan Hyde
as Ilya Gavrik
Stuart Wilson
as Arkady Kachimov
William Hope
as Jim Coaver
Paloma Baeza
as Elizabeta Starkova
Robert East
as Richard Dolby
James Laurenson
as Sholto
Gus Gallagher
as Boscard
Lorcan Cranitch
as Patrick McGann
Richard Johnson
as Bernard Qualtrough
Claire Cox
as Magritte
Esther Hall
as Ellie Simm
Brian Protheroe
as Samuel Walker
Peter Sullivan
as Viktor Sarkisiian
Sam Reid
as Young Harry
Matt Day
as Neil Sternin
Colin Salmon
as Alton Beecher
Richard Harrington
as Will North
Christopher Fulford
as Johnny Marks
David Calder
as Sergai Lermov
Karel Roden
as Gradic
Lisa Eichhorn
as Mary Kane
Stuart Sinclair Blyth
as Professor Curtis
Hi Ching
as Yimou
Peter R. Brooke
as Peter
Ulas Kilic
as Mehan Asnik
Jenni Herzberg
as Young Elena
Andrew Tiernan
as Forster
Lindsay Duncan
as Angela Wells
Ofo Uhiara
as Michael Johnson
Martine McCutcheon
as Tash
Ian Bartholomew
as Daniel Wise
Dhaffer L'Abidine
as Sharaf
Andrew Byron
as Pavel Zykov
Linda Marlowe
as Madge
Ian Virgo
as Andy Sullivan
Kevin McNally
as Robert Osborne
Katie Jones
as Leyla
Dermot Crowley
as Eric Newland
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Hampton Wilder
Dragan Micanovic
as Rado
Ian McDiarmid
as Fred Roberts
Saskia Reeves
as Sally Bernard
Corey Johnson
as Holly
Debra Gillett
as Debra Langham
Simon Kassianides
as Mourad
Guy Williams
as Henry Wyndham
William Armstrong
as Alex Roscoe
Daniel Rabin
as Aide
Ania Sowinski
as Lydia
Debra Stephenson
as Claire Osborne
Nicholas Farrell
as Richard Maynard
Anthony Head
as Peter Salter
Kayvan Novak
as Sevilin Ozal
Jessica Turner
as Helen Roberts
Charles Daish
as Phil Norton
Sagar Arya
as Victor Chatterjee
Andy Serkis
as Riff
Karzan Krekar
as Serka
Zubin Varla
as Ahmed
Kevin Fuller
as Walter Crane
Owen Teale
as Robert Morgan
Ashton Callow
as Young Sasha
Joe Wredden
as Anatoly
Kirsty Wark
as Herself
Raad Rawi
as Ambassador
Alex Caan
as Prince Khaldoon
John Chancer
as Monroe
Steve Nicolson
as Steve Jensen
Teresa Churcher
as Sarah
Khalid Abdalla
as Zazdi
Derek Hutchinson
as Robert Cash
Rohan Siva
as Aram Beyda
Tom Mannion
as Thomas Mickelson
Ewen Bremner
as Ryan Baisley
Mark Aiken
as Russell Price
Jasper Jacob
as Bill Watson
Heather Cave
as Maisie Simm
Hannah Storey
as Gillian Doyan
Badia Obaid
as Gaza School Teacher
Kenneth Bryans
as George Redman
Selina Cadell
as Gillian Calderwood
Wade McElwain
as Michael Braydon
Paul Cawley
as Desk Sergeant
Bronwen Davies
as Andrea
Rebecca R. Palmer
as B
Jonny Phillips
as Rustam Urazov
Emil Hostina
as Oleg Darshavin
Ray Panthaki
as Chalak
Badria Timimi
as Khatera Abuzeid
Stephen Greif
as Claude Denizet
Emilio Doorgasingh
as Marlin
Ashley Kumar
as Ashok
Davood Ghadami
as Prince Wissam
Amy Hendrick
as Rosie Watts
Phyllis Logan
as Diana Jewell
Roger Allam
as Paul Millington
Gerald Lepkowski
as Joe Kennedy
James Cash
as Conspirator
Jeff Rawle
as Home Secretary
Andrew Burt
as Clive McTaggart
Wendy Nottingham
as Sarah Mitchell
Ariyon Bakare
as Nadif Abdelrashid
Issy van Randwyck
as Tina Baisley
George Georgiou
as Theo
Fiona Glascott
as Danielle Ortiz
Jukka Hiltunen
as Horst
Vincenzo Nicoli
as Rudolphino Ponti
Mido Hamada
as Butterfly
Silas Carson
as The Prince
Aaron Neil
as Ibrahim
Alec Newman
as Richard Dempsey
Issy van Randwyck
as Tina Baisley
James Faulkner
as Robert Westhouse
Tom Goodman-Hill
as Nick
Rupert Graves
as William Sampson
Stewart Wright
as Alan Jackson
Sam Woodward
as Daniel Ellis
John Lynch
as Davie King
Tex Jacks
as Kid at Memorial
Simon Williams
as Francis Denham
Georg Nikoloff
as Alexander Beletsky
Alan Williams
as Charles Grady
Callum Marullo
as Braydon's Boy 1
Paul Sharma
as Harish Dhillon
Benedict Wong
as Kai
Mounir Margoum
as Muatt Hutri
Vincent Regan
as Alec White
Haluk Bilginer
as Emre Celenk
Ace Bhatti
as Amish Mani
Julia Krynke
as Bibi Saparova
Thomas Lockyer
as Sir Robin Ashenden
Gerard Murphy
as Boris Gulyanov
Roger Yuan
as Heng
Julian Lewis Jones
as Viktor Barenshik
Annita McVeigh
as Journalist
Magdalena Kurek
as Veronica Duran
Nicholas Jones
as Michael Collingwood
David Phelan
as Air Traffic Controller
John Castle
as Jocelyn Myers
Simon Woods
as Rowan
Lavinia Bertram
as Erin's Mum
Jimi Mistry
as Nazim Malik
Philip Arditti
as Louis Khurvin
Anthony Flanagan
as Craig Fletcher
Alex Jennings
as James Allan
Rob Marni
as Iranian Scientist
Jacob Anderson
as Dean Mitchell
Anastasia Hille
as Marina Connolly
Paul Rhys
as Alexis Meynell
Victoria McCumiskey
as Receptionist
Nigel Lindsay
as Jacob Chapman
Nathalie Armin
as Joumana
William Bateman
as Air Traffic Controller
Tariq Jordan
as Jaward
Andrew Scarborough
as Stephen Hillier
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
as Nina Gevitsky
Nicholas Khan
as President Mudasser
Trevor Cooper
as Deery
James Scales
as Peter Haigh
Sarah Matravers
as Caroline
Simon Lenagan
as Man in Black Suit
David Fleeshman
as Malcolm Stackley
Peter Watts
as Environmental Officer
Marcel Iures
as Niko Grecic
Jonathan Barlow
as Mik Maudsley
Sam Graham
as Richard Rolfe
Yuri Klimov
as Valentino
Richard Betts
as Operator
Harmage Singh Kalirai
as Hamed 'Dickie' Ahmed
Akin Gazi
as Baltasar Jad
David Threlfall
as Keith Moran
Pip Torrens
as Charles Lee
Shane Zaza
as Aaqib Faris
Marcia Ashton
as Mrs. Moore
Richard McCabe
as Matthew Plowden
Charlie Graff
as Braydon's Boy 2
Georgia Hall
as Leah Baisley
Peter Bankolé
as Abib
Mem Ferda
as Doorkeeper
Darrell D'Silva
as Farook Sukkarieh
Joanna Roth
as Rebecca Sinclair
Hassani Shapi
as Khalid Mansoor
Joe Montana
as Skinny Dog
Richard Cottle
as Alex Smith
Kika Markham
as Maria Korachevsky
Rod Culbertson
as Leon Gevitsky
Darren Kuppan
as Vivek
Paul Herzberg
as James Vine
Tim McInnerny
as Oliver Mace
Aykut Kayacik
as Abdul Kharami
Jill Baker
as Rachel Beauchamp
John Kozak
as Gosguly Garadanow
Laura Pyper
as Angel
Stephen Boxer
as Coleville
Jonathan Aris
as Azis Aibek
Paul Freeman
as Levi Cohen
Asif Khan
as Ashur Mohali
Irena Michi
as X-ray Operator
Douglas Hodge
as Gary Hicks
Janet Amsden
as Madeline
George Harris
as Gabriel Sekoa
Cristian Solimeno
as Townley
Guy Henry
as Sam Stevens
Luke Tzortzis
as Nico
James Weber-Brown
as Summit Journalist
Mel Raido
as Johnny Grier
Jeff Mash
as Officer Glenn
Mark Flitton
as Brian Thorn
Leila Borris
as Female Terrorist
Gavin Abbott
as Burke
James Vaughan
as Head of MET
Mark Bazeley
as Paul Mills
Sam Spruell
as Jason Belling
Stephen Noonan
as Asa Darlek
Liam McKenna
as Martin Lewis
Sandeep Garcha
as Khalida Hall
Daphne Cheung
as Jiang Li
Johnnie Lyne-Perkins
as Sir Petrie Meacham
Margot Leicester
as Auntie May
David Burke
as Fiona's Father
David Burke
as Fiona's Father
Lennie James
as David Newman
Adhir Kalyan
as Samir
David Yelland
as Stephen Castledine
Paul Oldham
as Ferguson
Anatole Taubman
as Fernando Torres
Richard Hansell
as Doctor
Bentley Kalu
as Security
Amanda Hale
as Meg Kirby
Benjamin Smith
as Mani Jones
Rick Kissack
as Tom Defoe
Sam Dastor
as Riyad Barzali
Peter Vollebregt
as Pollard
Cheryl Campbell
as Deputy Prime Minister
Colin Stinton
as Traynor Styles
Simon Slater
as Caldwell
Justin Avoth
as Rudy
Richard Durden
as Irvin Perrot
Nav Sidhu
as Bal
David Hounslow
as Graham Hall
Michael Maloney
as John Russell
Steph Bramwell
as Psychiatrist
Ben Peel
as MI-5 Officer
David Ka-Shing Tse
as Shao
Alec Utgoff
as Chief Hacker
Leemore Marrett Jr.
as CIA Officer
Lewis Alsamari
as The Son
Stanley Townsend
as Roy Woodring
Georgina Sowerby
as Vicar
Tom Binns
as Search Officer
Michael Klesic
as Andre Borodin
Dolya Gavanski
as Katerina
Tom McKay
as Saul De Vries
Donald Sumpter
as Stephen Kirby
Maya Lubinsky
as Anna Cohen
James Daffern
as Lucas North (Flashback)
Tim Woodward
as Natalie
Nigel Terry
as Professor Curtis
Joanna Horton
as Leigh Bennet
William Key
as Andrew Faulkes
Serge Soric
as Yachek
Fred Perry
as Alan
Reeta Chakrabarti
as News Reporter
Rashmika Torchia
as Aala Hall
Robert Hitchmough
as Customs Officer
Lydia Leonard
as Martha Forde
John Warnaby
as Richard Croft
Ralph Brown
as Paul Seymour
Shaun Dingwall
as Steven Paynton
Nicola Goodchild
as Prison Security Guard
Angela Bruce
as Ruth Chambers
Laurentiu Possa
as Andrei Deineko
Anthony Ofoegbu
as Belhadj
Gillian Wright
as Karen Dugan
Agron Biba
as Mani
Richard Clothier
as Michael Sands
Victor Zaragoza
as Hector Cordoba
Uriel Emil
as Banketik
Sharlene Whyte
as Naomi Wilson
Philip Bowen
as Ambassador Wright
Phoebe Nicholls
as Janet Wheeler
Paul Birchard
as Libby McCall
Geoffrey Newland
as Technician No. 2
Andrew Havill
as Roger Maynard
Faraz Ayub
as Kamlesh
Tom Marshall
as Nurbeck Omosheva
Chris Walker
as Driver
Andrew Allston
as Gameshow Host
Grant Parsons
as Surgeon
Lucian Msamati
as Manu Buffong
David Michaels
as Diplomat
Paul Bhattacharjee
as Mohammed Khordad
Charlotte Pike
as Komorov
Pascal Langdale
as Finn Lambert
Joseph Long
as Elwan Raed
Jeffery Kissoon
as Zubier Al-Saad
Nicola King
as Estate Agent
Khalid Laith
as Ali
Howard Teale
as Politician
Nick Haverson
as IT Man
Felix D'Alviella
as Warren
Leon Jal
as Faisal
David Lee
as Chinese Operative 1
Luke Neal
as City Boy
Jane Lowe
as Fiona's Mother
Mark Straker
as Manager
Maisie Dimbleby
as Lucy Dempsey
Zolfa Zahedi
as Muslim Woman
Josephine Butler
as Flight Attendent
Stephen Da Costa
as Rodriguez
Lucy le Messurier
as Technician No. 1
Aria Prasad
as Yasmin
Jon Ivey
as Greaseball (Carlo)
Georgina Rich
as Dana Morrison
Tom Bateman
as Yefim Morosov
Steven Pacey
as Peregrine Howell-Davis
Pedja Bjelac
as Edik Kuznetzov
Shaban Arifi
as Dmitri Volyakov
Amelda Brown
as Bag Lady
Steve Toussaint
as Felix Osuba
Dave Legeno
as Frenchman
Jeffry Wickham
as Levrov
Chu Omambala
as Ant Rashaida
Goran Kostic
as Bodyguard
Frazer Douglas
as Alpha 2
Ged Simmons
as Dixon
Michael Carter
as Sir Maurice Clark
Matthew Blackmore
as Poe
Larry Lamb
as Iain Kallis
Nikki Amuka-Bird
as Michelle Lopez
Zig Byfield
as Old Freak
Emma Fildes
as Justine
Saskia Schuck
as Ada
Michael Mueller
as TV Presenter
Laurel Lefkow
as U.S. Embassy Secretary
Ben Daniels
as Oleg Korsakow
Shanika Warren-Markland
as Sophie Brewster
Vera Filatova
as Anastasya Poselskaya
Selva Rasalingam
as Nirav Murati
Sam Vincenti
as Hussein Hadrami
Munir Khairdin
as Rachid Medi
Tom Beard
as Andrew Starkey
Jay Villiers
as Simon
David Fynn
as Policeman at Ruth's House
Tommy Campbell
as U.S. Marine
Jeffrey Wickham
as Mikhail Levrov
Joanna Burnett
as Reporter
John Sharian
as Gorman
Brett Allen
as Carl Reid
Pete Lee-Wilson
as Nick Ronson
Joanne Howarth
as Rosemary Vine
Pasha Bocarie
as Secretary
Selva Rasalingham
as Nirav Murati
Jane Perry
as Laurie Werner
Imran Mirza
as Pakistani Intelligence Agent
Christopher Goh
as Chinese Operative 3
William Tapley
as Victor Elliot
Kirsty Ratnarajah
as Ashur's Daughter
Patrick Regis
as Chief Pirate
Nick Sidi
as Russian Ambassador
Nicholas Lue-Fong
as Yao
Josette Simon
as Julia Dennison
Charles Mayer
as Michael Fitzgerald
Rosalie Craig
as Red Headed Woman
Alki David
as Badrak Madjid
Helen Anderson
as Woman at Hospital
Amar Hussain
as Firaz Ali
Constantine Gregory
as Uri
Biddy Wells
as Olivia
Fiona Aldridge
as Sharon Carson
Owen McDonnell
as Vadim Robinov
Katy Barker
as Mrs. Westhouse
David Cann
as Chief of Airstaff
Bijan Daneshmand
as Basheer Shaloob
Jo McInnes
as Sally Curtis
Gregory Finnegan
as Mark Wainwright
Gary Milner
as Policeman in Cell
Paul Grunert
as Nicholas Faures
Danny Nussbaum
as Baz
Benny Young
as Yves Cuvier
Bhasker Patel
as Professor Lal Rai
James Greene
as Charlie Holland
Nigel Whitmey
as Senior Suit
Kolade Agboke
as SAS Team Leader
Daniel Adegboyega
as Nigerian Operative
Ben Jones
as Muppet
Souleiman Ismael
as AQ Pirate 2
Nina Fry
as Nurse Jenny
Joey Ansah
as Abbud
Ashwin Bolar
as Hassan Khan
Richard Dillane
as John Richardson
Kourosh Asad
as Ebrahim Jannati
Ursula Valentinovich
as Flight Attendant
Vincent Montuel
as FSB Officer
Lisa Bowerman
as Maggie
Matt Selby
as QMK Guard
William Petrie
as Angus
William Oxborrow
as Freddy Frost
Jenny Quayle
as Jo's Mum
Roger Ringrose
as Gerry Houghton
Janet Spencer-Turner
as Nurse
Taylan Halici
as Muslim Man
Lucy Scott
as Librarian
Demetri Goritsas
as Frank Lowell
Ed Cooper Clarke
as British Scientist
John Elmes
as Alan Taylor
Aneirin Hughes
as Carl Mortimer
Ben Loyd-Holmes
as Marcus Collison
Wai Wong
as Chinese Scientist
Ralf Beck
as Russian Agent 1
Wai Wong
as Chinese Scientist
Caroline Paterson
as Jessica Mortimer
Emma McMorrow
as Female FSB Officer
Martin McDougall
as Russian Agent 2
Lyndon Ogbourne
as Blogger
Michelle Bonnard
as Delphine Lapin
Rachel Edwards
as MI5 Woman
Shaheen Khan
as Ruby MacKenzie
Alan Mckenna
as Lee Mackenzie
Xavier Anderson
as Armed Officer
Giles Havergal
as Max Witt
John Dibble
as Walsh
Alicya Eyo
as Raoula
Stuart Pendred
as Officer Lancashire
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Series Details

TV Network: BBC
Premiere Date:
Executive Producers: Simon Crawford Collins, Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett, Andrew Woodhead, Lucy Richer
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