Spooks: Code 9 (working titles - Rogue Spooks and Spooks: Liberty) is a spin-off series of the BBC television show Spooks, commissioned by the BBC to attract a younger audience than Spooks on a lower budget. It is about a group of six new young MI5 recruits who "follow a different rule book". It is produced by the independent production company Kudos. It was filmed in and around Leeds and Bradford, and the first two episodes were broadcast on BBC...
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Spooks: Code 9 (working titles - Rogue Spooks and Spooks: Liberty) is a spin-off series of the BBC television show Spooks, commissioned by the BBC to attract a younger audience than Spooks on a lower budget. It is about a group of six new young MI5 recruits who "follow a different rule book". It is produced by the independent production company Kudos. It was filmed in and around Leeds and Bradford, and the first two episodes were broadcast on BBC Three on 10 August 2008 and repeated on the same channel on 11 August 2008. Producer Karen Wilson was interviewed, saying that whilst the show's future was uncertain, many of the existing cast members had signed on for a second series.
The series begins in 2013 (just after the 2012 Summer Olympics), when London and some of the south east has been evacuated in the wake of a nuclear attack during the opening ceremony of the Games. The government has relocated to Manchester; Thames House has been decommissioned, and MI5 is forced to set up...
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