Watching this again on dvd I find I am enjoying it more than previously but it has problems that annoy me.
It is well acted and the plot is more realistic than some hipsters on here seem to believe.
If you are a spy/le carre/Deighton fan give it a shot.
But it is a period piece which uses figures of speech not used in the 1970s.
People say someone is across something,a recent expression I think.
Someone else refers to the PRC meaning Communist China,again a recent expression I think.
It lacks a period feel despite the old cars.
The world war 3 government warning videos were never shown on tv in the 1970s,they were shown in documentaries in the 1980s.
But it is a good story,well acted with an understanding of how MI5 and Special Branch work together.
Pity they never made another series.
Maybe they should make a series of Spooks set in the 1960s or 1970s?
It is well acted and the plot is more realistic than some hipsters on here seem to believe.
If you are a spy/le carre/Deighton fan give it a shot.
But it is a period piece which uses figures of speech not used in the 1970s.
People say someone is across something,a recent expression I think.
Someone else refers to the PRC meaning Communist China,again a recent expression I think.
It lacks a period feel despite the old cars.
The world war 3 government warning videos were never shown on tv in the 1970s,they were shown in documentaries in the 1980s.
But it is a good story,well acted with an understanding of how MI5 and Special Branch work together.
Pity they never made another series.
Maybe they should make a series of Spooks set in the 1960s or 1970s?