The Best Episodes Written By Howard Brenton
Every TV Episode Written by Howard Brenton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Howard Brenton Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Howard Brenton is "Nest of Angels", rated 9.5/10 from 4 user votes. It was "directed by Bharat Nalluri". "Nest of Angels" aired on 6/9/2003 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Smoke and Mirrors".
9.5/10 4 votes#1 - Nest of Angels
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2003
A fellow agent informs Tom that young boys and men from a mosque in Birmingham are being trained as suicide bombers. They need an undercover spook, but who should or can go?
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.5/10 4 votes#2 - Smoke and Mirrors
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/11/2003
Tom ignores Harry's demands to end his relationship with CIA officer Christine Dale. Christine hands Tom a secure communication which she has accidentally received from high up in the CIA. It says that an American assassin has come to the UK for a hit and that the CIA are going to take him out, without informing Five or any of the security services. Tom can't tell Harry what he knows so enlists Danny and Zoe to help him. However, things start to go wrong and tonight's episode is all 'Smoke and Mirrors'. Will the truth be uncovered before something goes terribly wrong? Has Tom gone bad?
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.3/10 3 votes#3 - Celebrity
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2004
The baby of a celebrity couple is kidnapped and they call in MI5. Fiona goes in undercover to gather more information about the couple against Adam's wishes.
Director: Bill Anderson
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.3/10 3 votes#4 - Diana
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2005
A former officer is convinced that MI5 killed Princess Diana and is determined to force the team to prove it.
Director: Julian Simpson
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.3/10 4 votes#5 - The Lesser of Two Evils
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/17/2002
Patrick McCann, an IRA leader claims to have information about a nuclear attack on the UK mainland, can MI5 trust the IRA enough to give them what they want in return; 36 hours free of surveillance, free to do whatever they wish?
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.3/10 4 votes#6 - Project Friendly Fire
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2004
Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss Harry Pearce. He also stands accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Oliver Mace uses this a pretext to launch a punitive investigation of MI5. Zoe, Danny and the team must prove Tom innocent and save the service from government takeover.
Director: Jonny Campbell
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.0/10 4 votes#7 - I Spy Apocalypse
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/2003
Tom's skills as leader are tested to their extremes when they take part in an Extreme Emergency Response Initiative Exercise (EERIE) to test their response to nuclear, chemical or biological act in central London, but when the power in the grid is cut and Harry starts to feel ill, they soon begin to suspect it's for real.
Director: Justin Chadwick
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.0/10 4 votes#8 - The Sleeper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2004
Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists, Tom has a crisis of conscience which could jeopardise his career.
Director: Jonny Campbell
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.0/10 3 votes#9 - Road Trip
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2005
Adam infiltrates a truck carrying illegal immigrants across Europe in order to stop a would-be terrorist.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Howard Brenton
9.0/10 3 votes#10 - The Russian
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2005
An old British traitor is called in to infiltrate a Russian firm suspected of stealing secrets from GCHQ.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Howard Brenton
8.8/10 4 votes#11 - Traitor's Gate
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/2002
MI5's best officer, Peter Salter, seems to be joining the enemy. President Bush is scheduled to visit and it seems as though Salter is trying to stop the peace, is this all part of his mission or is he in fact a triple-agent?
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Howard Brenton
8.8/10 4 votes#12 - The Rose Bed Memoirs
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/10/2002
Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder has written memoirs with the power to destroy the governement, what's more an old KGB agent is trying to smuggle illegal arms into and out of the country, besmirching the good name of the Prime Minister's right hand man.
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Howard Brenton
8.5/10 4 votes#13 - Blood and Money
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2003
After stealing a large amount of money from a bank, a man is found crucified on the moors. The Treasury call in the team to investigate, but when Harry decides to take the mission further Danny's life is put in danger.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Howard Brenton
8.3/10 3 votes#14 - Who Guards the Guards?
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2004
Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.
Director: Cilla Ware
Writer: Howard Brenton